Evening journal., 1917-04-11

those penned beneath the timbers and
stanchions that had carried them
down.
Man Saved After Hours Battle.
Several of the employees proved Of
heroic mold. Frank Tandby, who
says that he had "hoated in" from
North Carolina, was in the loading
room when the flames cut him off
from the path to the windows. He
covered his face with his hands and
tried to plunge through. but was
caught in the collapse of the build
ing. He was senseless when he fell.
but recovered, only to find the flames
licking their way toward him, while
he heard the voices of the rescuers
a distance away. He yelled Justify
until one OF the searchers stumbled
upon him. The. rescucr called 10
several Of his fellows, and they tried
to free the imprisoned munition
worker
Trandby told the men to keep cool.
and as they worked he instructed them
how to free him For more than an
hour this battle for a life was waged,
but Trandby won, and was taken to
the armOry, where his wounds were
dressed. and last night he was all
right, he said. except for few burns.
The work OF the clergy was heroic.
The Rev. George Wood Anderson. an
evangelist. who Is conducting a re-
vival i'm Chester. responded at the
first roar Of the explosion and direct
ed his workers TO round up all the
oh l.. Ia
them in the tabernacle for first-aid
work
Priests Garry Many from Ruins.
Father Thomas +. Ryan. the Roman
Catholic chaplain for the munition
plants. was in conference with Arch
bishop Prendergast in Philadelphia
when the news was telcphoned 10
him that pr ests were needed at
Eddystone' The Archbishop told him
TO take three priests from the arch
diocese with him, and he bundled
Fathers Mellen, Sullivan and Nekson.
OF Philadelphia, into an automobile
and they went post haste 10 the de
stroyed plant.
These priests, together with about
fifteen others from Ches.er Eddy
stone and its envirOns, gave the last
rites OF the church TO fifty or more
of those who were taken from the
ruins. FOR half an hour they were
busy among those who we're dying
amid the debris
The priests. together with promi-
nent Protestant clcrgymen. did not
restrict their act vities to the purely
religious side. They threw aside all
thoughts Of personal comfort and dug
into the backencd heap with the
strongest Of guards. Father Ryan car
ried out the bodies of nine girls. and
to him fell one OF the tragedies of his
priesthood.
Two Of the girls he helped to carry
to the automobiles were the Misses
Margaret and Lizzie Mccarthy. two
of his parishioners in Chester. HE
had barely reached the armory TO Of
fer consolation TO the injured taken
there when The mo her OF the rls
appeared, and. seeing Father RYAN.
implored the priest to aid her to find
out the fate Of her daughters.
Swo0ns az Words Of Daughters Death
Father Ryan tried 10 comfort the
woman, and his own eyes were filled
with tears as he tried to assuage her
sorrow when he broke the news 10
her that her daughters had died. The
woman swooned and was taken to one
Of the hospitals. where she was pros
trated last night.
Other pastors brought their Bibles
with them and read chapters to com
fOrs and palliate the trials of the in
iured, while some muscular pulpiteers
set an example to rescuers outside this
cloth by the manner I'm which they di-
rected the work of rescue and pitched
into the dour task OF bringing out the
bodies.
While tho fire apparatus had scant
opportunity for work, as the destruc-
ton was complete before any OF the
engines could reach the scenes. the
iiremen rendered valiant aid in dig
ging away the debris and bringing out
the bodies.
Nurse Finds Mother a Victim.
Many narrowing tales we're told by
relatives and friends of the dead. miss
ing and injured.
Agnes. Kr0tee. a student-nurse at the
Chester Hospital, braved an expert
ence that would have unnerved one
one less courageous. She was as
sisting one Of the head nurses with a
victim, when a woman, her face and
body scared, but still recognizable
was carried into one of the wards.
Doctor Ball. in charge, called &c
Miss Krotee TO respond TO the aid oil
the woman and to help in the dress.
ing OF her wounds. As soon as the
girl saw the victim she staggered foi
a moment, clutched at her heart ant
grasped:
Mother"
Then she steeled herself against
such u narrowing experience and with
out once losing her self-control helped
| TO handage her mother, whose in
/ iuries, even to the Impractical eye o.
the junior nurse. seemed grave. Thi,
victim was Mrs. Mary Cope, OF Ches
ter
Blanche Bird, sister Of Mrs. Ann;
Spear. who was burned to death
urged her sister not TO go to work yes
terday. Blanche also works at The
Eddystone plant but not in the am
munition department. She had beer
absent from work for the last tw'
days.
NO" answered Mrs Spear, who wa
a widow, thirty-two years old. "I'n
afraid 10 remain out. They told tn
girls we would be discharged
Kissed Son, Went TO Death.
kissing tow-headed Jackie, her 6
year-old son. Mrs. Spear went TO III
munit.on works. and to her death. Lit
tic Jack was playing tag in the var,
OF the humble home at 1902 Laycocl
avenue, yesterday, blissfully uncon