Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01
FIRE FOUND NEAR
DEATH MILL AT
DU PONT PLANT
B&az in Yard Connected
With Scene of Big
4 Explosion
PLOT NOW SUSPECTED
List of Victims Numbers Thirty.
Search Being Made for
Three More

a WILMINGTON, Dec. Though dt
Pont officials today denied the report
hat warning notices had been posted OF
hrcats made to blow up the plants OF
he company. a series Of circumstances
(which It is almost impossible to account
for has strengthened opinion that the
n explosion yesterday afternoon. which
wiped out the lives of 30 men and in
jured large number of others, was due
5to some outside cause.
II Not all OF the circumstances connected
with the excitement which held Whining
4 ton yesterday have been made public
While the dupont officials were still
busy making their investigation OF the
explosion last night, fire occurred in
4 the lower Hagley yard, connected with
the yard where the explosion occurred.
I II was In a small building and close to
Zpowder mill. Picked man. who have been
with the company for n long time and
n can be trusted In emergencies, were sent
with extinguishers and fre-killing chem
4 icRls to fight the flames, and they were
extinguished before they could reach the
powder mills
The matter was kept as quiet as pos
|sible, and it was not until this afternoon
that II became known.
This fire was followed this morning by
Point plant. This mill was located in
plant No. 2, and was a small structure.
Just how this fire occurred no one APP
pears to Know. The only explanation
which is made by the powder company is
that such fires are incidental to the bus-
ness OF making powder and that 1t was
accidental.
CORONER PLANS FOR INQUEST.
ihe same explanation is given of the
,hre In the powder In the Lower Hagley
yard last night but the two fires, oc-
|curring within less than "a hours of the
biggest explosion in the history of the
company. has caused n general belief that
|outside influences were responsible for
the explosion which wiped out the lives
|of 30 many men,
Deputy Coroner Harvey Il. Nichols this
AFTERNOON announced that 1t was the in
Mntion of Coroner Lattomus and himself
hold thorough inquest into the cause
the death of the men killed in the ex-
bsion.
CORRECT LIST OF DEAD.
The corrected list of dead follows:
kIAMEs BAIRD. Ir,. 81, single Henry clay.
|BENJAMIN BARBER, "a, married, ri South
'M. BRicoTTi Il.
|ELMER {: cuMPsoN 10 Henry clay.
NAMES EGNER. 1B, 1851 Peach street
:LslEs pox. ii GsSPoc1i IsC5 Chestnut street.
E GROSS. Hsst %. II ieif7' Il Linden III e Street
PAMES .3EMaIILL. TO- il2i B street.
NELSON AoGATE, u, married, Rockland. |
kBfX{a ~ate, 2lT West I'd street
- FREY. lB. Ttenry Clay.
~ 81 fSELLEHER, 85, single. Rockland. |
~. single, 406 Harrison street
by. is. 1922 West 9th street.
+ NOR. %. single 20 Kentmere road. |
Z. IL I1G Lombard street.
;STRI. -, single. Gl6 Scott street. |
HACK. ., single. Snow Hill Md.
s, HACK. 10. Snow Hill. Nd
PSoN. %. single. +Tls Woodland ave-
E. - ~ illadephia.
) fNGFiELD. 81, married, 433 Union
@z ~ THAXTER, %. single Portland. Me-
MS. II. 1920 West 7th street.
FIN, 55, widower. Odessa Del.
MACE. 30. married. Henry Clay.
OK HANRAHAN, 80, single, 1923 Ian.
avenue.
BOOKER. so married. s children. 1924
hall street
West Ath street.