The Detroit times., 1917-01-12

/ holes. thru Whifn thF NNiH 'Ai"
vhislod Roofs ID, others were per
ferafed window were out The
hard rock road near The biz muni
tious plant was p.tted with she'll
holes anyone - which was bis
o7oueh o bury a dog in The Del
aware a. IachaVanns railway TRACES
we're torn un for distance os Two
miles Rails were twisted and ties
blown our of place
Early reports thar number ot
men were killed proved ~ be er.
roneous Later reports declared
about ts men missing but Mayor
riav today declared all had been
accounted for.
WIN The checking up OF the com
panv employees g is now apparent
ONLY vo were killed Michael
welnss was struck hy a train and
killed ss 20 fed under rain OF
shells from ne scene.
Herman Eicktre was struck BY a
she'll His back was broken.
Ru- fo- the iac' hat fuses had not
,et bcen sraeged to the high ex
plasive shells. the property damage
in DE yiciuitv OF the plan' would
have been much heavier and the
los. ~ ne would probably have
been great rhe shrspnel shells ex
pIodes. scattering bullets broadcast
The hirh power shells merely shot
up in lie ar however and fell With
cu, exploding Trey wcAd have
doae heavy damage bad they leJ go
urwarrs - 500 men. wornsr and
,5lls-en were cared for 1y the aa
,horres " Jersey City aud other
surrounding towns last nigaf All
wers routed from their home 90
Alngsiand immediately the ere ans
explosions started. Some siep, IN
~chooi houses. others 10 prlvafe
homes and nany women were car,d
for a. hospitals
siayor Fay q Kinesland. ,hs
county authorities and officials Of
ihe company started an inyestiga
zion today Ciay declared ' bad
-7aen virtually established thar ne
IRE and subsecaen, explosion was
caused by an electric wire falEnz
;n,o a vat This started a blaze
T65 IT, quickly spread and within
q short time The arsr explosive
were reached III rapid succession
the o. frame Buildings comprising
The plant were So ablazs and The
explosions The shells stored
There could be'heard for miles
Thruout last night red slare
lighted he sky on The Jersey shore
rn un,li midnight great puts of
smoke followed By terrific explo-
sions told of new patches OF shells
that were letting 60
In al about 100000 shells were
destroyed They were ths last OF
an sSs o00. 600 order the car anl
foundry company had taken from
the Russian government The las
shells. completing TIE order would
have been anlshed this week. TIE
shells which borabarded Kingslanf
and the surrounding territory we're
aboui half shrapael ard half of nigh
explosive type
With the issuance o. orders f0r
The people OF Kingsland 70 leSyC
their homes the police were IN
strlcted 20 shoot down possible
looters who refused % surrender
upon command About 50 arrests
were made Most OF those taken
into custody however. were merely
suspects and we're released today.
Permits were also issued today
FOR the inhabitants of Kinesland 10
return 70 their she'll wrecked homes
Only four houses IN the town wer-
destroyed By fire bat none escaped
the shelling which came from the
plant,
Scores OF employees who were IN
the plant when the Ere started were
still being treated In hospitals TO-
day They were suffering mostly
from exposure In The Wild panic
which followed the FIRST burs, o.
flames. and the frst explosion men
began leaping from the windows ot
the plant They fol into The river
along which The sheds were butte
After struggling n the icy waters
'hey then fed across the frozen
marshes.
Barbed wire fences surround The