New-York tribune., 1911-02-03
WARRANTS FOR NINE
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facts, and whef we get them and they
show that some one is guilty, whether IL
be an officer Of the railroad or of the
powder company. boat owner or Iaborer.
there will be arrests and prosecutions"
Divers were at work yesterday at the end
Of Pier :. In ComInunipaw, where the lighter
Catherine W. which was being loaded with
the explosive, was blown to pieces. and the
lighter Whistler alongside, partly flled with
dynamite, vanished with their crews. They
found no bodies and not enough Of the two
lighters a. the bottom OF the river 90 re-
ward their efforts, n was said II was the
opinion Of the experts in high explosives
who looked over the ground Yesterday that
no bodies would be recovered, as both men
and boats had been blown to atoms.
The ntt Of dead and missing is still
speculative Nine men were known to have
been on the two lighters at the time OF the
EXPLOSION Twelve or fifteen more were
supposed 10 have been In the gang working
or the pier and assisting In unloading the
dynamite and cement from the freight cars
". q. Besler. vice-president and general
manager OF the Jersey Central Railroad
said yesterday that the railroad had
checked up its payrolls and found that
mono of its employees was killed or missing
The railroad officials said, however, thst
they understood there were at least twenty
men working at the end of the pier, en-
ploved by the consignees OF the freight
Eighteen Known Dead.
None OF the injured IN the Jersey City
hospitals died yesterday. but the hospital
physicians held out no hope for the recovery
Of John A Doppen and Charles Mcneil
both in the St Francis Hospital, with tfac-
tured skulls Doppen was a clerk In inc
employ of the Jersey Central ana was
struck by falling debris In the passenger
sta ton. Mcneil was an engineer on poard
a lighter moorei near the scene OF the eA-
plosion. With the addition Of the names
Of FIVE Polish iaborers employed OH the
pier, which were reported to the police yes
terdav, this leaves the number OF known
dead at eighteen.
Inspector Connolly Of the Bureau OF Conl-
bustibles said yesterday that the raiHos1
lad no permit TO carry explosives 'hrous"
Jersey City. lie had held office tor tour
wears he said, and no permit such as the
city ordinances required had oeeh pSso.o
10 the railroad during that time lne our
nance required that every shipment Oh "a
plosives aggregatinr more than 5'"o pouhos
must be transferred at sea, three hunoreo
yards or moro from . pier. The oio cos-
tom had been TO carry the dynamite OUT 10
sea and then To transfer it to ships ne SSH,
and he did not know when the rahre.'
company had changed the method OF ioso.
inc. II appears that the only pehdi'y ~
2 violation Of this ordinance is me ol @S,.
INSPECTOR Connolly declared that ne coulo
show that the dynamite had been II tne
railroad yards at the pier since Janust! %
and for all practical purposes 1t "ouid "e
considered il was stored there during tn''
/ time I'm further violation of the ordinance
which entails q So5 fine for each DAY ehPio-
sivev are so stored within the city. Al ,.,e
ipstieation of Inspector Connolly j. VI
Morris. freight agent Of the Central f'ah-
road OF New Jersey, was summoned !as'
night TO appear before Judge Queen TODAY
In the Second Criminal Court IN jersey III!
TO answer charge Of having violated the
city ordinance.