New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-04
EXPLOSION A MYSTERY.
SPITE ACTION RUMORED.
Contractors Deny Homestead Deaths
One Man May Be Missing.

.ltl,opcb everything within Il forty-nlile circle
ms shaken bv the dynamite explosion at Home F.!
s.ead y j. Just after midnight yesterday
corning according TO the contractors not
single nerson. SO far known. was killed ana
no one seriously injured. Torn and t|isted
,-ees with spikes driven deep into them
,,.-arlzed buildings and hundreds Of Danes OF
broken glass through Hudson and Bergen
counties. and even in Manhattan, bore witness
Yesterday 10 the awful energy developed by the
5a-o7afion and the remarkable escape from
5eatb and injury Of those near the scene Of the
shock
Although the railroad officials and contractors
declare that none Of their men are missing.
there is suffcieut evidence that one man was
killed 70 induce Coroner Schlemm. Of Hudson
county 10 begin IN investigation to-day
Earlier IN the day he decided that he would
hold no inquest as there was nothing but
hole ia the ground 10 warrant it, Late IN The
evening he was informed that a watchman
raae1 George johnson. living in Fulton street
Union Hin had not been seen since the eXplo-
sion. when the coroner telephoned to the con-
tractors 10 ask them if the watchman was miss
inc he was told that they were still sure that
every one had been accounted for. Then he was
asked 10 hold the wire He did 50 for fifteen
minutes. and then Was informed again that no
one was missing. The DELAY however. caused
him t. think he says. that something was being
,orcealel from him. so he VIII investigate to-
Gay.
CAUSE STILL UNKNOWN
The Hunearian watchman. James Matchek,
now m the North Hudson Hospital says that
ne WAS within fifty feet OF the magazine
statement made exceedingly co0ouul oE 'he
fac that he is stin alive. No one elSf W" s
about The 1en-foot square Sieo '' -"
nd fla fegHrc Ff y
rlosiou appears likely to remain nhhno"" To-
sci for The contractors l.,la-.l '.,u,T ,ro vas
.s ,--,.a sooia,o5 -rat ne would .toucn
-er- ,,a r,ara-i-e ip revenge for his dismissal
7~ ~, -,.5 ,,,. his threat he probably lest
,ts i: .-o.r- 81 ~ ore s no evidence to
-. $50, ,,,,,,.,- aside from this rlnor
,',or,os +, Jacobs ne chief engineer os the
7,.,,,s,,,srfa tunnels. went to Homestead AZ ]
,, ,-i+l = ravt. tl,o residcn. engineer. .anJ .
-.,ae 17,rofo ar Jacobs's assistant. He found
~, 80 ,,,,es,, ,,y-l,e ll, ,y,lld not DELAY tre
-, u, .t, t,,,,re, ~ an After talking with I
,,7s-fais r tt,e ..ertractirg firm he was un- /
af3o ~ %. any record Of the amount Of dyna- F.,
Mic ,,4-ioi, mad leeD stored I'm the magazine /
m. s,.l,ost sr,o,,r- no learned ever kept in !
+ t,7r.,7 ,,.,,-5e and the larres. I
- ,,...,,7. :, fsr as l,e could learn /
so,,..,.i,.ro between fo,,r hundred and
efx hundred hounds stored there Saturday night
Lodging from, the force az the detonation the /
a,l~tise however are of tbe opi,,ion that this
,oe.;,os,, h e,.ireI,. to, conservative 0f the /
,,-obsrla cause ~ the accident Mr. yacobs
lc,rned nofiine
Eo ore i'm tho esrly morning was allowed l.p
,7,.r.,al, a,,-la-. moan, tho o,,-er bo,,ee ,ybicl,
re,-o rise =, stories nj bodies beina snf~ital
.s,. and o,,,c.aio5 chief ~ police Nolan
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William Bradley. the contractor. is as much
in the dark as any Of the others, he says. Il
have nothing 10 say" he said yesterday. after
listening to the various reports made to him
We are investigating TO ma, II possible the
cause cf the explosion At present we cannot
make any statement about it,
Richard T Lynch, counsel for Mr.. Bradley,
after saying that the cause Of the explosion
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