Colma in San Mateo County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Benjamin Kreiger

Photographed by Jerry Klinger

1. Benjamin Kreiger Memorial

Inscription. Benjamin Kreiger Died July 31, 1907 "Hero of the Georgia Accident" U.S.N. His Death Saved Many Lives

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Military • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is July 31, 1907.

Location. 37° 40.839′ N, 122° 27.422′ W. Marker is in Colma, California, in San Mateo County. It can be reached from El Camino Real near Serramonte Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Eternal Home Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1051 El Camino Real, Daly City CA 94014, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area

and on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring

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of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Colma Railroad Station (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mount Olivet Cemetery Office and Streetcar Line (about 700 feet away); Colma Historical Museum (about 700 feet away); Colma City Hall (approx. 0.3 miles away); Waterworks and the Pump House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Joe Cavalli – Historical Site (approx. 0.8 miles away); Molloy’s Springs (approx. 0.8 miles away); Cuneo Farm and Produce Market (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colma.

Another marker is no longer nearby.

U.S.S. Georgia image. Click for full size.

2. U.S.S. Georgia

Railroad Semaphore Signal (was about 700 feet away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. Gravesite is in the middle of a row about 2/3 up the hill on the left.

Also see . . . The U.S.S.Georgia & The Mystery of Seaman Benjamin Kreiger.

Captain Henry McCrea of the U.S.S. Georgia and Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas stood stoically on the bridge with their field glasses glued to their eyes. They watched with approving smiles as the just fired shell screamed through the air toward the distant gunnery target. The sound of the heavy booming thump from the 8” gun in the aft turret had not faded when the frightening cry went up to their ears “fire in the turret”. Inside the turret something had gone terribly wrong. It was an instant. It was the longest minute. It was death pouring out smoke, fire

3. Benjamin Kreiger Death Certificate
and horror from every crevice of the aft turret…

(Submitted on November 8, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)

Additional commentary.
1. Questions
Was Kreiger's heroic death covered up by the U.S. Navy because of the incompetence of the officers involved in the tragedy? Was his death covered up because he was only a 15-year-old Jew who saved the U.S.S. Georgia from destruction?

— Submitted November 24, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.

4. Benjamin Kreiger Family Record

Benjamin Kreiger as a child image. Click for full size.

5. Benjamin Kreiger as a child

Benjamin Kreiger Funeral image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jerry Klinger

6. Benjamin Kreiger Funeral

Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 156 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 8, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.