New-York tribune., 1911-02-03
Thinks Shippers Responsible

Morris said Yesterday that The responS''
biIitv OF the railroad company endeu at
o'clock Wednesday morning, an hour "e
| fore the explosion, when the car was tcrhe'
over 70 the Du Pont Powder Compah!
ranresnntatives when the seal was OroAeu
and tho company's agents began to uhloau
tho car Vice-President Bresier, OF me
Jersey Central. issued statement EsS'e'
/ sa,. s,,r,or,irr the contention of Morris.
He said:
"Tbc railroad company Lad completeo W.
mart of the Transportation from the poNue'
works a. Kenvn. y. J.. TO the end ol PteI
! No. :, Jersey City. Il hao deliNeIeu wv
cxrIosive 10 the consicnee, who' throusn a"
autborizeA representative, had accepted u
and was engaged in transferring 1t 10 th@
/ boat Catherine W.
/ .'Tbe railroad company has from the IN
snertor of The Bureau Of Explosives ce!'
,iAcate or statement that every requirement.
NJ ,ba Law. as promulgated By the inter-
sta+n Commerce Commission and enacted
! hv the government was fully complied
,,,+, ~ Tits particular shipment He per-
/ soroliv. had examined Il before Il left Ken
! al and the best evidence that can Do
offered that this condition is correct - that
! i reached lts destination ana was tu!ne'
aver 70 the owner IN perfect cohQiuon'
What happened after the railroad company
NO longer had the explosive i'll It's posses
si,, ar jurisdiction is, Of course, all sPec1'
| lation. -, =.
= = Petsrs. manager of the du Pont de
| Nsrnours Powder Company, said st the o.
dces of tho company, No. 90 West street
| mis- c;tv that the incomplete data 50 far
ob,,ired bv the company indicated that
ite or,v connection with the explosion was
~, tbe rrssenee Of the conpany's launch
whistler. which had been despatehea 70
Communipaw 10 await the arrNa CT
rasn sent iron New York to assist IN the
cork Of transferring the explosives. he
declared that the company had cohpueo
With all the egulations-rpupicipal, state
~ federal-concerning the shipment ana
handling Of explosives. ana telt satishea
tha: csrelessness or neglect could not re
charged to the company
Government Inspectors Investigate.
The Dynamite. il was said. was 20 >.
ts,.an "a a powder anchorage at GravesAnd
Eav. whence IL would be forwarded 10
South American ports. Government inspee-
/, tors were az the pier Yesterday examining
the condition Of things left by the expo
e;on. The federal regulations provioe 10Y
tbe prcper packine OF explosives In transit
:, insure safety, IL was said, and the IN
.n.etors found that the dynamite had been
,1acksd 70 conform with these require
ments.
Coroner James II. Houghton. ot Jersey
-
,.ene of the explosion yesterday afternoon
The inquest has been set for teoruaFy :"
The Police Board q jersey city at spe-
c,al rneating. yesterday directed Chle' O.
pol,ce Aionahan 20 make an investigation OF
the cause Of The explosion. The chie' &C.
tecttves are working IN conjunction win
the representatives OF Prosecutor Caravans
Once. A hearing before the Police Board
hsz been set for February 3, when V1t-
nesses viii be examined
-rnA New Jersey authorities requested the
r,, Pont Company 10 remove the remaining
car OF cynaInite from pier 1 YESTERDAY IL
was loaded on barses ana taken 70 the scv.
eminent powder anchorage Of Ellis Island
Says Crash Was Not on Car
stiu another investigation INTO the causes
OF the explosion is being conducted by
Colonel Beverly ". Dunn, chief inspector
OF the bureau OF explosives OF the An@ri-
can Railway Association. Colonel Dunn
said Yesterday that as yet the bureau was
rot prsrared 20 make an Official statement.
But we have definitely determined one
thing" Colonel Dunn added. I'VE have
established positively that ;..e explosion did
not originate in the car. II originated on
the Catherine w. one OF the trucks Of the
freight car vas blown across ths dock.
clear over the railing or IN. Iusrid and
dropped on her deck. The fact that IL
oisared the railing proves ttst II described
a curve I'm the air. The ayles on the truck
were bent upward Both OF these facts
prove beyond doubt that the explosion came
from below, from The deck of the Cath
crime ".
1T happens that when the cars were