Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-01
DYNAMITE KILLS
20 OR MORE IN
NEWSPAPER PLAN I
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do not know how many. but they can't
kill the Times.
There is no doubt that the explosion
was caused by a charge of dynamite
placed apparently In the little blind
ALI YIN the centre of the building. No
other agency could have caused 1t.
There was no oil in the building. We
had no boilers to explode. There was
no gasoline In the place, except a small
can or two In the composing room. 1t
is true that the building was equipped
with gas, but no explosion of gas could
have caused it. For years we have been
receiving threatening letters from peo-
pie who said that the paper ought to be
blown up." M
New Plant Ordered.
Two hours after the fire Mr.. Chandler
was busy writing kilograms to New
York ordering printing presses and limo
types and stereotfpirg outfit for new
plant. An issue bf the paper was got
ten out today frdm the composing and
press rooms Of thb Los Angeles Herald,
and from an auxiliary of the Times
office In another part of the city
Mr.. Chandler said that two years ago
the Times had established an auxiliary
plant at College and San Francisco
streets, equipping lit with a press and
twelve linotype machines, with the ex-
pectation that the lpresent plant would
some day be destroyed.
Managing Editor Harry E. Andrews
issued the following statement:
"The Times building was destroyed
by dynamite this morning by the en-
emies of Industrial freedom. The Times
itself cannot be destroyed. 1t will soon
be reissued from its auxiliary plant
and will fight it's battles to the last.
Men employed in most of the de-
partments had, think, some chance
to get out through the front exits.
do not believe there were 100 persons
in the building. / was not there. Mr..
Won Bier. our city editor, got out. also
Mr. Whitney, our telegraph editor. l
feel sure most OF cur men escaped"
Assistant General Manager Chandler,
of the Times. had a narrow escape
from death in the fire. He had just left
his office on the first floor and gone
to the street. when the explosion oo-
Cured Managing Editor Andrews. and
City Editor Won Bier had been in their
Offices during the evening. but had
gone to their homes a short time be-
fore the explosion. Night City Editor
Ellis was still on duty when the fire
leaped up all around the building. He
ran to the window and jumped three
stories to the paved street below.
City Editors Leap for Life.
His right leg was broken and he
was otherwise seriously injured. None
of the reportorlal staff. so far as
could be learned. was in the local
room at the time of TIE explosion. One
man, his name as yet unascertained,
leaped from a secondstory window and
alighted on his head. breaking his
neck.
1t Is practically certain that all OF
the dead were members of the mechan-
ical force employed on the second floor
and in the pressroom in the basement.
The list of injured at the receiving
hospital was between fifteen and twenty.
Several of them are seriously injured.
| Two hours after the first explosion
occurred, dozen streams of water
were still pouring into the crumbling
building, from which an occasional
| flash of flame shot up.