The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-02-04
DYNAMITE ROCKS
new YORK CITY
Terrific Explosion Spreads
CONSERVATION on Land
And Water.

New York, Feb. IA dynamite ex
plosion on the Jersey City water front
just before noon today caused an un
known as yet - lost of life, shook
New York City and its vicinity fol-
miles around to its foundation, and
caused heavy financial loss.
The explosion occurred as the dyna
mite cargo of lighter moored at a
Jersey Central railroad pier was be.
ing unloaded into a freight car. Win.
dow glass was smashed in hundreds
of skyscrapers in New York. Panics
followed in many big buildings but no
casualties from this source are re.
ported.
For a time the explosion was enron
eously located at the Standard oil
company's plant at Bayonne, N. j., at
Governors island, the military post.
which is the headquarters of this div
ision, and the subway 1t was not UNI
til the Jersey City police appealed to
New York City for ambulance that the
scene of the explosion was made
known.
Causes Many Fire Alarms.
The conclusion set off many fire
alarms in many portions of lower New
York and the clater Of fire apparatus
and the shrill shrieks of the engines
sirens added to the confusion. They
found the streets and sidewalks GOV.
cred with broken glass, while fright.
ened storekeepers guarded their
wares.
The explosion caused as much COM
motion on the water as on the land.
New York fire boats, police patrons,
tugboats and other craft hurried to
the foot of Henderson street, where
what was left of the dynamite boat
lay.
The damage was heavy in many Sec
tons of Jersey City.
The dynamite in boxes was being
carted from the freight cars to the
boat. 1t is doubtful IL any one near
enough to see what happened is alive
to tell just what ignited the explosive.
Many of the injured were blown into
the river, from which they were res
cued by tugs and taken to hospitals.
Father O'Reilly of Jersey City says
he administered the last rites of the
Catholic church to five men and saw
one headless corpse near the pier.
Story of Eyewitness.
The only connected story of the ex-
plosion which has yet been told is
that of James Wynne, a weigher for
W. II. Brown & Co. of Exchange
place, New York.
Il saw small powder boat pull in
to pier No. and anchor there" he
said. "She tied up to the pier and
men began to run back and forth
They seemed to be carrying dynamite
from freight cars that were standing
close at hand.
"All tonce there was a flash Of
flame. The little boat disappeared and
| felt myself being carried through the
air. | fell into the water"
Wynne's statement makes It Ger.
tain that it was the Katherine w.
that was destroyed, for this boat was
the last to reach the ship before noon
today for her cargo of explosives.
New York, Feb. with five sep.
arate Investigations under way, there
was every indication today of de-
termined official intention to get to
the bottom of the causes of yeste.'-
days disastrous explosion of dynamite
on the Jersey City water front. which
cost more than thirty lives, caused
the injury of hundreds of persons
and material damage estimated at ap.
proximately 100000.
Besides the announcement of Pub.
lie Prosecutor p. r. Garven of Hudson
county, n, j., that he was gathering
information with the intention of pre.
senting evidence of criminal negli.
gence. If such were found, to the
grand jury at an early day, inyestiga.
tons were also instituted by the cor.
oneT, the Jersey city police and the
head OF the bureau of combustibles of
that city, A fifth and important par.
ty to the investigation, it developed
this mornig, was the United States
government, The federal inquiry was
in charge Of II, p. Conreye, special
agent of the bureau Of explosives. un.
der the jurisdiction Of the war de.