Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-31

cars nearest the barge.
 Two Long Cuts of Cars Removed.
 Two long cuts of cars were sue cessfully removed from the danger zone before the rapidly spreading fire engulfed the balance.
 Tt has not as yet been definitely determined just what the money loss will be, Some 10000 tons of raw su- gar, valued at about $3,400,00, is known to be lost. It is believed that the other contents of the warehouses destroyed will greatly increase this amount. There were no explosives stored in the warehouses and in only two of the cars destroyed. These were loaded with shrapnel which would not have been a source of danger but for outside fire. The other cars destroyed were loaded principally with salt and pork
 The scene of the explosion and fire Is in no way adjacent to the main pas senger and freight terminals of the Lehigh Valley railroad at either New York or New Jersey and the mishap will not interfere with the operation of business"
 Chemical Warehouse Unharnned.
 Edmund L. Mackenzie. president of the National Storage company, de- clared tonight that the plant of his concern was valued at $7,O00. 900, while the contents of the warehouses prob ably were worth $10,0O0,000. One of the warehouses which remains intact, he said, is filled with chemicals. Be- sides the great quantity of raw sugar burned, there were 24 GOO bales of to- baccO, much mating from China and Japan and other merchandise. The loss to his company and the railroad MT. Mackenzie asserted, was partly covered by insurance.
 As far as l have been able to asCer- tain after a 9pTGODa1 ir,7, said MT. Mackenzie, there apparently has not been a great loss of life This undoubtedly was due to the fact that few persons live in the immediate vii cinity of our plant. There were, of course, number of private watch men and iremen on the grounds at the time but all of these except two have been accounted for"
 Loss of Life Unknown.
 MT. Mackenzie said it would be i'm possible at this time to tell what loss of life there had been, if any, on bargesh and small craft moored near the scene of the disaster. The Jersey City police, cooperating with the New ork authorities, were busily engaged tonight in search
 The body of an unidentified young man was recovered from the water.
 Men Blown Hundreds of Feet.
 The body of an unidentified young man was recovered in the water off the Lehiigh Valley pier, A child in died from shock following the first of the explosions. Many men told thrilling stories of having been blown hundreds of feet over land and water,
 Sixty in Jersey City HospitaIs,
 Most of the sixty or more injured taken to Jersey City hospitals were struck by shrapnel, falling glass or debris, Nearly all were in the rail- road yards or on craft noored near the islands. Included among them are a few women and children whose homes were on barges. Many other persons in New York and Jersey cities suffered minor injuries from broken glass.
 Every window in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, on BedIoe's Is- land, opposite Black Tom, was broken, The main door, made of iron and weighing nearly q ton, was blown off It's hinges, The statue itself, how the rain of shraphel which bespattered
 Gut By Flying eIsss,
 A new. warehouse on the island and the quarters of the army officers and si%ty"seven soldiers who guard the statue were badly damaged, 4 nun per of the man, ga well as several wo- men wives of the officers, were cut by flying glass, hgt none seriously,
 Although the plant which furnished power fer Bealee'g Island was shaken and partly put out of eewEaissIen, the famous Tight of Iiberty7 burned ataad9 ily throvghaut the hours of confusion, flaming high ahgye the pglI of smoke from the Ape which ragged neapbY,
 Damage On Ellls IsIaAd,
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