The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-01-02

A quantity of iewelry,, including a
diamond ring, was lost. Some money
was destroyed and some was recovered,
among the latter being $50 belonging
to Miss Snyder. Some iewelry has
been found and quantity of wearing
apparel has been taken from the ruins.
A fireproof safe was taken out. For
tunately it was locked when the catas-
trophe occurred. 1t was opened on.
Friday and its contents found to be
intact except that everything was
watersoaked. 1t contained about 500
in cash, some books, papers, etc.
The insurance on the building
amounted to $1,000; on household
goods 81 400, and on stock of liquors,
etc., 81, 200.
The force of the explosion created
havoc to neighboring properties, par
ticularly to windows. The large plate
glass windows in the Mount Holly
garage, opposite the hotel, on Wash
ington street, were shattered COM
pletely. Some articles on shelves in
the garage were thrown to the floor; a
clock was found about 80 feet from it's
usual place. A piece of plate glass
mirror, about nine inches square, that
had been part OF fancy door in the
hotel, was torn from the door aud hurl-
ed aross the street into the garage, and
landed there unbroken.
Wollner's meat market had its large
plate glass windows completely broken
out, and considerable havoc done to its
interior.
All the stores and residences on Mad
ison avenue, from the Washington
street corner to the railroad station,
were damaged. Glass was broken in
every street window, some doors blown
from hinges, and the fronts of some
houses were damaged by flying wreck
age.
At the home of Lawrence Riley, No.
5 Madison avenue, considerable dam
age was done by the explosion and by
building material that blew against it.
The porch railing was smashed by be-
ing struck by door blown across the
street from the hotel. The window
sashes were wrecked. A piece of
building material went through a win
dow and landed on Mr.. Riley while he
was lying on a couch. Pieces of
broken glass were blown through the
Riley house as far as the third room
back, where they lodged in the plaster
wall and woodwork. Dishes were
blown from the dining room table. The
stairway in this house was shaken
loose.
A piece of lumber was hurled
through the large window in Horace
G. Atkinson's cigar store and landed
against the back partition. Two show
cases were broken and other damage
done. A small boy in the store had
his head cut by a flying missile.
At Mrs. Gladfelter's home a piano
was moved from its position and dam
aged.
A number of. freakish happenings
can be seen in all the Madison avenue
houses, some of which were made al
most untenantable.
A number of panes of glass were
broken at the railroad station and at
ATHlOuFS storage plant.
The Acme grocery store on Wash
ington street had its side windows
broken and some of the merchandise
blown from the shelves, while the resi-
dence portion of the building upstairs,
occupied by c. H. Gibbs, escaped with
but three or four from window frames
broken. Other nearby stores and
dwellings have need of the services of
GLACIERS.
At the Pallante home, on Shreve
street, which is half a mile distant,
two panes of glass blew out when the
| explosion occurred.
The office of the Burlington County
Produce Sales Company had its win
dows wrecked. Miss Grace Fryer, an
employe, was slightly cut by flying
glass.
An automobile belonging to Harry
Hancock, that was standing on Wash
ington street, opposite the hotel, had
its top blown off. Another car owned
by the j. S. Collins Company, Of
Moorestown, was parked along the
curb on the Washington street side Of
the hostelry. It's hood was damaged
by falling lumber, but it was taken
away so promptly by the chauffeur
that it escaped humiliation.
Rev. P. ]. Kelley, rector of the
Church of the Sacred Heart, had q
narrow escape from being injured. He
was walking toward the rectory anc
had just gotten past the hotel wher
the upheaval occurred. He was al
most thrown from his feet.
Coroner Gaskill will hold an in.
quest in a few days A thorough in.
vestigation of the explosion will bt
made. The jury is composed of Viii
liam w. Worrell, Winfield S. Gale
William A. Jones, James T. Royle, S
Earl Assay and Elwood H. Stokes
They viewed the bodies of the deaC
victims and are now awaiting the tax
ino of Testimony