Evening journal., 1917-04-10
us Killed, 600 Injured In Eddystone Horror
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that 80 cent of the employees nearest the
explosion females.
The in flames. The whole countryside was
shaken as if earthquake had occurred
Nearby buildings literally razed by the explosions
Rescuers approach the plant and explosions
bombing with gatg-g raPdy In the excitement and con-
following the three explosions IN the shrapne plant which
occurred shortly after 10 o'clock was utterly Impossible TO get
definite killed hurt the full extent OF the
damage Two hundred brought here for treatment
automobile FIRE engine companies have been sent to the
Philadelphia in to telephone request for aid
Eddyone from Chester and other
nearby working full force since the explosions
started they far been unable to make much headay
All the buildings of the entire plant threatened.
ambuanes doctors and nurses have been sent from
various Philadelphia hospitals o aid in relief work.
An official Philadelphia plant Of the Baldwin Company
maed today thousand alien employees OF the company
may lose their jobs result of the explosion at EddyOne
The guarded tHe entire cadet battalion of the Penn
syvsna Military College, of Chester The boys armed with loaded
rifles are under orders Captain Louis Morey of the Tenth
United States Cavalry and doing guard duty at the plant upon
the request of the Eddystone authorities
Shortly Captain Walter Wilhelm manager and vice.
president of Eddystone plant issued the following ssteen
All departments of the EddystOne ammttion works viii re-
operations morning, with the exception OF the box
packing baze charging departments All Department. including
these, will work April "a"
Baldwin Locomotive officials here said the plant being
aed by Aneouan Commission wh, has been supervising
shell contracts The took charge when the Eddystone
Munitions Company failed make satisfactory deliveries The Bald
win company has proprietary interest in the plant
The plant originally had contract to deliver 2500OoO COM
pete shapne shells the Russian Government The
took plant $4,000 had been actually delivered and
not has progressed point where
more than that have been completed.
One report the fire department headquarters at Eddy
stone than 100 had been sent to the hospital
and that many Of them believed to be so critically
injured that they could not
the said that many must have been
killed outrgL-"
The nearby buildings literally shattered to pieces by the
force Of the three successive shocks.
About $50 employed in the shrapnel factory.
Fire departments called from all nearby towns to hight the
which sprung up Immediately after the explosions
After three big Shocks minor explosions continued inter-
nitentIy and sounded like the firing of ganggm bat
terry For impossible for to approach near
to the of the main explosions Many ambuance with
doctors Chester and other points, arriving at
Eddystone at IL o'clock
Shortly before officials Of the Eddyson plant called re
assistance from Philadelphia, through Mayor Smith.
Several hospitals volunteered assistance and several doc
tors nurses will be sent the Philadelphia
also down a squad of doctors and nurses
Guards hcy stationed about the entire plant and
wholesale arrests made of those seeking information
Many and friends of those killed. who swsrned about
the morgue driven by the guards arrested
was a Of anxious turmoil
number of newspaper from Philadelphia were also lock-
ed up Among them several trying to get pic
If Fhed disaster