The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-03

Burns. a mate on tha lighter Hackorsack,
ard Ralph Setter of 95 Montgomery street
Jersey City. None of these * in danger
Of losing his life.
Al the City Hospital is Edward Finley.
engineer of the tugboat John Toohev. Jr.,
and Solomon Rdeout. "A dcckhand on tho
same tug They will he able to leave the
hospital in week or two. Christian
Komskor OF no Bay street. Jersey CITY.
is the only patient at Christ Hospital He
will recover.
An indication Of the names Of some Of
the mon who were ki led at ihe pier end
was obtained yesterday. when inquiries
were made at Hughes's morguc in .lors"v
City for Alfred Werner, 81. of ?37 Narick
street Anthony Solowoskey. i62 Grand
street: Frank Sulz, 2l6 Thirteenth street;
John Rutkowski. IS. Of 2is Railroad ave-
nue., and Anthony Goberski, l59 Greene
street, all Jersey City addresses.
None of the injured remained in hos
pi'a's in this city.
The plate glass insurance companies
in Manhattan suffered pretty severely
from The concussion that played smash
with windows on this side of the river.
Sixteen such concerns paid out cash and
il was estimat ed that $50 600 would about
cover the loss. As one of the adluster
put II, that represents lot of glass.
The heaviest loser was the Metropolitan
Casualty Company, which settled $1,000
worth of claims Lloyd's Plate Glass
Insurance Company paid out S50, 600. "a
did the New York Plate Glass Company
The Fidelity Casualty COMPANY loses
81. 600 while the Maryland Casualty
escaped with only $500. The explosion
cos, the Casualty tompany of America
/ about s.. 900.
/ 1T is a remarkable fact" said Edwarc
! W De Leon, president of the last named
: that two such explosions as that IN Jer
sey and the one in the Grand Contra
terminal should occur within SO shOr
space of time This has been an un
profitable year for the plate glass insur
ance business owing 20 the high pfic,
Of plate glass. We are not feeling par
tcularly happy"
Weather Forecaster Scarr made some
curious observations as I" the pressure
exerted on window glass by the concus
sion. The pen point of the Bureau
barograph moved up jus, eight one
hundredths Of an inch
This showed" said Mr. SCarr. "ai
atmospheric pressure Of seventeen hi
OF one pound TO the square inch on al
objects which We're exposed to the de
tonation."
A little oiphering showed that window
glass measuring twelve feet bv ten
common size. would bo exposed TO &
pressure. suddenly eXcrtod. of IL oa
pounds apretty hard swat for glass tc
stand up against.
Both Iii Jersey and Manaatte1 there
was an immense amount of repair work
TO do On the worst wrecked pier. :
there was nothing to be done, Of course
hut sweep debris ont of tn" way Two
other piers, and 3, Immediately to ths
north and less damaged We're being got il
shape by the railroad. The freight hous,
on Pier was stripped Of its corrugated
iron sheathing
A quick job of repairing was made a,
the big Jersey Central waiting room and
train she'd where so much glass rsined
from the roofs on passengers and al.
tendants. Bv dusk on "Wednesday severa
tons of smashed glass had been scrarec
up and the denudcd frames hoar,iec
against the weather Yesterday Cias,
was put back in rapid order.
Train porters, waiting room attendants
and restaurant walters We're showing
bandaged heads with good deal o
pride Yesterday. Passengers. hurrvinr
through. stopped 20 ask them ahou, theil
experiences and there was no lack o
yarns passed on 10 the commuters
! An aftermath of III" explosion was the
adoption by the New York Chamber o.
Commerce of resolution offered hv
Jacob II Schif instr,icting the com
/ mittee on herbor and shipping to investi
/ gate the transportation of explosives anC
! make a report to the chamber