Dynamite Explosion Shatters Pier No 7 In Jersey City
The Whistler and Katherine W dynamite lighters exploded at Pier No 7 near Communipaw destroying a large section of the railroad terminal. Eight or more perished and many injured as debris and shockwaves reached Manhattan and Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupont Powder Company
Whistler
Katherine W
John Healing
Hudson Street
Manhattan
Jersey City
Lower Manhattan Island
New York Bay
The
Central Railroad Company
Termnal
Charles Hawkins
Hudson River
Pier
Gallaudet
Pier Head
John Twohy, Jr
Sussex Street
Robert Burnett
Solomon Rideout
Burnett
City Hospital
Rideout
Pape's Cold Compound Claims Quick Cure for Grippe
Advertises Pape's Cold Compound as a quinine free remedy that ends severe colds or grippe in hours with three consecutive doses. Describes rapid relief of neuralgia pains headache stuffed nose feverishness sneezing and throat soreness and touts three years of research and low cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Destruction at Jersey City Terminal Sideshowed Widespread Damage
Early reports describe shattered windows and collapsed structures across the passenger station. Ferry slips containing three Central Railroad of New Jersey boats at the terminal were left amid flying glass as crowds evacuated and injuries were treated in New York hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City Police
Frank Monahan
New York Department
Pier Head
New Yorker
Croker
Christopher Street
Jersey City
New York
Manhattan
Hudson River
New Jersey Central Station
Ferry House
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Somerville
Plainfield
Exchange
Aquarium
Island
Fulton Street South
Hudson Tubes
North River
Jersey Central Terminal
Ambulance Use in City and Surrounding Towns Reported
Ambulances and express wagons were used in the work. How many were injured will never be known in full, but the count of those treated in the New York hospitals alone was 100, and in those of Jersey City, Hoboken, Union and surrounding towns, more than double that number.
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New York
Jersey City
Hoboken
Union
Carried Through Air Man Recalls Dock Explosion
A dock worker recounts being blown into the river by a blast as investigators pursue the only connected story of the explosion. The report notes ongoing coverage as details continue on page five.
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New York
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Iian Vwasthaaina
Liitiing
Ingrid
Buenos Ayres
B. B. Hardwick
Maine
Louis Gallaudet
Polic Ither
Shasiaeus Aeae
Jimmie” Hare
Lynch
Tad Siat
Mr. Hare
Pier No. 6
Rhinelander Waldo
Chief Croker
Manufac
Ture
Cheviot
Iavy Suze
ADV
Coats
Standard Oil Company
Broadway
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Trinity Church
Wall Street
Nassau Street
Curb Market Row
Stock Exchange
Tremont ST
Panama
UY Brine
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