Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-02
All States Should Act.

Robert Peeic. professor OF mining III
columbia University and noted eN-
pert i'll the use of dynamite, has the fol
lowing To say in statement TO tho pub
lie.
The tommunipaw explosion should re-
cery" the attention of the legislature or
every state in the Union. I believe from
my experience with dynamite that every
state SIodld make Law making IL COM
pulSoTS with those who ship explosives of
This nature I, have them frozen before
being put in transportation. 1t should
also he demanded that competent men.
experts with dynamite and its dangers.
should be i'm charge of the shipments
from the moment they start from the
factory.
Public Prosecutor Garven made the
following statement in Jersey City: The
facts of the explosion will he set before
the grand jury today and a rigid inyes-
tisation will ensne The law of New
Jersey is sufficient to punish the guilty
in this ease and punished they will be.
capt. Ira Harris of the United States
inspection service declares that the eN-
plosion brings home Il menace which
has long threatened the traffi" at this
port. He recommends that additional
federal safeguards he thrown around
the transportation of high explosives
up and down the lanes of water traffic
As Seen From New York.
-hciNiIit WIZ was CllIc1 ell
sineer of the Wellrnsn airship America,
saw the explosion from the tower of
the Singer building.
THE column of smoke was headed
straight upward when / caught sight of
it, he said. My attention was ar
rested because of the momentum which
was driving it. The head of the column
hadn't broken in the least: it was just
tall shaft of dark against the clear sky.
Ix,1l
We had felt the shock before 1 ran to
the window.
"Some were crying that an elevator
had dropped, others that the steam radi-
atorS had exploded, and several insist
ed that row of buildings in Church
street had fallen down. l was sure that
the column of smoke / was looking at
accounted for the disaster. and that 1
was observing the tremendous lifting
force of some high-powered explosive.
THE shaft continued on upward for
some time, then it's head began to
spread out like an umbrella. Finally
loon; the lower part of the shaft, how
ever. continued to the level reached by
the top before it spread out.
Prosecutor Garven Busy.
Public Prosecutor P. Garven of Hudson
county, New Jersey, in whose jurisdic-
ton the explosion occurred, was busily
engaged today in his investigation of the
calamity Three OF his assistants were
sent out to make inquiries in various
quarters likely to develop important in
formation, and Mr. Garven. in his office,
received reports from them from time
to time. He would not reveal. however,
what specific. information these reports
conveyed.
"All L can say" said the prosecutor, lis
this-that we are on the job collecting
the facts. 1t may be several days be-
fore all the facts relating to the matter
are in shape. If these facts disclose that
there has been criminal negligence, We
will place them before the grand jury.
List of Known Dead.
revised list of the dead. so far as
known. made public today in Jersey City,
is al follows:
James Armstrong of Jersey City. cap
tain of the powder boat Whistler.
Robert Barbour of New York city, a
TailrOad passenger
Robert Bennett of New York city, cap
tain of the tug John Tuohey.
James Lundrigan, captain of the pow
der boat Katherine W., address not
learned.
Charles McNeill, engineer of a switch
engine In the New Jersey Central yards,
address not learned.
Giantonomo Moro of Brooklyn. steve
dore.
Michael Moro, a cousin of Giantonomo,
steyedore.
Oscar Stolpe mate Of the Katherine
w. lived with Capt Lundrigan.
Only five bodies have been recovered up
to this noon, and the names Of only
nine men missing were known.