Evening journal., 1902-08-21

red. The roll was revised and and re-
revised as new body was taken or
someone was accounted for. 1t was
later in the afternoon before the mass
of broken brick and iron had cooled
sufficiently to permit work to be press
ed in earnest When night came
lights were rlgged up and a fresh
gang of men started in digging. Anx-
ious heart-broken women hung about
the ropes waiting for news. Men who
had been burned by the steam and
and chemicals. but were not badly
enough hurt to send them TO a hos
pitaL We're helping in the search for
their stricken comrades.
Shook the City
The shock was felt throughout the
city. The reverheration caused many
whistles In factories to sound, sugges-
tive OF some calamity. Not much ex-
citement was created, however.
The officers OF the company can give
no explanation as TO the cause OF the
disaster IL probably will take an Off
cial investigation to determine the re-
sponsbilty. 1t is agreed by all living
witnesses that there were two explO-
sions, one coming quickly after the
other The officers OF the works ad-
vance the theory that too much steam
was generated in the dlgester.
The explosion may. however have
come from the boilers underneath in
stead OF In the watts themselves. The
men who could throw the most light
on this point are among the dead.
Tho body of Frank 4. Harris was the
FIRST one taken from the ruins IL was
in the cellar Of the shipping depart
ment. a short distance from the di-
gester room. He had been crushed to
death by falling debris. Stokes and
Collins We're found together near the
wrecked digester room. Both were
and, when one OF the search
ing party told Stokes they were try
ing TO make him comfortable, he re-
Piled Il guess l will rest easy after
awhile"
He died later in the Homeopathic
Hospital.
Wreck Tram on Ground
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
gave valuable assistance in removing
the bodies from the ruins, officials OF
the company later in the evening hav-
ing sent to the scene OF the calamity
the companys wreck train Huge
cables and chains were coupled TO the
ten dqmaged digesters I'm the wrecked
mill, and nauled them out of the way
When this had been done the body of
one of the cOmpany'f
chemists, was found rhe body was
headless.
The cUmpany's machine shop was a
morgue for the time being. and The
Icompany's office a temporary hospital
In the impromptu morgue the bodies
were wrapped in blankets and latei
transferred to the three wagons which
deputy Coroner Chandler had ON thi
scene. Officials OF the company idenu
fed the dead.
Engineer Talks
Benjamin Turner the companys en-.
gineer, reports a thrilling escape from
horrible death. The engine room adj
joins the digester room, and Mr.. Tur
ner was oiling the machinery, when IA,
was lifted from his feet by the explO.
sion and carried through the doorway
before the could realize what had hap.
pened. Harry Reynolds, who was clos,
10 Mr.. Turner also was lifted bodilJ
by the shock. Among the men NNlC
narrowly escaped death are James
Guy, Harry Erie, Lewis Saunders an,
Frank Davis.
Mr.. Saunders was at the plant TO SCI
his uncle and father when the explo
sion occurred. lie left the digestcl
room just as the building was destroy
ed. Air. Saunders reports that one o.
the woIkmen plunged into the Christi
ana creek to escape injury J@at as h
did one OF the digesters. with a lou,
hiss. fell into the water. The man wa
not injured
Chief Of Police Black. assisted by Su
lperintendent Saunders. Captain Evan
and Fire Chief Conway. directed tn
work OF rescue.