The Washington times., 1910-12-19
Thirteen Bodies Recovered.

%AAAACGA OOAlGS RECOVERED.
Thirteen bodies have been recovered.
stiu on FIRE
Many Of the buildings in the vicinity
were almost shaken from their foun-
dations, and threaten 10 collapse.
Several hremen were injured by fall
ing walls, and several buildings viii Be
ursafe for occupancy again.
The fire that followed the first ex-
pIOs1on iguited The gas in an immense
main under the building, and this also
blew up spreading destruction and in
jury for more than a mile in al dtrec-
tons Three persons were killed on a
street car q block away when Il was
lifted from the rails and crashed into
a mass Of debris
List Of Known Dead.
The known dead are.
NARY POPE, ia East Fortieth street.
riding in Lexington avenue car when II
was overturned BY force OF explosion.
FRANK KELLY, boy passenger II
Lexington avenue car
c. AIcNORROW, lives in East Fifty
fourth street
: D LIVERMORE
Unidentified woman was a passenger
on Lexington avenue car
Unidentified girl killed while crossing
Lexington avenue At F1fueth street
-Four unidentified men taken from
ruins Of pOwerhoUse-
List of Fatally Injured
The fatally injured are
Louis Mundel, -Is7 Main street, Long
Island City, internal injuries
Daniel Butler. 10 Guernsey street,
IaceratIons, broken limbs, and perhaps
fractured skull
william Harrison, SS7 Park avenue, In
ternaI Injuries
Daniel Toomay. policeman, internal
injuries.
Dennis O'CoEneH. ribs fractured and
BODY crushed
CathaEsne Ostrom, internal injuries.
Mary Mcnamara aged eighteen, head
severely cut and taken unconscious to
hospital
In front Of the pOwsrhOuse were 500
pounds OF dynamite IN sticks They,
too. went with the explosion, and added
70 its force
The povyerbouse, a tvo-story struc-
ture Of ancient patterns. stood at the
southwest corner Of Lexington avenue
and FfftieJh street
a series q boilers was installed In
the basement where there was also a
compressed air system for furnishing
pow er to operate the steam drills used
in making excavations
An enormous amount Of compressed
air was carried in the reservoir Of the
pOwerhOUse- These reservoirs also
blew up with terrific force three minutes
after the first explosion, which occurred
The boilers in the basement were the
largest used by the New York Central
road
A Statement by President Brown
President Brown. Of the New York
Central lines, gave out a statement after
a CUrsOTy investigation had been made
but it threw little light upon .he cause
As the men who can explain the
cause Of the disaster were instantly
killed by the force OF the explosion
the real origin viii probably never
be known Rumors were current after
the disaster that it had been set of By
an explosion Of dynamite but no in
formation Of this could be obtained.
Almost Immediately following the
explosion District Attorney Whitman
and District Attorney Lavelle arrived
at the scene and began a preliminary
explosion Later they went TO the
East Eifty-hrst street police station
where they examined a number OF
witnesses and several OF the injured
who had been brought to the station
in a patrol wagon
Investigation VIII Be Thorough.
''You can say for me-" declared the
district attorney. as he left the police
station and hurried back to the scene
OF the explosion, "that this investtEa-
tion VIII be most exhaustive. No one
VIII be spared I shall try TO get at
the bottom Of this explosion and place
the blame where il belongs 1 shall
devote the entire day. and more II
necessary. to clearing things up"
Nv idea fE that the nEULo=tnn
due to the following CAUSES" said
Fire CSief Croker. & believe work
man dropped a crow bar on the third
rail- This caused q fame which was
communicated to some PintsCh gas
tanks The tanks exploded. and that
caused an explosion in the old power
house OF the New York Central"
Windows in all the buildings around
for blocks were broken and panic
Teigned in the crowded elevated trains
Street cars were lifted from rails and