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CAUSE OF EXPLOSIONIS YET A MYSTERYDamage Done to Greater New York Is . Mounting Up—Head Officials of Company Are Placed Under Arrest.THOUGHT LIh LEY STRIKI MAY SPHiy I X»vv York, Ji siuko tthu-ii si:Jersey City, X- J., July 31—Albert. Jwherc they did, undoubtedly prevent- and yosi*.I r 1 ’ mirl’swe(Ry Unit till JYcsb.)Dickmaiu LcIurIi Valley ancm‘cd far KfcJUcr !«» uf life and \astly mw j * r. m , * more property damage. BUck Tom Hii.iuf! iand Alexander D.imcKoh, Supcrnncn- - i ji,« , t r 1t ' 1 ^ , i» situated at the* iniK:n^ end of a iirmsinLr! ln#4dent of the National Storage Com-* pany. were arraigned before Judfjo#| Mark A. Sullivan and George Tennantin. . n*r ihv \VIon? peninsula that juts about ihrccjiiik. ouudritf miles of Coin xmini paw. slightly south J vnnvda jroln” of Jersey City, and south of Ellis city., ir t7'with ^nanslautfhtcr ‘^-^'Lplpt of; land in strike ofllch.l- . . , ... t ... . JjYfew York hyrbor on- winch the along tlirxt their , connection with the J..ack Join ex- (Si^lue of Lihertv stands, liud tin.*' ful onlt;‘ Tin*y plosion vesierdav Their cases weri:; csp]0#j0lls occurred on the main land wiu, them « , postponed until hnday morning at 10;of ciljKr ,!tc Xcw York or Jer.cvffVw who Hrl* ■o clock ^at f request of Prosecutor coasH tjlc 5h0ck, officials said. wouldhave been much more \ioIcut-Robert S. IfupMeth-The defendants were released under $5,000 bail.Windows Smashed all over City.by policemen, the public to \vi A McapUnJatf th^ ufflt; ctcfl ]inJ hcodOrc L. Jolnison prcsidcnt of ^ ^ was the giant concussion of Police h^.idqunr the Johnson Lighterage Companj for^ ]rjs;ons ^ , ; wiluWs fivcjof 12* r,Knlar C: * hose arrest a warrant ..as been issu-. an(J S)X ;uVay_ and , R, . Thl.tJ Av.nu* 1ed, did not a])pear.that was carried to Man hat! an rocked j ClJ 1 * *'irc lt;jjant sky-scrapers and monster :ithe c menl buildings as far up-town j Mat ion 4, ht-lna: 140th street* as though a great liandit,a-v r°l,(l wll clutched the rock foundations of The! city and shook them, 1 hi NYw }ft had been clearly established to-5 c;l™ w*reavertin'. limits,d Satin dayj companf* f^ari;jm-i Hart*SrhiiyPkr line vhumorouO cars Krnt 0,11- f» or.x v,-p r« fjnJtrd*Mystery About tht Cause.I New i'ork. July .^1—Mystery early today still hfclouded the real cause of ’the eNpiosion and fire which early Sunday morninjr occurred on Iiia.ck'Tom “Island. Whether a fire, start-!day that u fire that’was not touched. avlt;‘ inK on a har«e loaded with nitro-ccl-)off l*y any explosion started thc:,ink lulose. or ignition ot foi*r freight cars.dfyaster. As indication of the ' ' rn loaded with high explosives, was the j possibility of determining the cause no one could tell today. 3r- 0f this fire, was the almo.st him haps the exact cause never will be range of theories which ran the ~.miut i rr!\ v,Pr,° known- from a lighted cigarette to a ’h«'usli f.”The condition of the area of devas- from a mysterious airship. j * lt;r,r“ th^rnvHtation made it impossible still today Bomb theories were*,set aside today’:''”. * r‘HU' to examine the .scene of the firi.t tcrri-.as j,ot worthy* at least at this n°t.v'’ f*1fie impact?. At 3 o'clock flames were of coiSM’deration. Xo evidence has ap-! ‘still flaring high from wreckage of| pcared investigators said, that the cx-! T. U\ !railroad cars and warehouses on Black j plosions and fire were a result of anv- «rrTom which is really a peninsula. At bomb plotting activities. ^ ; serves ;irlt;? k*-ptibis hour shrapnel and three inchjT . . j J1*1 n,flshells buried deep in the ruins were 1Inconceivable Force of E*plo*on. I^uwl In both r*i t * ii • i - lu,d:ty t!l:U «UI Some .dc of this vvcll-ni^h n.-.m- j mM,t not J(lt;.The am liorlt!c? fecthiK ii!lt;e of «« in thlt;s llrons. to plying equally v Transportationbeing ignited occasionally by the heat, into a desultory pop-pop that kept workmen and crowds of spectators at respectful dis«antes.Merely Estimates of the Dead andWounded.Dead, missing and injured lists, admittedly were mere estimates up to noon today. The very nature and extent of the blast and fire jnade impossible. ibis early, anything like definite compilation of loss of life. Only a visit to the sceife can make one realize how difficult it will be evenafter several days of search of ruins and records to tell the exact loss.Up to S o'clock only two known dead were marked down. Twenty-fsve others are missing, and 110 arc known to have been injured. This list of injured docs not include those hurt miles away from the scene b3Y falling g!a$«.Investigations Started.Four separate investigations •‘•lart-cctvablc let-go of tons of dumte. dynamite, lyddite, nitro-ccHulosc and mere gun powder was seen today when a United Tress representative *.vcnt tc the far end of the peninsula where the major explosions occurred. Most ofjj^j Manhattan the terrain at that point \n made land, j Jy paralyzed as It narrowed to about forty I'ftyIvor'? *1feet to the pier where stood the barge- *-nJk or rJ- the load of nilro-celjulose. Two railroad jjn«« lt;,v^r ih-tracks jut Jed against the pier. On ]fem«hurj; bruit* these tracks were four C4'.i of nigh „£ comm{-lt;«Jon. explosives.Today this Spot is a ap:ng. jagged hole twenty to thirty ftct deep and over 100 feel long. The far end— or rather where the far end was—is again a part of New York Harhor.Therc is not a trace of the huge freight ears, except for some powdered wood pulp and a few tiny bin ofOF CDsteel ihat once were parts of gr^atBOARD OF HE/ DAY TO DISC INFANTILwheels and steel platJorms. *Just we^i of this point that «•«.*****n indescribable jumble lt;A car? are^---- --------------------scatterc't about. Firemen ronccn*| —ed today by the railroad com panic s. 41 rated fifty or more streams lt;«n Ihe^-e! a »lt;'Jersey City authorities the state and«3iu12ock.s of devastation. Shortly 5^3.j, the federal Rovemn:ent- Agents of]after 8 o'clock, hov.e-er, th-y r.^r-c|r0nn nt ra«• «*ek each were on the slt;rnr. and will re-] ordered from the scene because '«3Kcu*js5njt: stn^i* ** , 4 ^ . 4 y rfM t 4 4* f ii ■frequent volleys of exploding shetJ,'*- |iin* jrpr^ad or J They left hose nobles Tautened to fcunSiJrk.automatic supports the ruin.*1:31 pl?:*utj vnLifc^ny Statw* ^*v«r*1y Shaken.New TotC July 33—M!#:? ]«hcr c*own wa« tom n 33lt an'3 s'lm^main until they go into every phase clt;J the case.Estimates of the property damage run a33 the way frlt;nm $2^.C/f9,000 lo The f jTiteavy* opinion imong Jersey City officials was that' the Salter figure wri-a1»3 Jve nearer cornet, after complete tabulation !iad been made of thoasandc u|on thou-.1 ^anrls of .shattered windows and other ‘••imilar damage d^/ne in jtrlt;ey City^Brooklyn. Manhattatt and a dozen smaller surrounding tov, ns cities and. „ 111 T-om Many fr'^V.ishTh:s ^ one Him o, quashed glass 3nc3dlt;nl* «« j-porK-3 h-r- and -e-alo^c. iTtciocsilaily- i/tcnThlt;? trin Jiottr dvioc *rtraTwo cast* have•f5TjJrutnl53*o jaraJywj ]ficrr Eta* ^33d 1*loc loflav fourul to b* ‘fiiTprii^hittly ii'm Injury, rmhUU■crljic locRilrsft ihan h. mHe from;t*3 sti rrjorc iban a vnTlvm z +4VKI cr falter*.r*wo Explo^oTts Occtin«Only iht l3u- 1wo rlimit 1ht*ydid—2*tii % m. 2.35 Hr m* undIt.A fZUitvn lt;A ISth'Tl? uti rtOi* ft«4t 31#j to* by * riaijl h*iti1: lb*1-1Ur-on Ksrv+r to prjtr^Jt.r maira^Tn^ xi*( 1*m awy* mil wt* crofb/Kl In....... ....MW................ ....................—» w li ... —* (C*ntinw«4 «a T*nth P#5*.)* T • ^ - «COLONEL!ISTV**?hj;51j tj* 'i^T4 St Dfn,^ *x1 ^JJ| YjTU v^ll IhjOk* 3/1 a *f
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Dunkirk Evening Observer
Dunkirk, New York, US
Mon, Jul 31, 1916
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Amelie B.
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