The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-23

ial to The Sentinel. from Jellico. Tenn.
! says:
/ Revised estimates Of the dead. In
consequence of the terrible dynamite
explosion at this place Friday morning.
show only seven fatalities instead of
| twelve as was believed yesterday .af-
ternoon. However, five OF those re-.
ported dead yesterday and who are
now living, are believed to be fatally
injured. The known dead are
John Cook.
| Joseph Sellers.
Walter Rodgers.
George Atkins.
| James Reynolds.
John Gordon. colored
A Syrian, whose name has not yet
been learned.
The list Of injured numbers $50 and
about twenty of these are so severely
| wounded that some-of them may die.
The property loss is conservatively
estimated at not less than half a mill
lion dollars and may exceed that fg-
| Citizens of the town have begun he
roica1ly the work of rehabilitation and
| It Is now believed they will be able
! to cope with the situation without the
necessity of outside aid.
| Mayor r. B. Baird of Jellico, Tenn,
has received many letters and also
kilograms from all parts Of the coun-
try. volunteering aid for the stricken
town. 1t being impossible to respond
at once to all these inquiries singly,
Mayor Baird has asked >the Associated
Press to circulate this general state
ment. In response to offers for aid:
ITO the Public:
| 'On account of the many inquiries
| by wire and mail. that are coming to
| me as mayor of this city, and on ac-
count of the fact that 1t seems impos-
| sible ITO answer all. feel that ! ought
| to make this general statement:
Statement of Mayor.
About twenty minutes to eight
o'clock on the morning of September
81, there, occurred near the State line
on the railroad yards here. an expio-
sion of what Is said to have been a
car of dynamite.
1t is impossible to describe In words
the havoc wrought by this explosion.
Buildings of all kinds are damaged.
many of them are total wrecks. There
are very few windows in the whole
| town left. and on Main street the
roofs are torn and stocks OF goods are
left exposed to the weather. Nothing
/ like careful estimate has been made
Of the property loss.-
Up to this time eight to ten peo-
pie are reported to be dead. There
falling walls or timber and by flying
debris. but q small per cent of the
1 Injuries are serious. The people are
behaving well and the work of clean
ing up the town and getting ready for
business has already. begun.
1--WE feel grateful a for the offers Of
assistance which arc coming in from
all parts of<the country and for all
expressions of sympathy. But we
feel that we can handle the situation
without outside help ana IL we can,
we prefer to do So The national
hank had TO suspend operations for
one day. but 1t is running today as
office. and its whole building ia In
a very bad dilapidated state, but not
an unsafe condition. '
The First National Bank which was
further away did not suffer beyond
the demolition OF glass front and
did not cease business more than one
TO, two hours. The mercantile houses
stocks. and In few days will be do
ing business as usual. of course at
great Inconvenience. No cause for
| the accident has thus far been found.
(Signedb:
"R. B. Baird,
Mayor OF Jellico. Tenn"
Yesterday afternoon the town coun-
ell Of Jellico. Tenn. took action look
Ing to requesting a company of State
militia. Today IL was found this would
| be unnecessary, due to the large bod
les OF deputy sheriffs and extra po-
iicemen who have been pressed into
service, and to the company Of unit
form rank. Knights of Pythias. VOL
unteering for patrol duty. Governor
| Cox arrived In Knoxville this morn
ing en- route to Jellico to render any
assistance possible. The inquest as to
| the cause of the seven deaths began to-
| night at s o'clock. Within a week the
work OF reconstruction OF the town
will be well In hand