Evening journal., 1915-12-01

the recovery Of p. J. Sykes. of Phila-
delphia. another member of the Bible
class. who is in the Homeopathic Hos
pital in a serious condition.
Men who live in the Y. NJ. c. a. DOR
mitories subscribed to fund last
night for floral wreath for Thaxter.
This will be sent to the home Of Mrs.
Thaxter in Portland.
During the dinner given at st. An
drew's Church last evening by mem
bers OF st. Andrews Brotherhood, the
RI. Rev. f. J. Kinsman offered
prayers for the bereayed and injured
in the accident. Bishop Kinsman
paid a fine tribute to the men, and
offered prayer for the comfort and
speedy recovery of those injured.
Prayers For the Victims.
AS the concussion Of the exploding
mill shook the buildings in this city
and vicinity, scholars in the various
schools were almost thrown into a
panic. In the parOchial schools. the
Sisters, after assuring the scholars
that all danger had passed, noticed
the cloud Of white smoke ascending
heavenward, and the students at once
were asked to say prayers for those
who had been killed or injured.
Chief OF Police Black, who hereto
fore has gone to the mills when an
explosion occurred 10 offer his ser
vices, was unable to leave his office at
Jordan to proceed to the plant at
once ana TO give what aid he could.
Following the explosion word was
sent to the Phoenix Fire Companv i'm
this city and the horse drawn ambu-
lance OF the company was sent to the
mills. When IL arrived. however 1t
was not needed as the injured had
peen placed in private automobiles
ana brought to tho Delaware and
homeopathic Hospitals. The chemi-
cal apparatus of the Water Witch
FIRE Company was returning from
hshting small @hlaza. az Greelville
when the explosion occurred and the
hremen at lnce drove TO the mill The
apparatus was at once pressed into
service as an automobile
Harry Haber. who was killed in
old and had worked at the plant but
eight days, going there last Monday
week Prior to that time he drove
bakery wagon for his uncle. Louis
Reches, Of No. 217 West Second
street where he made his home
Haber was popular in the young jew
ish circles.
The employees of the packing house
who were killed had been working
since z o'clock on an eight-hour shift.
They would have left tho building at
o'clock. At i.30 o'clock two cars,
which run on a narrow gauge railway.
pulled by two horses. drew up in front
OF the packing house. While officials
or the company cannot say who was
driving the team at the time, work
ers in the plant say that Mace had
been doing the driving all morning.
AT any rate. just as the cars arrived
at the packing house the explosion
occurred.
IL is thought that some OF the DOW
der from the cars might have gotten
onto the rails. causing a spark and the
explosion. The 1920 feet frame struc-
ture which was divided into six small
rooms, was blown to atoms.
The fact that one OF the horses has
not been found and only portions OF
the other one have been located, in
.clinos powder workers TO believe that
the two carloads of powder contain
ing 5000 pounds. exploded first.
Leslie Timms. aged II years, whose
maine was first announced as Tim
mons, had worked at the plant but a
few days. Prior to going TO the mills
he worked for William Stewart. n
grocer, at Concord avenue and Mon
roe street. He lived with his grand
mother, Mrs. Fannie Vickery Of No.
1920 West Seventh street The par
cnts Of the dead boy are said TO live
near Kennett Square.
Carpenters yesterday afternoon
erected a fence around the ruins and
gaping hole where the Inflated pack
ing house stood.
Chief of Police Black this morn
ing placed a patrolman on duty at
the DUPONT Building This precaution
was taken at the request OF the du-
Pont Company. who feared that there
might be a lot of people gather
there out of idle curiosity