The evening Republican., 1902-08-21

first on duty. is.gtssFt -
Captain Evans had an officer placed
at every entrance Of the works, with
positive instructions that no one was
to ent,r unless they had business
there.
The work of clearing away the
debris and hunting for the dead
bodies that are supposed to be I'M
derneath was resumed as soon as it
was light enough to work this morn
ing The work is being done under
the direction of Supt. John Saunders
While officials say that about rs
mon are engaged removing the
debris, the work along this line from
all appearances is moving along very
slow. That more men were not en-
gagged in getting the debris out of
the way so that the dead could be
recovered was commented on by a
number of persons who were in side
the yards.
The P. W. & B. Railroad Com
pany's wrecking crane was at the
scene for short time yesterday af-
ternoon and moved two of the large
acid tanks which were partly de-
mollshed. Yardmastsr Cantwell
arrived 0 o'clock and will send the
wrechIng crane to the scene again.
1t is claimed the wreckiny crane has
hoistcd the large digesters tanks aud
other large pieces Of machinery out
of the way, the workman will lie able
to make progress towards removing
the debris.
The scene at the spot whore the
explosion took place is one almost
beyond description. Large bars of
iron and steel are laying around on
top of the pile of debris twisted in
all shapes. The digestor which ex-
ploded remains where it fell ON the
other side of the buildings and about
100 yards from where it before
stood. The digestor buried itself in
the ground and is mashed flat. The
manhole out of this digestor went in
the opposite direction and went
through the roof of one Of the alkali
rooms OF the other nine large
digestors five of them were still
standing at 1870 o'clock and four
OF them had been pushed over and
were lying on top of the demolished
buildings.
The boiler. engine, wash and
part of the Alkali rooms are nov
nothing but pile of debris
Pleces OF wood aud iron
that were part of the buildings were
thrown hundreds OF feet by the force
of the explosion. From the app ear
ances around the dissstcrs nearly
the entire building was blown up in
the air and came down all round
the discsters. All through the
buildings that are still stand ing
eau be seen twisted pieces Of IRON
and timber that were hurled Their
by The explosion.
There are plumber OF holes in
the roofs where large pieces Of iron
went through. One side of p, w.
& B. freight car which was standing
on siding about fifty feet away
was entirely demolished 10y bricks
and other obstacles which we're huri-
ed against it. The wrccking train
arrived at l l o'clock and is now en-
gagged in hosting the dlgesters and
two large tanks from the top Of the
pile OF debris.
The schooner pa,apsco was at the
companps wharf unloading cargo
Of poplar wood which is used In max.
Ing pulp when the explosion occurred
While those On buald were given
bad scare, no one was injured and no
damage was done to the boat. At
1880 o'clock this morning several
hundred persons were lowering
around the bridge which crosses Mill
Creek about twenty-five yarIS from
the company Office but they were
not allowed TO go any further.
| From that point it was impossible
to see where the explosion happened.
Officials Of the company are very re-
ticent and at 10 O'Clock gave orders
for no one to be admitted including
all reporters. The less is estimated
at s3j, 0J0 and it is not known wheth
cr the company will rebuild or not.
The officials refuse to talk as
to the possible cause of the explosion.
| Four Of the missing men it is
Thought will be found near the wash
room and the other in tie fire room
The debris at both these points is
from fifteen to twenty feet high and
1t may be several honls yet before the
bodies can he recovered.
The body Of Zachariah Collins, col.
Orcd, the coal wheeler which was re.
covered yesterday was found lying
along side OF his wheel barrow
John WanSOn, the yard foreman
had a narrow escape. Mr.. WansOn
stated this morning that when the
1i9cstor exploded he had Just passed
through the door OF the room in
which it stood. For a time he could
not imagine what had happened All
at once the binding started TO culver
and in the next Instant he was hurled
across the room. lie did not know
which way to 20 as bricks and pieces
OF machinery were following all
around him. lie succeeded in get
ting under an arch and this probably
saved his life. lie escaped without
an injury. Mr.. Wanson says that
but 4 second before The explosion
Joseph Henry walked pass him On
his way to get a drink OF water This
unfortunate man was among those
who were killed
Sergeant McDermolt tells Of a man
who was working in the shipping
room who after being caught under
pile u demolished wood escaped
aud Ii some manner got TO the Office
before he realized whetc he was A
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