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Photo # NH 85698:  Burial ceremonies for victims of USS Bennington's 21 July 1905 boiler explosion

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-- EVENTS -- The 1900s -- 1905

Boiler Explosion on USS Bennington, 21 July 1905 --
Part II


This page features additional views concerning the 21 July 1905 boiler explosion on USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4).

For more images related to the USS Bennington boiler explosion, see:

  • Boiler Explosion on USS Bennington, 21 July 1905.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 100930-A-KN (color)

    USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4)

    Fine-screen halftone reproduction of a photographic montage, published on a postal card by the Special View Company, 326 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, California. It shows the ship and some of her crew after her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion.

    Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100930

    USS Bennington
    (Gunboat # 4)

    Halftone reproduction of a photographic montage, published on a postal card by the Special View Company, showing the ship and some of her crew after her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion.
    Note the message written around the card's edges: "Dear Daisy: This is not very pretty but may be of interest in years to come. Sorry I could not see the Vaudeville. Hope it will be a 'howling' success. Yours - K.".

    Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102779-KN (color)

    USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4)

    Fine-screen halftone reproduction of a photographic montage, published on a postal card by the Special View Company, 326 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, California. It shows the ship after her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion, the burial of victims of the disaster, and one of her surviving crew members. This Sailor is almost certainly John Henry ("Dick") Turpin, who had also survived the explosion of USS Maine in February 1898.

    Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85697

    USS Bennington
    (Gunboat # 4)

    Funeral procession at San Diego, California, for victims of the ship's 21 July 1905 boiler explosion.

    Donation of William L. Graham, 1977.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85698

    USS Bennington
    (Gunboat # 4)

    Burial ceremonies, at San Diego, California, for victims of the ship's 21 July 1905 boiler explosion.

    Donation of William L. Graham, 1977.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104890-KN (color)

    USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4)

    Front page of a four-page program for a variety show held on 2 August 1905 at the Grand Theatre, San Diego, California, to raise funds for a monument to the members of the ship's crew who lost their lives in her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion.
    This page features halftoned reproductions of two photographs, one showing Bennington soon after the disaster and the other showing a scene on her deck.

    Courtesy of Harrell E. ("Ed") Coffer, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 530 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104891-KN (color)

    USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4)

    Second page of a four-page program for a variety show held on 2 August 1905 at the Grand Theatre, San Diego, California, to raise funds for a monument to the members of the ship's crew who lost their lives in her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion.

    Courtesy of Harrell E. ("Ed") Coffer, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 530 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104892-KN (color)

    USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4)

    Third page of a four-page program for a variety show held on 2 August 1905 at the Grand Theatre, San Diego, California, to raise funds for a monument to the members of the ship's crew who lost their lives in her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion.

    Courtesy of Harrell E. ("Ed") Coffer, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 530 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104893-KN (color)

    USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4)

    Back page of a four-page program for a variety show held on 2 August 1905 at the Grand Theatre, San Diego, California, to raise funds for a monument to the members of the ship's crew who lost their lives in her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion.
    This page features a song by Raymond Teal entitled "The Boys of the Bennington".

    Courtesy of Harrell E. ("Ed") Coffer, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 530 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102740

    U.S. Navy Medal of Honor


    Reverse of a Medal of Honor awarded to Seaman Edward William Boers, USN, for "extraordinary heroism" following the explosion of a boiler on board USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4) on 21 July 1905.
    Seaman Boers was born 10 March 1884 at Cincinnati, Ohio.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 550 x 765 pixels

     

    For more images related to the USS Bennington boiler explosion, see:

  • Boiler Explosion on USS Bennington, 21 July 1905.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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    Page made 4 March 2005
    New images added 25 July 2007