The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-01
Los ANGELES TIMES BUILDING BLOWN
Up AND UNKNOWN NUMBER KILLED

was estimated To be worth over $780,,
000 and is total loss
Liet Of Injured.
Among the injured taken to the re-
ceiving hospital were the following.
Many others injured were taken to
other hospitals
S. w. Crabin. foreman composing
rooms. severe bruises
Randolph Rossi linotype operator:
jumped from second floor; severely
injured.
Within a few minutes after the ex-
plosion the police arrested TWO men
in the Roadway tunnel. two blocks
north OF the Times building, and they
are being held for investigation.
The police had their fire lines
stretched around the scene and re.
serves were soon patrollinG the dis
trict armed with riot guns. but the
half-clad crowd which silently
watched the flames from behind the
fire lines was orderly and not an ar
rest was made from among the crowd.
List OF the Missing.
The following list of missing. fur
niShed by the times, have not been
accounted for up 10 l:30 this morn.
ing:
j. C. Gallagher. linotype operator;
married, five children.
w. G. Tunstan, linotype operator;
married
Fred Llewellyn. linotype operator;
married. one child
Grant Moore, machinist married
three children
Ed Wasson. printer. married
Elmer F'rink, linotype operator;
married.
Eugene Cares, linotype operator
married. one child
Don F. Johnson, linotype operator.
married.
Ernest Jordan, linotype operator
married, one child.
Frank Underwood, printer mar
ried one child.
]. Wesley Beaver. stenographer-
r.. l. Sawyer. telegraph operator
married, two children
Harry l. Crane. assistant telegraph
editor; married. one child
Charles CULVER. composItor, mar.
ried
Carl Sallida. linotype operator.
Harvey c. Elder, assistant city
third story window and died in the
hospital.
Charles Z. Lovelace, country editor
leaped from the third story window
and died In the hospital.
]. Wesley Reaves. secretary to AS
slstant General Manager Chandler,
believed body in ruins
X J. Sawyer, telegraph operator.
aged "a, married, two children; body
believed TO be in ruins.
Harry l.. Crane, assistant telegraph
editor. married one child, believed 10
he in tho ruins.
Fell Back Into the Flames.
The entire force OF editors and OPP
orators were at work In the telegraph
room. exception Telegraph Editor r.
y. Whitney Harry l.. Crane. the as
slstaDt telegraph editor. was seen at
tempting TO MAKE his way out of the
building He was not found among
the survivors
Several men were seen by Specta-
tors to come 10 the upper windows J
few minutes after the fire broke out
and cry for help The firemcn could
not get their ladders up quickly
enough and the flames burst about
them. Those at the windows were
urged 10 jump Many did and alight-
er safely; others besitated and fell
back into the flames.
Foreman Grayblll Of the composing
l,al oI,
lis men in the building IS of whom
we're in his department He believes
that twelve OF his men were killed
and that the fatalities In the other de
partments totaled about the same
number.
About fifteen men were IN the
stereOtyping department. but all are
believed to have made their way out.
ii ID. Sallada, in charge of the
prool-Teading room, located next 10
the telegraph room on the third floor,
had fifteen employees in his depart
ment, eight OF whom were women. All
escaped
Another Attempt Made.
Assistant General Manager Chan
dler Is authority for the statement
that an attempt was made TO blow
up the Times auxiliary plant at Col.
leGe and Fernando streets, was made
few minutes before the explosion
occurred which destroyed the main
Office at First and Broadway.
Mr. Chandler said today that one
of his men had reported that. shortly
before / O'Clock this morning, two
men were seen by a special officer
placing a ladder at the rear of their
branch building and climbing TO the
roof He watched the men while thev
were al work trying TO effect an en-
trance through the skylight He fired
at them twice with his revolver and
the men fed.
Mr.. Chandler interprets this as fur
thcr proof that a CAREFUL planned ef-
fort was made last night to destroy
both the Times main and branch
Offices.
Threats Had Been Made
There Is no doubt but that the ex-
piosion was caued by a charge of dy.
Mantle placed apparently in the little
blind alley In the center of the main
building" said Mr.. Chandler. NO
other agency could have caused it.
There was no oil In the building; we