The evening world., 1918-10-05

mediate advice as TO how II could
best aid the stricken communities.
The entire machinery OF the ATTAIN
tic Division OF the Red Cross has been
applied to the aid OF the injured and
other sufferers in the devastated
towns.
-Four OF the Coast Guard reported
killed In the plant turned up at Perth
Amboy at noon. They were H. T.
Jeffrles, C. w. Pachalk and II. G.,
Charter. ordinary seamen, and f.
Voight, carpenters mate.
The guardsmen were in the store
house OF Unit No. when the maga-
zine, $50 feet from them blew up.
The blast wrecked the building they
were in and set fire to II. The roof
fell In and hemmed them in In one
corner. Through the fire and smoke
they made their way 70 a window,
smashed II and crawled out. Then
they went over TO other buildings and
drove the people out OF them.
A guard has been established two
miles from the plant and no one is
permitted 90 pass the limos.
One main building and two units
Of thirteen original units are all that
remain standing of the great NUM-
tions plant, one OF tho officials re.
| ported after inspection.
The fifteen bodies recovered were
removed TO Garretsons Morgue at
South Amboy to await Identification.
J One Is believed to be that OF John
Miller OF Newark. laboror at the
plant. Eight injured were taken to
the hospital at Keysport.
Mayor A. r. Curr OF South Amboy
highly commended the work OF Major
Helen Bastedo and her Women's
Motor Corps in administering first aid
to the injured and removing them ~
the nearest hospitals. These women
war workers came TO South Amboy
early in the morning.
The Girls Service Club at Long
4 Branch has boon converted into a
temporary hospital. As soon as she
heard the explosion Miss Margaret
Christie OF the War Camp Community
Service made immediate arrange
ments for the accommodation OF at
.east Atty injured men.
Virtually every store and shop In
Perth Amboy and Long Branch sent
their motor truck and delivery auto.
to aid in the removal OF the injured
All the military ambulances at Camr
Vail were also pressed into service.
Hundreds OF individual acts OF
heroism we're performed. Tho SUR
rounding country resembled a battle
field in France. Shells we're fallinI
and bursting in all directions anC
people, terror stricken. Ned from tn
plant and from their homes an Nor
gar and South Amboy,
Automobiles with doctors, ambu
, lanoes with nurses and Motor Corp
girls were hurTying TO tho seem
through the rain OF bursting shells n
y unmindfui OF danger as our own boy
a overseas battling with the enemy.
Coast Guards. soldiers, ffremen an
, policemen battled with the name
and carried out the dead and inture
!, from the f&ming piles OF buildings.
was thought that the fire was unde
control. and II probably was. who
the biggest explosion Of all occurre
- at 2I5 o'clock this morning Burstin
shells cut the hose and before
- could be replaced the flames ha
gained such headway that 1t was i'm
- possible 10 check them.
Warning was then given 20 every
body to leave the plant This ws
! done without further pleading. The
II was remembered that the inJuro
had been carried TO the company ho'
pital within the grounds. Immediate
i ly there was a rush for the hosplt
L by gallant guardsmen. soldiers, dot
4 tors and the intrepid motor cori
| women driving their smbulanees.
4 Through the field OF torn-u
L ground over which they drove lei
and arms and torsos OF the el
Il plosion's victims were passed. 4
which no stop could be made. B
/ every one OF the injured was success
fully carried out,
II Along the roads TO Perth Ambo
n 10 Elizabeth, Newark and TO Stat,
II Island the wounded were rushe
4 made as comfortable as possible
i the anbulances. Hundreds Of peop
men. women and children-wei
passed neeing from the danger Eon
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IN evidence doina tina 9ood vvorl ,