The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-02
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Portions OF Bodies Scattered
Along Jersey Waterfront
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VICTIMS Are MOSTLY pOLACKS
Were Transferring Explosive From
BOsCars TO Lighters When Dis
aster Occurred --SkySCraperS
DeIuge Pedestrians With BrOk-
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New York, Feb. Forty tons OF
dynamite were exploded on the Jer-
sey waterfront, and 100000 people
were affected as by an earthquake.
Radiating from the North river
and Pier Z, in the Jersey Central
freight terminal in Communipaw, the
concussion rocked Manhattan from
end to end. Jersey trembled for
many miles back Of the marshes.
Away out in Long Island people
started up in trembling buildings
and thought it was an earthquake.
Everywhere the solidcst skyscrapers
vibrated and spilled windowglass
into the streets.
In the immediate neighbOrhood OF
the explosion the destruction was so
complete that 1t was next to impos-
sible to determine the number Killed
or the precise reason carload OF
giant powder and quantity stored
In two lighters let so. II is probable
that 80 men lost their lives, and that
rs OF these were blown to pieces
near the pier end.
The big and little cargo boats that
had tucked themselves into Commu-
nipaw's busy harbor we're sounding
eight bells and thee shop whistles on
both sides OF the river were screech-
ing when the whole community knew
that a catastrophe had occurred. sud
denly there came a roar that over
whelmed the little noises Of New
York harbor, a crushing. terrifying
wave of sound like all Of the great
guns of all the forts letting of in
company.
Then there was a slight interval OF
dead silence, in which people waited
for something else to happen. And
the momentary quiet was followed
by a multitude of noises, the crash
ing OF fallen glass, the rattle and
clang of iron girders swinging loose
and battering the sides OF piers, the
squeaking and grinding OF disturbed
buildings settling back into place and
the shrieks and cries OF hundreds Of
people who had been injured by the
rain OF missiles or who cried out in
fear because they were afraid they
were going to be hurt.
Enumerating the dead was a puz-
zle that the authorities gave up IN
til such detihle Information as the
names and Whereabouts of the
Polacks who had been loading dyna.
mite cases on the lighter katherine
w and the lighter Whistler and the
names and Whereabouts OF the crews
OF the lighters had been obtained.
There were fragments of bodies
here and there-a leg and an arm
high up in the rigging OF The wreck
ed Norwegian ship lngrd, In from
Buenos Ayres; dead man I'm the
hold of the same snip; a shattered
torso among the coal piles on pier ..
But there were 25 men sQuarely a.
this center of the explosion, and not
trace OF them save the three man.
gled bodies was found. Phroe-quar
ters of a mile away, at the Tooth
pick pier the captain OF the tugDOat
Tuohy was blown through his pilot
house ahd'kiHIed, which made up the
nnlnbsEdoti dead positively known as
four.
There was hardly any doubt IN the
minds or-tne railroad men after they
had talked with the barge skppers
and -~ttrg--11ock workmen some OF
when lal been less than 200 yards
away fbofn tiie dynamite car. that all
OF the 25 had been destroyed. OF