Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-03

brk, July S0.-Property loss
at S25,000.000 was caused
ay by a series of terrific eN-
f ammunition awaiting ship
he entente allies and stored
Tom island. a small strip of
ng into New York bay off
Y. Tho loss of life still was
ical Tonight. 1t will not be
RI definitely until there has
brtunitv to check up the
employed on the island and
moored near by. Two are
he dead and at least two
missing. Scores of persons
red, some of them probably
TATES HEAR EXPLOSION.
Donations, which were felt in
$. began with a continuous
Of small shells. then the
ip Of great quantities of dy-
rinitrotoluol and other high
followed by the bursting Of
Of shrapnel shells which
si1owcred the surrounding
hnd waters for many miles
at started soon after the first
sh which spread death and
IN its wake. destroyed 1S of
warehouses Of the National
company on BLACK Tom island,
We're stored merchant ise
at between S12,00O.000 and
o. The flames. shooting into
$, were reflected against New
sky line" of towering office
which only a few moments
ere shaken to their founda-
by an earthquake. Miles Of
in Manhattan alone were
With broken glass and shat
MS.
kBLY SMALL DEATH LIST.
reports of heavy loss of life
possible Of verification and the
es asserted the number of
probably would he small. 1t
that owing to the extent of
kase it might he several days
he exact figures could be OBJ
CAUSE UNKNOWN.
huse Of the disaster had not
ermined Tonight. Officials of
.onal Storage company and the
Valley railroad, which also
heavily through the loss of
declared, however. that re-
them showed a fire started
after one o'clock this morning
irge belonging to an independ
ing company which had beer
alongside a dock used by the
company to transfer ammuni.
|pments from trains to vessels
arbor. The barge, it was said
re without authority of either
road or the Storage company
,iaiS refused to disclose tn,
the Independent towing com,
hYing they were investigating
rtain whether the barge pur
had been set on fire IL the re
plot"
AREHOUSES DESTROYED.
cement issued this afternoon b,
lGh Valley Railroad company
conference between heads O
rtments here. said:
teen brick storage warehouse
the q owned and operated b
onal Storage company and 81,
Nned by the Storage compan,
sed to the Lehigh Valley roa,
fstroyod, Several others of tn
Iarchouscs were badly damage
|no minor damage was done t
Ugh Valley grain elevators. l
p, IS far as is known, SIS loade
re destroyed.
[rding to the evidence obtaine
,iaIs Of the Railroad compan
started at 1:05 this morning /
r belonging to an independer
company which had bee
alongside the Railroad CON
dock expressly against orders
p. Hanley. night general yarc
for the New York division {
high Valley railroad. was on TT
ben the fire started. He said II
ION, which occurred at 2:OS, wa
barge where the fire started"
Hanley's first thought was
the loaded cars on the pier fro
niger zone. He said that whe
jched the end of the pier II
WAS burning fiercely all over al
r was beginning to commun
self to some of the cars ncare
|'ge.
b long cuts of cars were success
removed from the danger 20
the rapidly spreading fire G
the balance.
BOO TONS OF SUGAR LOST.
has not as yet been definite
lined Just what the money lo
\. Some 10000 tons of raw sug
at approximately s3,40O,O00
to he lost. IT Is believed tn
| her contents of the warchous
Ned viii greatly increase Il
| t. There were no eNplosiN
in the warehouses and in on
the cars destroyed. These We
with shrapnel, which would I
been a source of danger but
T. fire. The other cars destroy
poadod principally with salt a
scene Of the explosion and I
DO way adjacent 20 the main pi
| and freight terminals of
i Valley railroad at either N
or Jersey CITY. and the mist