New-York tribune., 1906-08-01
BODIES HURLED FAR.
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE.
Ne1Cark Chemical Factory Wrecked
bg COUodion Gases.

Three dead. is missing. believed
TO be buried under tons of brick, and another is
dying as a result of an explosion IN two story
brick building Of the plant Of Charles Cooper s.
Co., chemical manufacturers. at South and Van
Buren, streets, Newark, late yesterday afternoon.
The dead:
voEITzEI Carl. thirtyvs yesrs old. of No Is Jabsz
MEREILNGER. Max. sixty years old of No as Kossuth
BUcHWAI.D. Anton, eighteen years DID, OF No 60
THE MISSING.
ALBERT. Samuel. thirty-ivs years old of No. lo1h
THE INJURED.
STARE Charles. thirtyve old. Of No s7a Walnut
Stark is In ST. James's Hospital. The bodies Of
the other victims removed to Mullins
morgue. The building which blew UP is the one
the firm called the Collodion, in which material
Of the same is put through a process. 1t
was a new structure. which replaced similar
building wrecked four months ago by the same
kind OF an accident in which one man was killed
and several were badly injured. It stood in the
rear of a group of similar buildings on the
South street side. and is now heap of debris.
The five men were at work in the same room
when the building blew UP, and as yet the cause
of the explosion is unknown.
BLOWN THROUGH BRICK WALL.
stark was DlOWn through q DF1Ch Wdi1s MS DOuy
torn to shreds and his skull fractured. but was
alive and apparently conscious when carried
from the ruins by hremen.
The report of the explosion was heard in every
section of Newark, and within radius of a mile
and half of the scene windows in factories and
dwelling houses were smashed and in several
places minor panics resulted. Among the first
to respond in answer to the unusually loud re-
port and almost as soon as the fremen. was
the Rev Thomas F. oDonnell. curate Of st
Jamess Catholic Church. which is a mile away
The brave priest rushed into the smoking debris,
despite the warnings that there danger of
further explosion and directed the efforts of the
firemen who were digging in the ruins for the
men said to be buried there. The first man
taken from the ruins was Stark, who recognized
Father ODonneH, and received the last rites OF
the Church.
The iremen. under Captain Patrick DurIlin.
worked like beavers on top of the heap of snok-
ing ruins unmindful of the peril. searching for
the buried. In quick time the rescuers
came across the body of voeltzel and Merklinger
near one another Both were dead Buchwald's
body was found in a driveway alongside the
wrecked building. Bystanders said that his
body was hurled high in the air with the roof OF
the structure
PEDESTRIANS KNOCKED DOWN
Inere nave Deen many explosions at the pIants
never in the history Of the firm has there been
such a destructive one as that of yesterday.
Nearby buildings were shaken to their founda-
tions and much damage done for blocks
around the plant. Several pedestrians who were
in the neighborhood were knocked down. and
the greatest confusion reigned until the police
and 1remen reached the scene.
Mrs. Emma Dunn. who lives at No. $40 WAL
nut street. next door to where Stark lives. saw
the explosion from her back piazza and dis
ttnguished the figure OF Buchwald when he was
blown into the air. She rushed into the street
and met Mrs. Stark, wife of the injured man,
who heard the crash, and both started on a run
for the chemical works. On the way Mrs. Stark
police ambulance on the way to the hospital and
frantically followed the vehicle and saw Stark
carried into the institution. She had to be re-
strained from entering.
companies in the lower part of the city AM
balances from all the police stations answered
the call, and 1t was first reported that the list
OF fatalities was far greater.
WOMEN FIGHT AT SCENE
Hundreds of women. mothers, wives and sis
ters of employees in the works. fought each other
at the company's Office to get information about
their own. One woman tainted in the crush and
had to be taken home.
Four months ago, when the original "collo-
dion was demolished. Henry Frey an old en-
ploye who lived in McWhorter street, was killed
and Voetzel among the seriously injured
After several weeks in the hospital Voeltzel re-
turned to work.
were married and had large families.
few weeks ago a son of Voeltzel was killed
on railroad track not far from the factory
where his father was employed