New-York tribune., 1918-10-08
Looks Like q Battlefield

Looks Like a Battlefield
Of Morgan resent ed the battle-torn
fields of Flanders when The Tribune
| car drove through yesterday morning
in the driving rain. The road was sea
of mud, full of she'll holes and craters.
On each side, some half buried in the
mud, lay thousands of unexploded
projectiles for 7bs.
The hills were bare except where
here and there nude tree stood out
on the landscape. Where barracks
stood on Friday night only twisted
mass of steel and tin, bent in crazy
fashion, marked the spot. Although
most of these buildings were con-
structed Of wood, nothing remained to
show it.
As The Tribune car whirled up muddy
Cheesequakc Road, near where Unit
6-1-1 had exploded, high OH hill in
the midst OF tho ruins of q magazine
building little American flag floated,
brave and defiant. The spot where the
explosion in Unit Gil started was
marked by a great crater, in which q
tangled mess of railroad rails and
twisted iron deficd the searching parties
of the Red Cross. Near by cash reg
lister from the company store hung in
q tree at a silly angle. The only thing
that seemed undamagcd by the fierce
bombardment was the barbed wire
fence about the plant.
A lame pig, blinded from shell shock
and from burns, picked his way up
the hill. lie was in fruitless search
of something to fat. Some soldiers
threw him old apples, which he could
rot find.
! Near the road in deep cut lay a
t1ain of nine cars loaded with TIT,
manned by volunteer crew from the
United States Coast Guard under Lieu
tenant J. L. Stika. 1t was taken there
yesterday morning when the flames
threatened.
Late in the afternoon the first special
train of refugees arrived in South AM
boy from Elizabeth There were 76t
in the party, which was in charge of
Vance c. Roberts, of the Elizabeth
Refugees Relief Committee. All were
examined by the Red Cross physicians
before they left the train and those
showing any signs of influenza were
sent to the hospital.
Each family was given days sup
ply of food and also money. If the
building inspectors would permit the
family to occupy their home, they
were sent away under guard. Where
buildings were found to be unsafe, the
people were cared for by the Red
Cross and the knights of Columbus.
Many fires were started during the
day by the return of the refugees. Last
night most. of the dwellings were in
darkness, but the authorities promised
gas and electricity to-day
All Saloons Are Closed
All saloons, schoolhouses and public
buildings have been closed in Perth
Anboy by order of Mayor John Ten
Broeck. Five saloonkeepers were az
rested by the military authorities for
disregarding this order. The schools
influenza epidemic is not checked by
that time the schools will not open.
Public spirited householders in South
Amboy opened their doors to all refu-
gees. The urgency of the situation has
so Impressed the Red Cross that it was
announced last night that the work of
reconstruction in South Amboy will be
undertaken by the organization. The
! Charles A. Fuller Construction Com
pahE Will start rebulldlng the dwellings
to-day. The work of reconstructing the
plant is being directed by the Ordnance
Department.
A relief corps Of graduate nurses to
operate the hospitals for influenza
cases was sent from New York last
night. The Perth Amboy armory has
been taken over and cots have been
installed for the sufferers Late last
night twenty-seven persons were re-
ported dead from influenza and pneu-
monia. They will be buried imme-
diately under orders from the authori-
ties.
The Department of Justice has hun
dreds of operatives on the scene. They
have been questioning 4 number Of
suspects and are endeavoring to ascer-
tain the whereabouts of Harry Arp. a
supposed enemy alien who was en-
ployed IN Unit ell.