Evening journal., 1911-02-02
LIST OF DEAD
NOT KNOWN
Authorities Unable to Tell
HOw Many We're Killed by
Dynamite Explosion
PROSECUTION IN THE
JERSEY CITY ACCIDENT

BY United Press Leased Special Wire. |
NEW YORK, Feb. Criminal
prosecutions as we'll as civil actions |
for damages are to be begun against
those responsible for the presence ON
the Jersey City pier OF the twenty /
five tons of dynamite that caused yes
terday's disaster. which killed an as
yet unknown number Of men and
caused damage amounting TO hum
dreds OF thousands of dollars. Fla
grant violation of the New Jersey law
and the Jersey City statutes are
charged today by the prosecuting
authorities, and the feeling of resent
ment against those responsible is 50
bitter that Prosecuting Attorney Gar
van OF Hudson county and the Su-
preme Court officials arc being urged
on all sides today to invoke the speed
lest Of Jersey Justice" in furnishing
every person I'm any way responsible.
So impressed with the feeling in the
community was Prosector Garyan that
he took all Of the evidence so far Sc
cured before the sitting Grand Jury
today and that body at once began "A
preliminary investigation Of the dis
aster. In addition Inspector Of Com
bustibles James NJ. Connolly OF Jersey
City started an independent inquiry
to find out how the explosives got
inside the city limits without being
reported, while Coroner Haughton
empaneled a jury to investigate the
deaths of the four men who are In
, his care.
No knowledge Of the Dead.
The authorities admit they have no
definite knowledge of the number Of
the dead. Two bodies and portions
of q third are az the morgue. Cap
tain Robert Burnett Of the tug John
! Twohy died in the Jersey City Hos
pital, while up to the present time
no trace of the captain and crew OF
six OF the Catherine W, the boat on
which the explosion took place or OF
the three men thought to have been
on the lighter Whittier, which sank
after the explosion. Railroad on
i cials believe there we're twelve Polish
laborers working about the dynamite
laden cars and say that none has
4 tsiRce been seen. However. there has
.5beeal no oficial report OF any missing
outside Of the crews OF the lighters
and the other known dead.
Estimates OF the total damage
caused by the explosion vary. Vice
II President Bresler Of the Jersey Cen
trail after a careful Investigation In
the terminal. placed the loss Of that
co.. my at 100000 Damage 10
other property in the vicinity, includ-
ing the shipping I'm the bay, viii total
$50 900 more. The damage at Ellis
island will be $4,000 and possibly
more. The plate glass insurance
concerns, who have had claims pre-
sented from all over Jersey City, Man
haitian and parts of Brooklyn, say
these claims will exceed 100000, This
takes no account Of the damages for
personal injuries which viii be de-
manded.
In an effort TO learn whether there
we're any bodies under the wrecked
piers the officials OF the Jersey Cen
j trail Railway put divers to work to-
day. Their task Is a hazardous one
|, as there are known to be many sticks
of dynamite and several boxes OF the
STUFF buried among the debris A work
. man pulling up the started planking,
, hit a small piece Of dynamite with a
, pick. There was a slight explosion
Z which badly scared the wreckers and
caused greater caution to be OBJ
served.
COrpses Floating in Water.
Men at work on the docks saw what
} they believed to be corpses floating
! in the water between piers 6 and
, today, but were unable TO recover
! them Nearly all of the debris about
) the water line was cleared before IL
o'clock today. but no more bodies we're
, found there.
: The steel bark Ingrid. which re-
ceived good deal of the force OF the
} explosion was taking water freely
! today Her captain will have hei
docked but he believes she is so badly
strained below the water line that she
cannot be repaired.
The officials have been notified
that Charles O'Neill and John Deppon
! who are in ST. Francis Hospital, and
. Edward Finley, who is in the Jersey
City Hospital, will hardly survive the
day.
The Jersey City officials said today
that they have no record of permit
ever having been granted TO the own
r ers of the Catherine o., TO convert heI
r into a dynamite carrier. The United
States shipping authorities are inves
tigating the manner I'm which ths
boats handle high explosives and II
is believed more stringent regulations
will h nrouanlpatQd