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..... ■ , M v. *.#»• jrw. r t *T *«* w*-*-* *j» V*frO*itown board*, city officials and rcpre--lent S seolatives of public organizations.In} iOK- J he re* Iwit, byher.vn-boil rs,.. isCAUSE OF EXPLOSION IS YET II MYSTERY{Continued From First Page)c*‘Llinntheon- !luu.and probably a hundred bolts joininK the, pin tea which comj ose the gigantic liKun* wore broken or kIi eared off. A number of an^lo bars weie twisted. It whs some caprice ol ihe exploding forces that loft tho 0':ant figure almost untouched.There wcr« bits oj other freakish stunts which tho eM..uivft forces did in and around New York and lots at! freakish things whii h people did under stress of the exciumeni. liere are ;i tew:I to ■ John D. KuckefeJlut, Jr.,up at Pocunti~ t«u-l co hills*. wtu* awukened by the explosion anti gut up a no triad to 1Ind out j when.* the earthqual e wjus located. Policeman Henry Doherty, patrolling she waterfront in Jeiscy City.♦ found hiniM'lf in the waiter. with every I stitch ot his clothes stripped off fiom him. except a sort lt;H hn’Cchclout.Charles Oilier, haigenian. v.as hiizl-lt;■lt;! hiicli into 111nir and lanrirti rifely I and soltly in a car «f borax.1 mails:mnts at Kilis Island vwere thankful for what was apparently a rain of heavy sheep-ykined overcoats, ies-i Nobody knows where they came from, you j 71 P°btary window in il.c iweivc~ j story bnildin^ occupied by the Xew inn-i ylt;irfo i ‘In te CJIass Ins. urn nee company,which will have co pay niMHon*? in hi-suraikc for sniashrd windows In and*around New York. w;is broken, al-though those in nearly every building around were shatteron. j A Janitor in a hu*!dintf far down-_ the town, forgot to ctobc the windows in j a;;the structure, when he left Saturday! jimon. His forgetfulness saved the!J glass. The windows in every other nrif *, building: nenrahnut were broken.nm *DiucomLyobaitbalegunwasiear pier ven sidf ! tv/Gnav crui O ! doc afte at 1leaitakjSim(TpantiotthedayforwillTtheher,aavter.FRIV mill mil] een: as :cthlt;A+*THE BLACK TOMEXFL0S10N EPITOMIZEDThe cause—still unknown.Known dead—three, twenty- five misnitf.Thr injured—llf..Destroyed l*y ir\jtJlt;.sionH or fires*—IT warehouses. *ix pieis. fntir har^es. one Uiizluint, ♦Muhty-five f-eijyrht cars, many of them loaded witi munitions.Estimated Property Damage. dlC^ € n Mlack To?n pen.nsula: 0W3X;iis^nal Stor4ipe eompnny jdanl and j es*, ?] «i»no rtpo. j sonValley railroad, $1.2^0,00. } 613-CVnlr.il i.iilroad of Xvw Jer^y. J50.- ;ifBidV-++♦♦4- !(•«.^ i AmmnnUhm in•j* s:».t»plt;m'0.J ASnraa T-*win^f $na.ooo,♦ t it her ltfirs.es J TfOal. 5lZ.:tU\00lj ne\ icurs and barges, i 1i aiecomp.my. im r^es.tnd lt;ar^n.‘.lt;ifnn: b;f in ';:e;iter New Y*»rk (siiom plate ^wit pi i tioiIn Jitsey City inif»siiy windows).!+♦+++4siwsm.o?J Kllis Island. $100,000. l-ih-'rty 5« hM^ated,Ih-tUoeV Island. wh?ntIStatin* of )N'#w JejM*y 7»omls -lt;*niside -of ,ler-j^‘4J sey imi\y an^l lUa^k Toni pen insula. I CflTC♦♦*♦aS!3tV lut*.T4»1:i1 Oama^rs..Oilfirlt;i BResponsibility for the Catastrophe. ^ {O pKoit ;n^nTsi^#; to fi\ the rc;»o^FiWl* ' j iiv .j;r way. ^y:The l%dvral j;ov^:nm^nt lt;::r.der law in*e] si mo transpoitatleii, e\ploMV*’lt;_1'jiv uind*-i mimiejjMj iex;4il,iJjcin« i Tho *s u«* fa\ if any,am^ni: 5v*ir o«:i en;^io\es)T5ii- .-t siliorsij^ .jaunoT^:«ofc^-I n..«ijArrests T»lad-c So F ■«T A1Krn M. ^ickmajj. AVilley2l4ijS«Md a£oui§ on Tom Vir l\iv^l5or.. s-vjjw r;2:1^Ja3^nt'!-«• Xa^”n.il Kt^race r^nif»aaij’s «,i-nWananl z^'saM ^17^-slof T3-lt; • f'T1* !U. lt;7«i n:..All 1hrlt;*e Tn-n-n chai^e*^ ^itn **lt;1 i!ti* mal and - in lt;“Jn;Mnc4 4»f on^ of IV* ^5i4^n ^Ic^Tn^ of’lie «*?*in5a»rt'♦-ij-er »ailm 7v.ee*♦♦♦-f♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦►*FINED F3VE DOLLARS;»lt; N^::h Kr-ndTK' ^,15. dlt;4ljir« l*vy-»«3fc ^sjrwl*!* n.r«iT«tji: lt;«n a it in IhilOIVfl11/ Ch^rxoJii* 4We^3 j1cWlt;? i»T 1Ttc J4ea3 •fcrul coal. i
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Dunkirk Evening Observer
Dunkirk, New York, US
Mon, Jul 31, 1916
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