Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-19

crossed, and a number were thought to have perished.
 Sheriff William s. Haddock almost lost his life during one of the late explosions. A heavy piece of steel blown from the wreckage passed close | to him and the force of the blast | threw him to the ground. He was | badly burned but continued his work. Each succeeding explosion reduced the | blazing pile as ambers and chemicals were widely scattered. Soon after six o'clock an explosion, louder and more 1 powerful than any since noon swept away the remnants of the fire and practically cleared the blackened space. Many bodies were consumed in the flames, the authorities declared, while parts of others were so tossed about it would be impossible to iden- tify such portions as might eventually be found.
 Among the dead Coroner Samuel C.. Jamieson found, was Samuel Diehl. as sistant superintendent of the Heidel- berg plant of the Aetna company
 while John B. Johnston. superinten- dent of the Oakdale plant, was among the badly injured.
 Women Send Aid At the stations of various communi- ties for F. miles on either side of Oak dale were assembled women, Red Cross workers, on their way to Pitts burg to participate in a monster pa- rade Abandoning all thoughts of the parade the women flocked to the af- flicted area by automobile and by trolley ard lent valuable aid.
 Scarcely one who lived through the explosion is able to tell a coherent story of tfp happening. H. H. Canan, starter at the plant, was eating his lunch with others when the first ex- plosion occurred He escaped with slight bruises.
 'T was sitting with two friends about 100 feet from the T. ~ T. stock room when the blast came" he said. With out warning 1 started up and up ul- til I lost consciousness. When l hit the ground I came to and my two friends landed about a hundred feet from me. got to my feet and was rurring away when I passed an in- jured nan. put him on my back and started from the plant when the sec ond explosion occurred"
 Oil Derrick. .Afire
 The explosion hurled burning em- bers in every direction for almost mile and oil derricks were set afire, adding further danger of explosions and conflagrations. Oil pumping was stopped and sand was thrown on the burning dericks to sxtinguish the flames.
 Residents about Rennersdale. re- through the air and early tonight arms and legs were being reported along the railroad tracks for three-fOurths of a mile from the Aetna plant
 Residents of the neighboring bor- oughs described the scene as one re- sembling the eruption of a volcano. Huge clouds of yellowish brown smoke rose in the air in dense volume, car rying with it a suffocating gas fulne that spread over the countryside. These fumes and those of sulphuric dClu ludt ludu DtSu AclCdScu hCPl OAi any one who would attempt to get to the plant on rescue work.
 Troopers of the state constabulaIy arranged zone of safety half a mile from the plant and tonight the dedly fumes were so heavy that no one was able to approach within that distance.
 Oakdale diving He'll"
 Dr. J. A. Hanna, a Pennsylvania rail read surgeon in charge of the first re lief train which brought the injured to this city described Oakdale as a ''liy- ing hell" He said that when his train left the stricken community the flames were shooting three and four hundred feet into the air and threatening to engulf the town. He said his train had to race through flames to pass an unexploded tank of T. N. T. Dr. Hanna said he saw children lying dead on the hill sides a mile away.
 When the injured began to arrive at the railroad station in Pittsburg the Red Cross procession was at its height Without waiting to finish the line of march 75 registered Red Cross nurses waiting orders to go to France. left the line of march, commaIdeered first aid stretchers being carried in the ra- rade an1 proceeded to the station and the various hospitals.
 Orders Town Census
 Coronor Samuel c. JamiesOn tonight