Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-30
GUARD THE DEAD
Soldiers on Duty all Night at
 Tewksbury
INSPECTOR MAKING INQUIRIES

Clarendon Goodwin, the Man Who May
 Have Been Responsible for Accident, Is Seriously Injured--Impossible to
 Tell Exact Number of Dead Yet
 Thirteen Houses Were Totally De
 stroyed and About Thirty Badly
 Shattered.
 Lowell, Mass, July 30.-When day light broke this morning upon the scene of havoc caused by the magazine explosion yesterday at Riverside park, South Lowell, militiamen were still in charge of the afflicted district. They had pitched their tents last evening amid a heavy downpour of rain and had passed the night under dreary con- ditions. They were located in the midst of the wreck, on all sides being the evidences of the catastrophe. Rain fell heavily and the place was unclean and i'll smelling There was no incl dent of moment during the night.
 Up to an early hour this forenoon no further deaths among the injured had occurred at the hospitals, to which all of the seriously injured were carried yesterday, as soon as they could be extricated from the debris Those in charge announced that all the injured had passed the night without apparent change for the worse and this morning the one considered most critical in con dftion was Clarendon Goodwin, aged 60 who was in charge of the United States Cartridge Cos employees at the storehouses. MT Goodwin, who is se- iy15. ot1 f1on ic conscious most of the time. Mir Good win is the man who, it is claimed by Amedee Boulanger, a cartridge com pany employe, who is also seriously in- jured. endeavored to remedy leakage of nitro glycerine just previous to the explosion. Boulanger's statement, 1t ia thought, will be made subject of inquiry by Inspector Casey of the state fire marshafs office, who to-day began an investigation, as is usual in the mar shaPs office when a serious fire or eX- pIosion occurs in any part of the state.
 It was practically a certainty this morning that at least nineteen persons had been killed. The police are in clined to think that the number may be increased by two or three. It was reported late last night that Zephraim Perusse, husband of one of the dead and father of another in the list of fa- talities had himself died, but the re- port was incorrect. MT Perusse, who was. one of the FTench-C Canadians re siding in the vicinity of the magazine, is in a serious condition, suffering from internal injuries and cuts, but it is be- lieved his chances for recovering are favorable today. Alfred Librande Cor Labrun). one of the United States Car fridge Co.'S employees, who was also re- ported dead, is alive at St Johns hos pitaI. but in serious condition. He has severe abrasions and powder and dirt are embedded over the left side of the body from head to foot.
 Mrs William Galloway wife of one of the men who died at St Johns hos pital yesterday, is in critical condi- ton. A large hole was made in her left side by piece of jagged rock The rock was removed by the surgeons, but 1t was found that it had lacerated the intestines. Her daughter. Emily, aged 10 years, was also badly injured and is in the same institution. Edward Mo- Dermott, aged II, the only survivor of four brothers, and Clara Suspenena, aged g. are also perhaps fatlly hurt.
 Of the list of dead, the bodies of George Flynn, Louise Richard and James Grady. all employees of the United States Cartridge Go, had not been recovered up to this forenoon, and the expectation of the police and mili- tia was that they never would be found. as they were undoubtedly blown to atoms.
 Outside of these three missing bodies 1t is considered possible two or three others may have lost their lives whose names have not hapT1 rpr1Orted n I1I1- known man is reported to have been burned to death in the Wreckage of dwelling, in spite of the desperate ef- forts of dozen men to get to him.
 Allowing for possible deaths of those now on the dangerous lists at the hos pital, it is not anticipated that the death list will exceed twenty-five, and it may be nearer twenty.
 Albert O. Blaisdell, chairman of the board of selectmen of Tewksbury. in the limits of which town the store houses were located states that the loss to property owners was very heavy. Thirteen houses were wholly destroyed, from twenty-five to thirty buildings partially demolished and as many more or less severely damaged. The actual loss in the district immedi- ately facing the magazine yard is esti- udtSu at dDouL 90O,OOU, while the sQan- age to property all over Wigginsville and vicinity amounts to fully as much, If not more than this sum- All the burned and demolished dwelling houses were occupied by factory hands and other working people, many of whom owned part or all of the property they occupied. Quite a number lost practi- cally their all, and for these people a movement is in progress to establish relief fund. To-day the Lowell news Bapers appealed to the public to con- tribute to this cause.
 Representatives of insurance com panies were on the ground to-day, en- deavoring to estimate the losses for which they are liable. The companies claim they are liable only for the prop erty damaged after the fire broke out. In the case of a dwelling partly demol- ished by the explosion and afterwards