CONNECT with the CityBennington Disaster
City Clerk documents regarding the USS Bennington Disaster of 1905, when the boiler exploded. Naval history marks this as one of the worst peacetime accidents at the time.
- 19050724 Doc10442 Report John Osborne re Funeral and Burial from Sailors Killed on USS Bennington
- 19050725 Doc10457 Report on Memorial of Deceased Sailors Killed on USS Bennington
- 19050812 Doc10603 Proclamation from Mayor re Memorial Service for Deceased Sailors on August 14, 1905
- 19071230 Doc20962 Mayor Requesting City Officials Attend Dedication re Bennington Monument
- 19100718 Doc3574 Flags Lowered at Half Mast