New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
THREE ARRESTED FOH
 VIOLATING N. ]. LAJ
Adjacent Territory Und, Shrapnel Bombardment { Cargo of War Supplies f, Allies Blows Up for Eigl Hours Following Fire d Board Lighter.

New York, July 31.-Two men N under arrest today on warraA charging them with manslaughter indirectly causing the death of ones the victims of the terrific exploston3 ammunition on Black Tom pier eal yesterday morning, Estimates of casualties early today placed number of dead at four, with th| others mortally injured, thirty-A suffering from less serious injur| and eleven to twenty missing E] mates of the property loss rad from S25, 5,000,0O0 to $45,000,0O0
 Many persons who were on bod barges moored at the burned piers missing and it is feared that they Ind perished. Tn some quarters it was lieved the total number of dead woi reach twelve.
 Those under arrest were Albert Dickman, agent of the Lehigh Val railroad stationed at Black Tom D and Alexander Davidson, superint dent of the warehouse of the Natio Storage company, thirteen of wh | were destroyed by the fire which
 lowed the explosions. A warrant } l issued for the arrest of Theodore
 Johnson, president of lighter company, one of whose barges loa,
 with ammunition is alleged to h l been moored at the pier.
 Frank Hague, commissioner of pi 1 lie safety of Jersey City, charged tt the blame for the explosion lay VI either the Lehigh Valley Railrd company, the storage company or lighterage company, and that someI them had violated the laws of IN Jersey, the Jersey City ordinances X the rules of the interstate commel commission, by permitting bark loaded with explosives to remN moored at the piers over night ThM barges were being used to transp& the ammunition to steamers lying K Gravesend Bay.
 Investigations Under Way.
 Several investigations were co*
 uenced today to discover the ortE of the fire which caused the aw explosion that destroyed $5,000, worth of ammunition, S5 freight ca set blazing ammunition barges ad to lombard the Statue of Liberty the Ellis Island immigration stat with shells and shrapnel, and sh tered S1OO,0O0 worth of windows this city. One of the investigationd conducted by Colonel Beverly Dunn chief inspector of the burd cf explosives of the American Rally association and the interstate cc merce commission. He Is aided thirty inspectors. The county prc cutor and city authorities in ter City are making investigations a Ii Is understood that agents of the E. partment of justice are making ouiries to learn whether the explos was the work of an incendiary.
 Cause Not Ascertained.
 Conflicting reports as to the ca 2f the fire still are circulated. Leh Valley officials assert that an int 0ping barge loaded with ammunit vas moored at their pier in defance heir orders and that the first olosion took place on board vessel. The commissioner of pun safety says that four ammunit >arges were at or near the piers hat all of them were destroyed. E. s feared their crews perished.
 The big pier just west of the Sta # Liberty is today a mass of smok uin with the debris piled hundrd if feet high in places and with ire still burning.
 The work of repairing the dama O the buildings on Bedloe's and F stands and in New York and JeTa fty began today. The immigrant tation at Ellis Island had the appe nee of a war swept village with evt window shattered, the roof of the h ital caved in the main door blo way and the dining and eSecut OOms wrecked, while the island W trewn with bits of shrapnel, brol lass and three-inch shells thro shore from drifting barges whiW ad bombarded the island as tn turned. The damage was estimated 75,000.
 Eight-Hour Bombardment. @ The building on Bedloe's island wi oors blown in and windows shatter