The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
FEAR WRITTEN ON
FACES OF REFUGEES
Roads Leading From Stricken
District damned With
Fleeing People.
GRIP MAY ADD TO WOES
Special Trains and Thousands
Of Automobiles Save Many
From Blasts.

Of Automobiles Save Many
From Blasts.
AL roads leading from South Amboy,
Perth Amboy and other towns in the VII |
entity Of the burning Gillespie plant
were damned with refugees yesterday, |
many Of them continuing a. far az New
York city. Stray shells from the vast
ammunition works exploded over the
countryside and terror was stamped on
the faces Of fleeing women and children
and on the faces OF many Of the men.
Special trains were run by the Penn
sylvania Railroad from Perth Amboy
and from other stations near Morgan.
Every train and every trolley car was
filed with homeless. Thousands of au-
tomobiles were placed at the disposal Of
those seeking to escape, The roads were
TANNED with motor cars and with con-
tinuous professions of pedestrians. often
dimes staggering under loads Of house
hold goods and all Fastening as though
an invading army was pressing at their
heels
Newark, Elizabeth. Plainfeld and all
Of the other cities and towns within a
large radius Of the Gillespie plant were
thronged last night with the homeless.
And thousands more were arriving in
bedraggled streams each hour. The dan
ger Of an even greater explosion was
tnaa IN
most municipalities for householders to
leave the windows Of their homes open.
Hundreds OF plate glass windows In
stores had been shattered. In the BUSH
ness sections sidewalks in front Of the
higher buildings were roped on and Pc
destrians were ordered by the police to
take the middle OF the street. In New
ark the streets about the ofiices Of the
| Prudential Insurance Company were
closed to traffic.
Many Arc Shell Shocked.
There were many cases Of shell shock
| among those who had fed from South
Amboy. Thirty such patients were be-
ing cared for in the hospitals at Eliza
| beth. Three more were in the Newark
City Hospital. The latter were Mrs.
| Annie Peisen, 221 Augustus street; Mrs.
Lillian McKenna, AIS Cedar street, and
Anna Tobosky. 37s New street. Mrs.
Peisen's condition last night was said to
! be critical.
| An added danger developed yesterday
that influenza might be spread broadcast
by refugees who were suffering from It.
More than a score Of patients were
Segregated by the health authorities OF
various cities. The Elisabeth Board of
Health commenced an inspection last
night Of all the homeless there in order
| to minimize contagipn.
| In Newark arrangements were made
to accommodate 10000 persons in the
Essex Troop Armory, q four story va
cant store at Broad street and Central
avenue, the new Auditorium In Orange
street, the Bnai Jeshurun Synagogue
the knights Of Columbus, Y. NJ. c. A.
and Y w. C. A. buildings. the City
Hospital, City Hall and other structures
Complete lists Of refugees were being
kept.
II was estimated last evening thai
5000 homeless from the danger gone
had reached Newark. They continued
to arrive in steady streams until late
into the night. Among the early arri-
walls were eighteen sisters Of the FelictaI
Order at st. Francis's Catholic Church
South Amboy They were driven from
their home by the explosions and reached
Newark on relief train. Members Of
the knights Of Columbus took them II
automobiles to the heme of the Ordel
at Lodi. N. ].
DIR. Dorothy Smiley OF the Motol
Transport Corps Of the Red Cross wa,
placed In charge of the relief work a
Newark early yesterday. Private resi-
dences We're thrown open by the scor
as were all Of the churches. The Saliva
ton Army opened emergency hospitals
and places of shelter in Newark unde
the direction of Brig. Gen. George F
easier. The Public Service Corporation
placed 100 cots in its terminal at Parl
place, Newark, and supplied blankets
At the request Of the Red Cross official
= they were reserved for women and chill
dren. L. Bamberger & Co. sent 10
cots to the City Hospital for the home
less. The Elks threw open their club
house and fed all who came there. Foo
was also given freely at the Achtel
Stetter restaurant Twenty jitney buse
and 500 automobiles, which had bee
volunteered for use In the Liberty Loal
drive in Newark, were sent to Sout
Amboy to aid In transporting the terro
stricken Inhabitants.
Panic Retgns in Streets.
One Of the parties OF refugees was as
4. sisted by Adam c. Mum and Mrs. Ner
Green, owners of restaurant at 10
South Broadway, South Amboy. and tw
employees Mum said he went to Nor
: gan In his automobile Immediately afte
the first explosion Friday night an
brought back Ave unconscious me
whom he found along tho road. He sal
there was a reign Of terror among IN
inhabitants OF both South Amboy an
! Perth Amboy and that many ran hal
clothed about the streets. Then the eS
| odus began.
South Amboy soon was placed undo
martial law. Mr.. Mum said, the soldier
+ maintaining excellent order. No one wa
allowed to enter a building without Pre-
ducing credentials. This gave proteC
!, ton against thieves and also prevente
many persons from being injured
falling glass. He said that many of III
residents were cut and bleeding, an
that their clothing was torn.
As Mum stepped from his automobi
to pick UP an unconscious workman h
was thrown to the ground by an expl,
sion. Terrified, he crawled under h
motor car for a time. seeking protectio
against possible falling shells Wome
and children crowded into his car, an
he took then to Railway. where the
found shslter. All roads, he declare
:" were packed with refugees, walking ar
riding In automobiles. and screams
;. terror were constantly heard.
More than 1900 homeless had reacht
d Elizabeth last night, and there VIZ
no sign OF a diminution OF the stead
stream OF arrivals Five hundred We
IS being accommodated in the Sta