McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 142

Title: McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 142
Description: Caption: "Buriel [sic] of the U.S.S. Bennington Victims. -- Fort Rosecrans." Shows a grave site with dozens of caskets ready for burial. A priest and two altar boys stand at one side of the caskets, while a large group of U.S. Navy sailors looks on from the other side. While sailing from port in San Diego on the morning of July 21, 1905, the boiler of the USS Bennington exploded, killing sixty-six of her crew. The victims were laid to rest in the cemetery at Fort Rosecrans. See also 96-07-08-alb08-217.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, California
Date: 1905-07-23
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb05-142
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Burial of the Victims of a Boiler Explosion on the USS Bennington, San Diego
Type: Still Image