The sun., 1918-10-07
7 BODIES IDENTIFIED;
1S STILL UNCLAIMED
Fragments Of Clothing and
Jewelry Are Only Means Of
Telling Some.
BLAST DESTROYS RECORDS
Partial List Of Injured and
Missing Given Out-Six
New York Men "LOst."

Because OF tho almost complete de-
struction OF the lists and records OF the
T. A. Gillespie Company the task OF
Identifying the dead workers. victims OF
Friday nights explosion in the Morgan,
N. j., munition plant, has become in
creasingly great. Many Of the bodies
are so burned and charred as to be un-
recognizable and Identification has to
be made from fragments of clothing or
articles of 1ewelry found on the bodies.
A partial list Of bodies in Perth Amboy
and South Amboy morgues and such
Identifying marks as have been found
on them follow:
HIcKERsoN. ROY, "a, Ssos Eleventh ave-
nue., Brooklyn, son of William il. Kicker
son, president OF the william H. Hicker-
son Furniture compsny; Lsxl %.Ss., ave
who identified his sons body. Young
Hickerson wan associated with his father
In until ,as IN *.
plant. declaring at the time he felt II
his duty to get into some essential war
occupation. Identification Of his body
BYRNEs. HENRY T.. Old Bridge. ". j.
Body Identified by means Of a pass TO
one Ct the several buildings OF the Gill
lespie plant and by papers found In his
MsaRXW. PATRICK: 81. 247 Nassau street;
at the City Hospital. Newark, on satur-
day night from shock ,.,o
buildings OF tho plant and by a watch.
Zimmerman lived In one " the barracks
OF the plant and no other address Is
known. The body is In Hymns morgue.
MILLER a RAJoeIHziN JOHN. a chauffeur. Identified
by his license and registration card. Body
in Gsrrisons morGue.
FLYNN, JAMES j.. supposed to be an en-.
ployee of the plant. Identified by means
EDBERG. MRS RSSis F.. 81 South s p RmSoy.
died In the Perth Amboy Hospital on
Saturday night from influenza contracted
as result Of exposure following the
IS Bodies stiII Unidentified.
Thirteen unidentified bodies lay in
Mason's morgue in South Amboy last
night and fve more in Garrison's
morGue. All were badly charred and
Identification in some cases may never
be made. One body bore on the clothing
the initials w. F. T. G.. and on another
was an Identification disk numbered s943.
In addition to those still missing the
following are known to be in the Perth
Amboy hospital suffering from injuries
Peter Lawler. cut and bruised and
suffering from internal injuries. Con-
dition said to be serious.
Herbert Pieser. condition serious, suf-
fering from shell shock and cuts.
Michael Craig. attached to the Y. NJ.
c. A.. cut and bruised.
In addition the following hospital pa
tents have been Identified. but the ex-
tent o. their injuries or other particulars
have not yet been ascertained:
Gertrude Liederman. Lizzie Pressen-
dorfer. Josie Miller Morgan. Joseph
Feldman, William Paineswroth, Charles
Caplan, Edward H. Morrisey Andrew
Fletcher. Abraham Davis. Charles Ryder.
John Royce and the Rev. Joseph Miller.
Partial List OF Missing.
Late yesterday afternoon army OIL
ciais. after checking up as far as posi-
BILE with available records.gave out the
following partial list OF persons not yet
accounted for:
W. D. Bradburn, Flushing; ]. Pac-
caroni. New York: William A. Cole,
Perth Amboy; Francis McCiucke. Vale.
n. j.; Alexander Rice. s47 Seventeen
street. Brooklyn. and S. W. Holland.
William F. Manley. A. f. Belltte and
Frank W. Harding OF New York.
Among the missing are several Gov
eminent inspectors. two OF whom.
Nickerson and Byrne, have been identi-
fed. Two more have been found In
Perth Amboy hospitals. They are Her
bert Plser and Peter Lawlor. The others
who have not yet been found are Will
lam Bayourn OF Flushing. l.. l.: J. J.
Cuca rono, New York: William A. Cole
+. w. Holland. W. F. Manley, A. D.
Belto, New York; Francis McGutcher
man named Vail, Alex Vice. 947
Seventeen street. Brooklyn. and Francis
Hading. II East 11lth street, New York.