The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-01
DRUG FIRM Responsible
Tarrant & Co. Said to Have EiO-
lated the Law.
Kent More Explosive Chemicals
Than Allowed, and CriminaIIy Lii
erty In the New York Explosion
and Ffre-sIoyy work on the Ruins

NEW YORK. Nov Little apparent
impression had been made today by the
public wreckers on the ruins left along
Warren Street by Mondays fire and eX-
plosion in the Tarrant Company drug
house The destruction of fre-gutted
buildings and threatening walls added to
the vast heap of debris faster than the
gangs OF laborers, working with their
hands. picks. and sheYels and bars, could
load little chunks of the original pile into
the carts. which took the rubbish away
A tortuous lane. resembling mountain
pass IN its ascents. deseents, and turnings.
had been made in tbs story high blockade
in Warren Street. Mounds of brick. stone,
and leans stood in Washington and
Greenwich Street, to which the carts were
backed I'D and loaded. Smoke still rose
heavily from the chaotic mass on both
sides of Warren Street, mingled with
steam from the streams OF water which
the firemen were still playing on the de-
yesIated areas
Bodies OF victims of the disaster are still
to be found, the supposed human fragments
pieks5 up on Tuesday night having been
discovered 10 be nothing but composites
of glas> candy. and wood. The list OF
known victims OF the fire is reduced to one,
Joseph Bacharach, merchant Of 34I
Greenwich Street. who was cut by flying
glass and received internal injuries in the
explosbiou. having died in Roosevelt Hos
pita this morning. The list of missing, as
revised by the police is as follows:
Philip Amena, q years old; Thomas
Banks IS years old; Kittie Callahan, 20
years old; Charles Clark. 45 years old;
Mrs William Conklin, Thomas HarTiott,
% years old, Patrick Hennessy, so years
old; Wallace Hicks. Guy Lindsey, % years
old Hamilton Matthews, 90 years old;
Helen Meyers, ~ years old: harry Moore.
Is years old; Benjamin Moreho6se, 10
wears old: Joseph Multiers. so years old;
| Julia Murphy, 19 years old; Mary Busch.
Max Sehwatz, 35 years old; August
Schmidt Il years old; George Schuck, p
wears ell, Jennie Smith. Il years old, and
| Lizzie smith II years old.
The investigation into the causes Of the
! explosions in Tarrant & Co.'S building
were continued by Fire Marshal Seery TO-
! dav. Yesterdays testimony was incon-
| elusive, except as tending to establish the
| facts that the fire broke out on the fourth
| floor. chat nearly fifteen minutes elatseo
| between the alarm and the first explosion
! and ;aat alcohol and sulphur were among
| the druss and chemicals stored in tht
| building.
| August a Docharty, secretary Of the
| fire department, stated this morning tha'
Tarrant & Co. had violated the law by
| storing more combustibles in their build
| ing tnan they were allowed under the
terms OF their permit from the fire depart
ment. He said:
.eThe eombustibles stored in Tarrant s
| Co. s Building were largely in excess of tht
! amour. the firm was allowed to carry un-
der the terms of its permit.
''The permit allowed storage Of is pounds
Of collodicn or ether, less than so pounds
of phosphate, nitrate of soda, ehlorate OF
potash, muriatic, suIphuric, and nitric
| acid, 2 gallons of benzine, and 1 barrel OF
alcohol. B. violating the terms of the
| permit. the concern committed a misde-
meanor that not only destroyed the value
| of its fire insurance policy, bt.. rendered
the concern criminally liable for the dam
| age to life and property oecasioned by the
| eyuIosienS''