New-York tribune., 1911-02-04

damage N her rigging and hull as sue 10Y
on the south side of Pier Z. were s,a,o
Yesterday bv the police Despite ''o
ment nv officials of the Jersey ceh''", '"'
no men employed by the railroad o,'
were missing. the police said yes' -
they had the testimony of witnesses ~ oo"
tba, a foreman and a large gans " "n
sunposed to be employees Of the
v.ore working on the end OF the piei - '"o
time of the explosion. unloau''7
from freight cars. xn,os,o,
Eror, ,niur,es caused by the explosion
John A. Deepen. a clerk enP'0 =, ~.
offices of the Central Railroa" VI
Jersey. died in St. Francis
sey City. last night. ,,na,,..s
Deepen was at work in 'he ,' a.
office when the shock Of the eNp'0s-o -
lodged a heavy fire ex.inSuis"'
socket and sent it crashing Oh
tIis elurI was fractured and ne WAS un-
conscious until his death. RE leaves Nie
and son al their home at NO "a O'eI-
mont avenue. Jersey city
II will probably never be h"'"" yu'
how many men lost their ives "'
of the explosion. but CHIEF Nlo,'a''a" 'l''.,.,
the Jersey city police force anu ''' ,S,..,
ants feel sure that besides ''e -,
men practically known 10 have pee' N'''eO'
as many more have perisheu' ,.,...
The Police commissioners OF jersey Nl.S'
uho uere instrumental in ohtalhi"s ule
warrants for the eight defendants hoN
charged with mansaughter ana cii''''iia
rog1isopco issued a statement last hisht
IN which they said that If it developer ,na'
action would he taken in the ma,'e'' III
explaining their action in ge''ii's W.
rants the commissioners salu.
We believe that the aIreShI ho,I n M. Cen
sponsihle office managers OF potn tbe Du
,r,i paiIroad Of NV Jersey anu INC
Pont Powd n Company Will place IA o vii
ter squarely before the cQiut,,H in an eX-
tend 10 place the reSpohS'O''
peditious manner. -d tho accident
were brought into tie city WI'tppa' ,pa Central
nit and stored for Tosv six d1a aaTds without per.
mil and were handled by me tllP'u ,.o,.r,it
the powder company WI WI ,he commits
MANY lives were lost through III; III In tho
sion of an unlawful act .i,,,ta. man
opinion Of the poaIu
r. the company had applied for pc pff'ii,,to into
and the quantity OF explosive ~ ,vouId
omr cjty had become known. steps WuhiV ,,itV
- ~. Lcon taken TO prevent such qudI.'tS
~ dvnanite from entering the clIy. eai,ad
Therefore apparent yhy the c"II'P'"'
10 apply for permits o,,siriIitv rests
We believe that the respou,s.s,,di' - \avy
rrirnarily with the Central k'lLi % odu pa,,,dar
Jersev officials and the Du foH'
Company officials.
wilmington. Del. Feb 3--At the of'ce'
of the =. I du Pont de Nemours .,,.. r"M"-
Comnanv I'm this city TO-DAY '''"'
Co,re manager NJ the sales department,
eaid that the lighter catherine W. one u
tho two boats wrecked I'm the eNploSio" ~
Coy,r,urinav New York Haroor' on
Wednesday. contained $500 POUNDS OF
dvnamite and 1000 pounds Of black pow
der. The explosives had been shipped rom
the companys plant at Kenvile y D.
near Woodbury.. for transportation 10
AGENTS of the company in Brazil. and had
been taken from cars at Communipaw Tor
TRANSFORMATION to South American YES
sci. he saiU.
Mr.. Covne also said there were no OK
plosiyes on the launch whistler, which was
a pu Pont boat. and was wrecked i'm the
explosion. being alongside of the Catherine
w. at the time The Whistler was used IN
making small shipments about the harbor
but AT the time of the accident vas not so
engaged.