The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-11-02
SEARCHING II: aUINS
FOR the DEAD BODIES
Latest Report Places Humber
Of Missing ct 20,
LOSS is ABOUT 100000
Many Huildirg; In tho Vicinity OF the
Explosion VIII BE Torn Down-O!-
flcla!s Specializing on the Cause of
the Now York Disaster.

fcia.s Specializing Oh the Cause of
the New York Disaster.
NEW YORK, Oct. &).--Tho search for
bodies in the ruins Of tho baildings oc
cupied by Tarraut 6 Co., which was
kept up al night, was without result
until after s O'Clock thiS morning.
Deputy Fire Chief AhcArn reported that
the body of woman had been located
und2r the wrcckage in tie rear Of the
Homemade restaurant, anl added thai
he feared aLorg 30 bodies woUll BE-
iount 80 this point, a. he had be2l M
formed thar many wyWcn were On the
fire escape OF the restaurant few MN
utcS before the Tarant building col
lapScd and that they ran into the build
Ing just before the big rxplp ion.
No change was made today il the
original estimate Of the financial loss by
the explosion, tIG fgureS remaining ~
from 81, 500, 800 u !,O01.0Hu.
Although force OF 300 men worked
all night Oil the rains o. The iroDCrty
DESTROYED hy to cXpi0s;cn Ill Jarran5
u CO. = G"dghoa,r Yesterday, ANA were
relieved by more than l.'Fl Elrr ~ day
E-ht, the search had Eut "H;u.;"j i'll TIL
discovery Of 4 single Coa; Gp,N up II
l":3O q clock today, - aotrS a:!1r the
explosion occurred. Taa lit US the
missing numbers IS, but !, j laIavyd
tha, many of these Wi, n' found.
Thomas j. Main, prc,idca, C. tha Tar
raM; company, said he felt SCR, tIlt all
O. his employees with t. possible eX.
cepJion ut tWo had been saYll.
some oC those reported missing; re.
tUgncd l. ;,yjr homes during the night.
NJ % clock this mormin about 1850
r"N wv-' ~ work Cn tt wgcr,r-;a aui
Nrcm,u N@GH playing strv".aF Ct water
into the hU,t lIraed buildings on Wash.
ina:on st.''t h.low Warren, seven ire
engines were s,it. on thn GROUND. Io.sy
People -" reported missi2- todG'.
T. 1cr ! Loss 80 ,o"o,G"2.
Thrae hun,rs Il r.nn were ut wor'. Oh
the ruins =. III 1T. Sun. 'int1HI1lC of
Buildings bpaugr hal i,C}J mcn at work
as SOON as daylight appeared. He de-
ClarGd that q dozen buildings would
have 40 - torn down.
ENi!.!HiI., his stitAH:ynt that dozen
buildings WDaid nave ~ De torn down,
Sup '".".2H,,cut DJCnc. said:
"Nurr important than finding the
dead Is the protection OF the living The
force OF the explosion has impaired
many buildings III the vicinity. l can
not think Of letting lncn WORK III them
while there IS n possibility thlt they
may come down. [ believe the build
ings along tho south side of Chambers
street from Greenwich to Washington
streets, and on Washington street from
Chambers 10 Warren, have been made.
unfit for occupation. They will be thor.
oughly examined this morning and Uu-
til am sure of them Will not ALLOW
the propNctCrS to opcn them for husi.
ness.
Forty buildings were damaged by
the cXplo,ion. I place the properly loss
at $2,ODl,OO
d. Ec2ny, chief inspector of the
health department, was at the scene of
the explosion today.
This havoc was never wrought by
benzino or naptha, lie said. II believe
1t was nitro. glycccno. 1t is used very
largely nowadays by physicians Us O.
heart stimulant and Tarrant 6 Co., rs
wholesale druggists, would have had to
supply it The stuif is used in very
weak solution. Usually it is from one
tenth OF per centto per cent of water.
If Tnrrant & Co. had % pounds of nitro
glyce"ino in their place it would have
blown building like theirs into frag.
mcnts.
Due 20 Chemical Action.
George +. Murray, inspector of COM
bUstiOlcS, gave out the following state
mcnt today:
1T is my opinion that the explosion
was due to chemical action, which took
place during the COmpounding Of drugs.
Just what the exact cause was we can
not tell unit! we can get the formulas
used i'll conrOunGing, and can get the
employees on the witness stand before
the fire marshal.
The company had permit to store
co!loiiE, ether and phosphOric i'll small
quantities, Il barrel # alcohol, two gal
Ions OF b2!.Zil.", ono clrboy OF sUlDhuric
acid an! one cllbOy OF nitric acid.
eft all thcS" should blow up together
| don't thinl; it woU,d be heavy enough
to make such {" terrific explosion. This
is why [ am Of the opinion that the ex.
plp.iOn was due TO chemical changes"
During the day several names were
added TO the list OF missing and mum.
Der We're stricken from it,
Prc,i INT Main OF Tarrant &5 Co. said
today:
In Our own stock we had not more
THAN f"w pounds of ether; we had nc
DcnHin" and 10 colO,iion. When we
needed any IF these articles to fill orders
we bought it from dealers. We had
very little alcohol in stock, notwith.
standing the fact thar we use q consid.
cradle qu2utity in making our perfumes
We had absolutely no nitro.glyccrine
and gunpowdcr.
Amount OF Insurance.
Exact Gr1rns ~, tho o.,,cunt of ;,-,,r