Norwich bulletin., 1910-10-03
Nitro ro-GIycerine
For Newspaper
OPINION OF CHIEF OF DETEc.
TWEs CAPTAIN FLAMMER.
LOS ANGELES TIMES WRECKED

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Nineteen of the Employees of Cali
fornia Morning Paper Buried in the
Ruins-Five Bodies Recovered.
Los Angeles, Cal. Oct. "A large
force of workmen. after digging for
thirty hours into the debris of the
Times building, wrecked by an explo-
sion Saturday morning, have unearthed
five of the nineteen bodies buried in
the ruins. The men are still at work
tonight aided by a huge railway crane
and derrick which is lifting out the
masses of heavy steel.
Police Guard Proprietor's Home.
In the meantime the police are
guarding the home of Cen Harrison
Gray Otis, proprietor of the Times and
that of General Mana ger Harry Chan
Ter. Guards are also watching over the
plants of several concerns recently in
volved in strikes.
Alleged Anarchist Arrested.
Three arrests have been made since
the explosion. One of the suspects is
an alleged anarchist, Martin Eagan. In
the hope of obtaining information as to
the perpetrators of the outrage, Mayor
Alexander increased the city's offer OF
reward today to $4,000.
This, together with the offers of To-
calls newspapers and labor organiza- :
tions, whose leaders have announced a
determination to assist in the search
for the criminals, raises the total
amount of rewards to $1S,50O. The
city's offer is intended to tempt anyone
having knowledge of dyna mite con-
spiracy to divulge the secret. There
are no conditions.
Bodies Burned to Fragments
The body of ]. Wesley Reaves. sec
retary to Harry Chandler. is one of
those recovered today. Identity was
established more by the place in which
it was found than by any evidence on
the body itself. 1t was burned into
fragments. and so were the four other
bodies taken out today.
The first body was found shortly af-
ter o'clock this morning and betwe
that time and 7.30 o'clock three more
We're recovered all burned beyond
recognition. One of the bodies is sup
posed to be that of Howard Cordaway,
a young stereotyper. Reaves' body was
found under what had been the general
managers Office.
Mrs. Churchill Harvey Elder. wife of
the night editor, who died of his burns
and injuries yesterday, arrived here
from San Francisco and shortly after
ward collapsed from the strain under
which she had laborad since learning of
the catastrophe. She is in a serious
condition tonight. John Howard. Jr..
son of one of the linotypers. whose
body is believed TO be in the ruins, also
collapsed today.
Since the morning of the explosion
he had been watching the ruins and
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their way. to the body The inquest
will be held Tuesday.
Destroyed by Nitro Glycerine.
Capt. Paul Flammer. chief of de-
tectives, said tonight that w. J. Burns,
form arly connected with the San
Francisco. graft prosecution, and now
head of thegsecret service of the Amer
lean Bankers association, and W. J.
Moran of the United States secret ser
vice inspected the ruins of the Times
office today and said that in their opin-
ion the building was destroyed by a
charge of nitro-glycerine.
Among the remarkable escapes
chronicled since the explosion and fire
were those of George w. Long and his
on the sixth floor of the building. In
the few seconds intervening between
the explosion and the development of
the building in flames, the men made
their way to safety, while the linotype
men and the printers on the second
floor were trapped by fire and per-
ished.
OF the engraving force only one was
hurt. He has a few bruises on one
hand.
Similar escapes were made by Mark
Bently, chief pressnan. and his asso-
ciate. Bently and his men were max
ing ready to run off a section of the
w l1al1 r hn 80 y,
explosion sounded and the floors over
head fell. The pressroom was filed
by a cloud of smoke and dust Walls
of flames blocked all the doorways
and yentilators. Bently said it seemed
as if he and his men were doomed to
die in the basement, when one of the
men remembered that a hole had been
cut near the sidewalk for some tempo
rary purpose. The pressnen made
a rush for this avenue Of escape and
found it. despite the smoke which
blinded and almost suffocated them,
and one by one they crawled to safety.
Most of those who escaped by other
We're only slightly injured
Will Be Confined in Hospital for
Months.
Charles Lovelace suburban news ed
itor. who was one of the few in the
editorial room at the time of. the ex-
plosion. will be confined to a hospital
for many months. He was seriously
burned. Paul Braud. police reporter
of Tho Times, who tried to aid the
entrapped men in the burning build
ing, gave way to the nervous strain to-
day and was sent to hospital.
The Dead.
Churchill Harvey Elder died at
Clara Barton hospital at 7.3o O'Clock
yesterday.
Harry L. Crane, assistant telegraph
editor, age 3S, married, one child;
body not recovered.
3. l.. Sawyer, telegra pTer. married.
two children, body not recovered.
J. Wesley Reaves, stenographer.
married, body recovered
J. c. Galliher 40, linotype operator.
married, five children, body not re-
covered.
W. G. TunstaH. As, linotype operator,
married, body not recovered.
Fred Llewellyn, 36, linotype opera
tor. married, body not recovered.
John. Howard, 45, printer, married.
one child, body not recovered.
Grant Moore, AZ, machinist, married.
body not. recovered.
Edward Wasson. 81. printer. mar
ried. body. not recovered.
Elmer -Frinll. Is, linotype operator;
body not overed.
Ernest Jordan. 80. linotype opera :
tor. married, one child body not re-
covered.
Frank, Underwood 4s, printer mar
red, one child, body not recovered