The Yale expositor., 1913-03-13

VI SNSathst ~
Great Sea Caused by Disturbance
and Tall Buildings Are Shaken.
Baltimore, Md, March S.-With a
terrific detonation which was felt in
three states. a barge load Of dynamite
exploded in the patapsco river be.
twcen Sparrows point and Wagner
point.
The disaster caused heavy havoc
to human life.
Fourteen bodies have been recov'
cred in the lower bay by tugs and
at that time it. was believed the death
list would reach one hundred.
The Britisl tramp steamer Alum
Chine. which was loading near by,
was sunk with all on board
Four Men or u. s. Collier Killed.
The giant United States collier ia
son, upon which the dynamite was 10
be loaded for transportation 10 the
Panama Canal zone. VAS badly IAN
aged. -Four men IN the Jason were
killed outright and several others in
jured.
Thirty Killed on Tug.
No less than $40 tons Of dynamite
were on the Alum Chine. Caught in
the EXPLOSIONS center were the crews
of the steamship, of the tug and of the
float: also the tally clerks and "a
stevedores employed by the Joseph X
Foard company. or these last named
90 were killed. Eighty s,evedores or
dnarily work in this loading. Exact
number of the dead and injured may
be impossible for day, at least, or
until all lists are checked
In fash OF herolsm men or the
collier Jason, though dead and dying
lay about them, tried 20 go out to the
aid Of men seen struggling ia the
river, but the boats were smashed
They had 10 stand by and see others
drown
Cause Of Blast Unknown.
BESIDES the four killed, 40 others OH
the collier Jason had legs, arms and
ribs broken Some OF them may die.
The first bodies and fragments OF
human remajns were brought 10 Ralti'
more Oh tugs With the dead came
the living. some Of them frightfu!ly
mangled. FIT. OF the injured were
brought into Browns wharf and Spar
rows Point. and taken 10 the city hos
pitals, which were overcrowded
IT is impossible as yet To learn the
cause Of The disaster. Stories Of sur
vivors differ. One account tells OF
fire aboard the barge 20 minutes be-
fore the blast came. Another story Is
that the forehold OF the Alum Chine
was first afre
The British tramp steamship Alum
Chine. wills was loading for Christie
bal and other canal points near the
scene Of the disaster, disappeared he.
meath the water. There were eighty
souls on the tug barge and steamship
which went down, and il is feared all
were lost
A piece ~ iron from one OF the
boats was blown distance Of two
| miles.
The Dawson Chemic2! company
plant al hawkins point. three miles
away. Was set on fire.
Many persons were cut by flying
glass and other damage OF a serious
| nature done Showing the violence Of
the shock from the explosion, as felt
| in skyscrapers az the city. framed
chart hanging on the wall " the ed
,orial office OF the star swayed 10 and
| fro at least an inch.
Ships Are Hurled Agalnat Pliers
The explosion OF Wagner's non,
was terrific y great sea swep; the
liver picking up steamers and other
,esseis bodily and in many cases
| hurting them with terrific violence
against 'he piers at Wagner's Loint
ines parted and spray few over the
bulkboads
The explosion was felt not only
throughout The city and adjoining ter.
| ,itory. but at points dozens OF miles
distant telephone message from
Tavre he Grace stated that windows
we're broken there ~ Canton Spar.
rows Poin, aud Curtis Bay. hundreds
NJ windows were broken Uptown the
tall office buildings were all shaken
by the tremendous explosion.
Captain Goes 10 Scene In launch.
Captain Anstrey 81 the Alum Chine
was IN u shipping Gamblers Office on
South Broadway when the explosion
occurred lie rushed into the street
at once and divining the cause. took
launch and hurried 10 the scene.
Marshal Farnan sent all the city pa.
] troll ambulances TO the foot of Broad
way TO NEE; the city's tug when she
brought the dead bodies and injured
IN.
People on the shore who saw the