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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07

TO START lIaSl

While the first work of clearing up
the debris OF the ruined Gillespie
plant was started today. together with
the search for the wounded, plans
were already being formulated for the
beginning og reconstruction of the
SIS, 900. 600 plant.
All the workmen who could be
reached were informed that they were
to report at work today at z O'Clock.
There were several hundred IN hand
at that hour. The men will work
from now on, and as many more
men as the company can find.
The War Industries Board Will start
the actual reconstruction as soon as IL
is possible, having sent out the call
for several hundred men TO start to-
day, and the response showed the fine
support that the employees are giving.
and their willingness to go to work.
Col. Spraunce of the ordnance de-
partment at Washington. with his
staff Is here and in charge.
Tho explosion has caused a tre-
mendous set back in the she'll load
Ing program, inasmuch as the
plant was the largest In the country
and was just starting to operate in full
force. Work of months was undone
in a few hours and every department
was upset in the terrific blasts.
The office files and records, the
files of the employment bureau. and
all other records were disordered by
the blasts. In the file cabinets, tho
locks were sprung and the drawers
fell out, throwing thousands of cards
in confusion on the floors. This has
made very difficult the work or real
igning the employees, but like every
other feature of the work today both
at the plant and In this city, 1t Is def
nitely taking shape at h presens
time
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
TOTAL CASUALTIES MAY
never Be ASCERTAIhE0

That the number OF dead from the
disaster is in the nefghborhood OF
ninety was the opinion of DR.. John w.
ITrask, of the L. 8. Employees Com
.pensation Commission and medical
adviser OF the Public Health Service.
who was rushed here yesterday with
numerous assistants to take charge
OF the dead n wounded and their
relatives.
DR.. TRASH said last night that at
the time of the first explosion there
were ninety In the unit. Three or
four of these have been VI injured
In hospitals. At the most there are
twelve injured survivors, In hospitals.
DIR. Trask said the rest. he does not
think. will ever get to hospitals. He
said there are more killed than badly
injured. and the u~naccounted for are
probably blown to atomic pieces n
othrs burned to death In the raging
flames.
There are twenty-four bodies recov
cred and are o in two morgues in
South Amboy. OF these -four have
been identified. They are:
David Zimmerman, LOO Sterling
place. BROOKLYN, 20 years old.
Patrick McGrath, 90 Elm street,
Newark; died at City Hospital OF
pneumonia and shock.
John Miller, Neville street, this
city.
Roy E. Hickcrson, $500 18th ave-
nue., Brooklyn.
Henry c. Byrnes. Old Bridge.
James j. Flynn. no address.
An inspector at the plant asked the
newspapers to publish the names of
fourteen government inspectors who
were In Building e-1-1 when II blew
up. He supplied the list from his per-
sonal record. The names Of Kicker
son and Byrnes. two of tho known
dead. were on 1t. as were those of
Herbert Ptzer and Peter Lawler. who
are In hospital. He said he thought
there was q slight chance that some
of the others had survived. They
were:
William d. Brndburn. Flushing. L.
l.: J. Ciccaroni. w. A. Cole. +. w.
Holland. W. F. Manley. A. z. Belidde.
New York City; Frances McGurkin.
Alexander Vice. Brooklyn; Frank w.
Harding. Manhattan. and a man
named Vail.
.Tse body Of Zimmerman was iden-
BY his brother. William. It was
Uansfsd Miller
I'd by ~ Hcker-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
EXPLOSION INSURANCE

Insurance Offices in the city are be-
ing besieged by their policyholders
with inquiries as to the protection
which they will receive under their
insurance policies due to the loss sus-
tanned by the recent explosion.
Much confusion will be avoided and
unnecessary inquiries eliminated II
the public will bear in mind the fol-
lowing facts:
II you are q holder OF a fire insur-
Iance policy only. this contract does
not protect you against los caused by
explosion unless fire has resulted
therefrom and then for the loss by
fire only. To for explosion
damage you must be insured under an
explosion policy which L. a separate
and distinct contract and covers loss
by explosion IL same exceeds 500
Should the damage not excoed this
sum the Insurance company Is no,
liable.
A clear understanding OF the fore
going by poiicyholders will aid great
ly In relieving the strain imposed me-
on their insurance representatives by
reducing to the minimum the thou
sands of inquiries which are pouring
in from anxious clients.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
CONDITIONS IN WOODBRIDGE
! Snactnl correspondent.

Bn Special Correspondent.
WOODBRIDGE. Oct. six babies
have been born at the Sewaren Hotel.
one woman has died IN the structure
and a baby died in the arms of its
mother In a irehouse where refugees
have taken shelter, within the past
few hours in this place.
Refugees from Perth Amboy and
South Amboy have been cared tn
here. The old Sewaren hotel. which
has been closed up for years. was
thrown open and 500 people were
cared for In the sixty-four rooms of
the old building on the first night.
The Sewaren. people aided them In
every way they could; some OF the
people who had gone to New York
came back to Sewaren to do what
they could to aid the refugees.
Supplies came from h Red Cross
In New York City. Oranges. Westield.
Roselle and Plainfield. The New Jer-
sey Mercy Committee came here from
all over the state under the charge of
Mrs. Charles d. Freeman OF Colonia
and aided In the relief work.
In Woodbridge the people were
cared for at theRresbyterian church
paytsh house andy the IRE house In
Schapl street. TIL kusands or people
Eese places
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07

|Trask. the medical director Of the
commission, and arranged for all
bodies to be removed to the morgues
of Coroner Mason and Undertaken
Scully in South Amboy. where they
will be held for two days awaiting
Identification by either relatives or
friends. The four other unidentified
men that were at Coroner James J..
Hymns place in East avenue and I'm
dertaker Ferd Garretson's place IN
High street were this morning taken
to South Amboy, where they are
along with the other victims Of the
explosion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
ALL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED;
DRAFT BOARD ASKS HELP

superintendent Of Schools 8. z.
Shull this morning announced that
there will be no school held here this
entire week. This is taken as q pre-
cautionary and win give an
opportunity for the repairs to the
various buildings. 1t applies both to
the day and evening schools
The local draft board appealed for
help this morning. They asked the
EVENING NEWS to appeal for them
for school teachers who will be of
duty during the week to report at City
Hall every morning. They have thou
sands Of questionnaires which must
be placed In their portfolios and alb
|ulated, and the teachers, having oS3s
the work before. are asked to aid
again. The office win be pen from
$3.50 O'Clock on each day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
ESTIMATE OF LOSSES
CAUSED BY EXPLOSION

lust what the total damage to
property in this city IL, Will not De
known for several days but 1t a
safely be said that II will be up In the
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
| Albert Icons loss will be about
s 1000, the Bash Specially shop about
$4,000, Sharp g. Hanson about $4,000,
| reynolds about $1,000 n many
others In various amounts of $500 to
$4,000. Foster, City Market and every
business house on State and smith
streets, with but few exceptions, were
put out of business by the breaking
of windows and other damage
Division superintendent Ceilings,
of the Public Service trolley system
in this district. called at the office or
Mayor TenBroeck this morning n
stated that he had made arrange
ments for the Public Service trolley
lines to carry all refugees from out
OF town free of charge to both South
and Perth Amboy and today hundreds
of people who nae no money are re-
turning here. i
Hundreds of houses suffered All
Kinds of damages from the hreaklnG
Of ono window to He s~pIfTri,s---..
afGJnost In two. As a result OF
'ihe ~conG.tion of many of the homes
in this city today Building Inspector
Murtagh rs making a house to house
inspection so as to be able to tell h
citizens who IA and who cannot "
in the homes until repairs are made.
The home OF former City Clerk John
Hanson vas badly damaged n tho
family had to move out In a rush.
The home of the present city clerk.
Arthur f. Graham. 261 Water street,
was damaged and at this time the
chimney Is about to fall down.
At the home Of Mrs. Anna McKen-
ma, As Jefferson street, all OF the
windows were blown out and the
front and back doors were blown
completely off. At the home of David
Reed, 40 Jefferson street. the windows
were oil blown out. At the home OF
George Steiner, Jefferson street, h
ceiling fell down and windows were
blown out. The windows In the Meth
odist church. st. Mary's Catholic. st.
Peters Episcopal. Presbyterian
church and in other houses of wor-
ship In the city we're blown out and
other damage vas done. Except In
the Catholic church. services were not
held yesterday.
Nearly all of the windows In
|Convery apartment house at High
and jefferson streets were blown out
and the plaster fell down In many
places.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
Girl Driver Hurt

In a collision between two motor
cars in Market street. near State this
afternoon at 2.10 o'clock, one of the
Women's Motor Corps car drivers
was thrown from her car and was
badly cut about the face and head
VI was picked up. placed in another
automobile and rushed to the City
Hospital for treatment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
NOTES

The first three bodies to be brought
to this city yesterday were brought in
by three Coast Guards named Pachola.
Bennett and Schockert. They were
taken to City Hall where they were
directed to take them to Police Head
quarters where Detective Hartman
had them taken to the morgue of Cor
ner Flynn.
Thomas Walline reported to the po-
lice today that his auto. a Ford, had
been stolen from his garage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
Coast Guards Rushed to Scene.

When the report of h first explo-
sion was heard IN this city shortly be-
fore s o'clock Friday night. the United
States Coast Guards stationed here
were ordered out and at once were
placed In automobiles and rushed to
Morgan. They did guard work all
through the night. with pieces of shell
flying all about them. Many of them
were bruised and hurt by being thrown
to the ground by the force OF the ex-
plosion. but not seriously enough to
be taken to the hospital here.
Not only were they kept busy al
bodies from the plant. Many of those
picked up were mangied 81 that all
hope Of recognition was passed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
dANDLE0

HTON. Oct 7-TE
cateo to the German pesc5
posal Is hat II will be promn
decisive so that the American
pie will no relax their Liberty
efforts and the troops will knob
governments position immediate
The Swedish minister also pro
the Austrian note today, which,
n German communication. asks H.
President to arrange IN armistice and
peace negotiations or conditions he
previously imposed.
Onhcial announcements of the
American attitude Is still withheld,
but IL is Indicated that II Germany
seeks only diplomatic quibblings the
offer will be futile whereas IL she ac-
cepts Wilson's terms without qualifl-
cation a way Is open to peace. The
withdrawal of all German troops
from invaded territory Is the first re-
quirement.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
Glass at Reduced Prices.

In order to do their share towards
the rebuilding of the stricken city
and as a patriotic duty. the hardware
men and glass dealers have agreed to
throw off all profit on glass until fur
Their notice. Any purchaser can ask
the merchant to show the list from
which the prices are taken.
The prices today as announced are
lower by far than before the explo-
sion. They arc:
Single thickness up to and includ-
ing 16x22, seventy-hve per cent of
list price.
Single thickness 1ex24 and larger
seventy per cent off list price.
Double thickness. all sizes. seventy
per cent off list price.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
her for the
Egees. turned
( care of the
49,

M|I IuI| Nn6
Egees. turned
care OF the
h hitch.
kluded all refu-
bitals where the
f city and South
i been sent~
Eorted today that Elizabeth
marvellous work in caring
2.0o0 persons. they were placed
IN the arrnory Their and q band was
there last night TO keep them enter
famed h sick are being weeded
out ans cared for and there is now
a trair of from 400 to 500 persons
from uhis city on the Central railroad
tracks awaiting mobilization. They
are an well. and have a days rations
with @them as well as cash. supplied
BY me Elizabethans with which they
may purchase groceries and provi-
sions- This latter report came from
Miss Wilder, working with the civil
ians committee and the Red Cross.
| All refugees have evacuated Wood
bridge. leaving but four who are Ill
at the high school. Woodbridge is
said to have cared for about 1000
! persans. although Major Freeman's
report said that there had been but
i25Q cared for there.
Y EThe report for Railway showed
that all but 200 Perth Amboy refu-
fees had LETT ana at fSoselle, Wnefe
leo were sent. there are but twenty
South Amboyans left.
II In Crawford all Perth Amboyans
5are evacuated and there are sixty
I four from South Amboy left there.
In westneld there are eighteen per-
sons remaining. and 500 were cared
for. The remainder ave been re-
turned to this city.
There are but eleven persons lkt
In Plainfield. hundreds Of the reif
gees having been turned back yestJs-
day and this morning. There are
twenty-six influenza cases in the hos
pitfalls of that city, however.
That is all the reports that have
been made, but there are many more
| refugees In other places, where the
assistance rendered has gained the
everlasting thanks OF Perth Amboy
for the tremendous work that a
been done.
Mrs. O.. w. Ramsay who has been
doing cantcen work has been named
to look after all canteen service IN
South Amboy. and she In turn VIII
turn over the organization of the can
teen forces In South Amboy to a lieu
tenant. There will be several estap-
lished In prominent places In that city
where the refugees coming back TO
their homes may be fed until such
times as they are able to prepare their
own meals.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
BRITISH PRESS TOWARD LILLE
By Associofed Press.

% Ass0c7dfed Press.
LONDON. Oct. THE British last
night. progressed between Lens and
Cambria. Field Marshal Haig
ces that a post has been established
on crossings of the Scheldt canal north
of Aubenchulaubuc and northeast
of Oppy. Troops also advanced toward
Lille on the west and southwest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
Franklin Moore Dead.

WOODBRIDGE. Oct. Franklin
Moore died at his home In Railway
avene this morning at $40 o'clock
The funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
from his late residence
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
HOW MATAWAA Jared
IN The BIG EXPLOSIONS

MATAWAN, Oct. Great damage
was lone throughout this section Fri
day night and Saturday morning by
the conclusions from h explosions
as unit after unit at the great shell
loading plant at Morgan went up.
Matawan seemed 10 receive the full
force of these explosions and great
| damage was done to windows, cell
ings, walls and chimneys throughout
the borough. although the varicHs
houses seemed to Withstand each
conclusion without any greater dam
age being done. The doctors found 1T
necessary to treat many people for
shell shock and from 2 o'clock Satur-
day morning until Z o'clock Saturday
night the town was practically de-
serted, as citizens took refuge In the
fields or left the borough completely.
Following the first explosions and
fires during the early part Of Friday
might, when the blaze seemed to die
out and all danger be over. many
people retired to their beds and were
sleeping soundly when shortly after 2
! o'clock the second big explosion took
place. When his was quickly fol-
lowed by other explosions people
realized that the big plant was DOOM
ed and that other explosions would
follow they abandoned their homes
and sought safety in the streets or
vacant lots. many people left the Dor
! ough, while still others sought refuge
from the conclusions in the old ball
field In, the rear of the high school.
Very little damage was done In the
borough by the explosions before .
O'Clock but after that time the con-
cussions became &c great thai glass,
| pieces of wood and other material
few In every direction. When the
second explosion took place after 2
O'Clock all the glass in h big sHc.
windows In Gelhaus block wee prok-
en- out, windows were smashed from
one end Of town to the other; all the
large store windows on the east SIDE
of Main street felt the full force or
the conclusions and were smashed.
Private residences Jared no better,
and glass was strewn from n END
of the town to the other. walls fell
down In many of the residences and
windows, frames and all, were blown
across the rooms. doors were blown
from their hangings. As far as could
be learned no one was hurt seriously.
The huge stained glass window in the
First Methodist church. placed In the
auditorium of the structure In NOM
ory of w. Stanley Fisher. who was
killed by a shark in Matawan creek
In 1916, received the full force OF the
explosions and Is a complete wreck.
The window was valued at between
1000 and $1,000.
Mayor Henderson and the Matawan
Chapter of the Red Cross are to be
commended for the work they done.
Mayor Henderson got in touch with
the authorities at the plant and
through them learned when all dan
ger was over and 1t was safe for the
people to return to their homes. Itai-
ian children from Cliffwood who weTa.
brought into the borough for
were looked after by IT,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
Belgian Relief Rooms Open
for Aid Of the Destitute

The rooms OF the Belgian Relief
Committee at az Smith street hay9I
been thrown open for those OF =
nsesxees reauiring clothing. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07
OBITUARY
Andrew Z. Anderson

Andrew L. Anderson. of South AM
boy, a member Of Troop B-31e Caval@
ry, died Friday at q camp at Men,
Iphis, Tenn. His body Il on the way
to this city and funeral arrangement
are being made for the funeral which
is to be held from the home of his
uncle, Thomas Lucas. Of Oak street
He died of Spanish influenza
Thomas Arthur Cinchy
Thomas Arthur Clinchy. twenty-two
years old. OF Ill Commerce street
died saturday night at the City Hos
pital following an operation. Besides
his mother. Mrs. Anne Ciinchy. he Is
survived by q sister. Mrs. John Shoe,
and q brother. Edward Clinchy. with
tn American Expedttdonary Forces
France. He was q member Of the
Il Metal Union and the Perth
10Y Harmony-club. Funeral se1r
will be held Wednesday afternoon
so O'Clock from his lafe ra11;
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07

hs 10 II. and they
until the Gillespie
|aln formed. when
plant will again
)ection.
hotor corps, relief
Gross are looking to
of these people to
Pom the cities where
taken care OF since
Saturday morning.
Eng returned also by
III organizations perfected
relief and are being
|he high school. tho CEN
b relief work. where they
and sent off as soon as
Pf all kinds sent here
! places for the refugees
ibuted to those who fed
fient garments. These
n out at the high school
r's Motor Corps. under
Iastedo.
I. G.. A. this morning a
ain strongly advised the
South Amboy against
heir homes. There are
there and no gas in the
lOasfng and feeding facili-
We been able TO meet the
ade upon them. During
e Y. M. c. A. fed 400 peo-
school relief station Is un-
ection of the Red Cross
Urgency and the Women's
sagre OF New York and
| South Amboy have no
II with regard to the care
res who were sent out from
to many cities In the
irt OF the state.
OF the Red Cross.
'oking after these people
for. He has found that
ces the relief organiza-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07

army were stationed at all the roads
leading to Morgan and no n was
permitted to go in that direction until
Saturday night when the danger or
more explosions was remote. People
who had left the borough o safety
were still returning today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07

me 0fDcllAS mao
ybn of tho ruined
b whether or not
red the return of
kached sf.er the in
at citIzans might re-
II safety and the only
would be from gas or
Iich might have been
a. of order, and from
Is returned residents
ktoves and ranges. To
ker. the inspections of
|mcd advisable and the
" and Major Daw-
buth Amboy imme-
e responsibility TOR
EIeh was proceeded
)knd completed ist
word Is sent out that
hs have been complet-
/ of refugees will be
,uctions were sent out
all the cities which
g these homeless per-
can return today.
1boy the militia and
will continue to guard
EN- and police are In a
Re charge.
Rsmen will be kept
will stay on until
Acity is again In
over to the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-07

are
Id Cross civil
leing to the
) people.
les has been
gchool.. where
Is being dis
|ns. All a
is turned out
rs are seeing to
|fed the proper
grown ri
knce and inspec-
be T. A. Gillespie
Jan from 11:30
ELK yesterday. Col.
%adJutant fen
ton: I. A. Gillespio.
nBroeck. Mejor r.
Hse~bert NJ. Daw-
stats OF the adju-
\and the company.
Nan inspection of
Rerth and South
be made. In
turned over to
1iam J. Muir
the building
out on a
)bmes to con-
lnsafe and to
pc Examination
direction of
nm. and as the
ill be APP
r6ptheir homes
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Anne Rdftenhoase -

lhe alluring prospect Offered by the
,hop, today Of buying several ready
TO wear skirts al small prices.
In Comes the Indian Blouse.
A, the question Of the walstles'
blouse is settled. the secondary ques'
ton arises as TO what kind each WON
an will choose. She has found that
tbey can be made at home out Of odd
niece, oi material and this has started
the ,eam,trew 10 working At home. The
,hop, keen up an astonishing variety
however. and a woman s pulled be-
tween economy and desire.
The latest thing that the dres'mak'
cr, have used as a lure Is the Indian
blouse which is shown IN the sketch
II is part and parcel OF that move
ment so iodered by our students OF
Americana. TO bring into the fashions
Of this country strong touch OF our
own primitive coslumery why go 10
Fvpt ior an idea whcr centuries OF
Indian designs lie behind u''
ThI, blouse shows what has been
done IN bi,cult.colorcd crepe which re-
,emblc, the soft. unlanned leather worn
by our first fighters II Is embtoid-
cred in red and blue. IN a primitive In
dian design. and the edge Of the blouse
is heavily fringed.
II /, worn over blue silk Jersey
skirt bot IL serves quite as well WIN
a ,kirt OF black or deep Burgundy red
VIII
Foreman-That is not The way TO
wheel that barrow You have got It
upside down.
Lunatic-Oh. no This is the right
side up.
Foreman-No; I tell you you've got
II upside down. You should turn It up
the other way
Iunatic-Oh no. This is the right
way ! had il up the other way yes,
icrday and they put bricks in it'd
Bits