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The evening world., 1918-10-05
Trains, Ferries and Street Cars
Packed-Many Walk on
Jersey Highways.

Refugees began arriving In New
York this afternoon from points in
New Jersey and adjacent hamlets and
towns which have either been de-
stroyed or endangered by the GILES
pie explosion. Hundreds were arriv-
ing by train at Jersey City, while
many came by ferry from Staten
Island. They reported that Totem
vile, Staten Island. had been ordered
evacuated by the military authorities
and that practically every window in
Perth Amboy had been destroyed and
many of the houses seriously shaken.
In South Amboy. a few miles from
the Gillespie plant, refugees reported 4
large number OF foreign muniton
workers had been isolated in the town
by the impossibiity OF their removal
by train, and a number OF Red Crosl
autos had been despatched to bring
them out.
In the surrounding territory many
houses have been destroyed by shells
Refugees arriving in New York and
adjacent towns carried what few ar
ticles they could save, and reported
that the death list would be much
heavier than early reports indicated.
The sntire section involved is vir-
tually under martial law and the
military authorities have taken COM
plete charge.
On the Lincoln Highway and other
roads to Newark, Elizabeth and
Railway, there was all day a stream
OF automobiles. motor trucks and
vehicles conveying refu-
gees and some OF their possessions to
points Of safety. Some of the people
propelled their most precious goods
along on handcarts and several boys
were seen driving dogs attached to
small carts.
People along the way took into
their homes those who asked shelter,
but most OF the refugees pushed on
toward the cities. Coffee and sand
wiches were given to the fleeing IA
miles without charge at farmhouses
and the home in small settlements.
The driver OF one motor truck carry
ing twenty-four persons said he did
not know where he was going.
I'VE only want to get out OF here,
that's all know or care" he said.
Thousands Of refugees poured into
Perth Amboy while one eXplosio
after another filled them with terror.
Carrying babies, cats, dogs, par
rots and canary birds in cages. they
arrived in autos, trucks, wagons and
every kind OF vehicle that could be
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REFUGEES REACH NEW YORK;
MARTIAL LAW IN FORCE AS
STRICKEN FAMILIES FLEE

pressed into service. The exodus
started shortly before midnight.
At Perth Amboy the refugees found
a large part OF the population ready
to nee from the town. because OF
warnings that far worse explosions
nigh be expected.
Schools, churches, the Y. NJ. c. A.
and even parks in Perth Amboy we're
filed with refugees for whom there
was no room left in the homes OF
Perth Amboy that we're thrown open
to them.
The Jersey Central Railroad ran
specials In and out OF Perth Amboy
as fast as they could be taken
through. The ferry to Tottenville
abandoned Its schedule and carried
the refugees away as rapidly as the
boats could make their trips back and
forth.
Some of the refugees were in negli-
gee, covered with raincoats and
blankets Others managed to carry
away enough clothing and household
valuables 70 make them envied among
the sufferers.
Relief Headquarters for the Red
Cross were established in the Board
of Trade Building in Perth Amboy.
under direction OF Alexander Wilson.
John s. Ellsworth is in charge OF the
canteen service.
AS soon as the serious nature OF
the accident was learned by Supt.
Lucy NJ. Ryder OF the New York In
Urinary for Women and Children. she
organized a relief corps which left at
noon for Sewaren, n. j.. which is
about eight miles from the Gillespie
plant. Miss Cicely Campbell and Mrs.
Henrietta NJ. Day accompanied Miss
Ryder A second relief corps started
at . o'clock.
The Perth Amboy high school was
given over to Influenza sufferers and
other sick people driven from their
houses. A volunteer nursing corps
under Miss Eleanor DcGraff OF Plain
field. N. j.. is attending the sick.
In the parks and other open spaces
bowildered women and children
camped on the grass. Some OF them
were lucky enough TO be able TO carry
away bed clothing and those who
have them spread blankets and quilts
on the grass. Others are lying on
the bare ground.
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
has supplied coffee 10 hundreds OF
the homeless and the Salvation Army
and Y. NJ. c. A. have undertaken
emergency relief work.
Many of those in the streets were
children. wandering aimlessly about
waiting to be Joined by their parents,
from whom they were separated in
the flight.
Mary Grynkiewlcz, fourteen years
old, and her brother. twelve, were
searching for their parents, two
brothers, n sister. her husband and
baby, all OF whom started out in one
party from South Amboy.
Theresa Waiter. ten years old, with
her little brother was seaching for
other members OF their family.
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HEROISM OF WOMEN WORKERS
CREDITED WITH SAVING MANY

The herolsm of women physicians,
nurses, ambulance drivers and other
women workers. is credited with
having saved many lives.
Under bursting shells. virtually
under battle field conditions, these
women worked calmly. speedily,
efficiently. Public officials OF the
damaged towns expressed unbound
ed admiration especially for the
courage and coolness OF Major Helen
Eastedo and other members OF the
Women's Motor Corps.
Through the greater part Of the
night those women drove their cara
and ambulAnces through the district
around Morgan. skilfully circling the
obstacles that piled UP in the dark
ness. going wherever they were
needed and giving no heed 10 danger
Girls whose nearest approach to war
before had been in conveying officers
about Manhattan suddenly found
themselves under fire, and showed nc
sign OF excitement
Major Bastedo. after the first rush
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U. S. SCOUT PATROL SUNK
BY INTERNAL EXPLOSION

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Oct. Ia
News has been received that the U. s.
Scout Patrol 57s has been iost near
this port The vessel sanS head tttst
from some cause as yet unknown. Res
cue vessels have been sent TO ths scene.
Later It was learned that the. patrol
cruiser was the victim an internal
explosion. One boat load OF men from
the sunken vessel has been rescued. but
whether the rest have been saved,Ss not
yet known. ~
The patrol carried a complement Of
flfty-tve officers and men. i,-.s.
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EXPLOSION SCENE
LIKE BATTLE ZONE,
SAYS EYEWITNESS
Continued from First Page.)

ing country. South Anboy might be
called a wreck. The houses were nat
as far as N .uchen. Mattawan had
felt the blast severely Even New
Brunswick was shaking.
THE people we're in terror. They
dropped everything and ran. don't
believe l ever saw a scene OF such
utter desolation. Refugees crowded
into Perth Amboy and then moved
further on with hundreds from that
town, who were becoming panic
stricken. They are now on the road
somewhere between Amboy and Rah-
way"
"Keyport Joined with the rest Il
seemed everybody was leaving there.
Physicians had been sent from al
OF the towns around Morgan, alonl
with all the ambulances that could b,
spared. They carried not only thos,
injured at the plant but the scores o.
sick and feeble who had collapsed
along the roadside after they left theil
homes.
"All kinds OF rumors were afioat.
The men and women we picked up
said they thought an Austrian spy
was to blame. 1 was talking to an
employee OF the Gillespie Company
and he insisted a German u boat had
come up In Raritan Bay, threw three
shells into Plant No. 6l, and then
the big explosion followed. A mo-
ment later another employee, who had
heard him make the statement, de-
MED 1t.
THE people are fleeing because
they understand there are tons more
OF mighty explosives that have not
been touched yet. and they fear II
that goes up the surrounding country
will be laid In waste. il is desolatI
| NnW
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her word. but at an early hour to- day
Although work OF fighting the names
was made dangerous by the wide
nung shells and the danger that at
any moment another building might
be tung apart. nremen stuck TO the
task.
Among those missing to-day was
Arthur II. Stanton OF Perth Amboy.
uperintendent OF the unit in which
the first explosion occurred.
A man from Lynbrook, Long Island,
telephoned the police TO rush a regi-
ment OF militia there at once because
the Germans were shelling the town
and he believed they would soon be
landing troops.
Tho Brooklyn office OF The Evening
World rocked like cradle during the
more severe explosions,
Windows we're shattered in the
Norwegian Hospital in the Bay Ridge
section. Little damage was done by
broken glass at the Harbor Hospital
in South Brooklyn. because they have
been prepared for such a catastrophe
ever since the Black Tom explosion
In 1915.
lCouey Island residents refused TO
resturn 20 their beds until reasspled
IN yne authorities that no Ses.a-'is
wbuld get them.
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BABY KILLED; TWIN MAY DIE;
INCIDENTS OF GREAT CRASH
Brooklyn Mother and Children Two Days Old
in Shattered House = Various
Explosion SidelightS.

TO be automatically turned in. calling
several fire companies out. Buildings
were badly shaken and hundreds OF
windows broken In South Brooklyn.
At the corner of Nostrand and Lafay-
ette Avenues Hugh O'Neill. a boy OF
No. 144h Koselusko Street. was knocked
from his bicycle by the explosions and
fell In the path OF an automobile driven
by John Kruger OF No. 236 Nichols
Avenue, Brooklyn. The car ran over
him. breaking several OF his ribs Mr..
Kruger took the boy home In his car.
The police of Brooklyn received so
many calls from persons who wanted
20 know the cause of the explosions that
in the early hours OF the morning their
telephone system was practically USE
less.
Despite the succession of explosions
the property damage in the lower end
OF Manhattan has been comparatively
small This is in sense due to the
geographical location OF South Amboy
with reference to New York. The
broad expanse OF the bay. with hilly
staten Island acting as a buffer
served as protection TO the city.
Tho theory advanced by geologists
as the cause of the heavy property
damage by previous munition explo-
sions in New Jersey. such as the
Black Tom disaster, is that underlying
New Jersey. the Island OF Manhattan
and Long Island is great ledge which
when shaken in Jersey rocked all tha,
II supported.
Fifty windows on the Broadway side
OF the Produce Exchange BUILDING
were smashed by the explosions. Tho
police report q great amount OF glass
broken on staten Island.
Al 1915 o'clock this morning, when
the lower end of Manhattan was
shaken. the five large front doors Of
the City Hall opened with a crash
and much excitement was caused in
the building.
The rotunda was thronged in short
order by officials, and Lieut. William
Kennel. Mayor Hylan's bodyguard,
rushed out OF the Mayors chambers
thinking the explosion occurred in
The mana cement of the woolworth
Building after an investigation this
morning reported that this structure
suftered "" event dar~aEc from the
-
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Mrs. Margaret Sturz. OF No. 6i3 Kos
kioska Street. Brooklyn. was visiting
her mother at South Amboy when one
OF the early morning explosions shat
tered the house In which she was Sleep
ing with her twins only two days old.
Sho was found Unconscious, but was
revived and brought to her home In
Brooklyn. where she Is In serious con-
dition, more from shock than from In
juries One OF the twins was dead
when found. and the other alive, but
believed TO be mortAlly hurt.
Miss Laura j. Bonn. wearing a
house dress, with a ralncoat over II,
a boudoir cap and slippers, stuck TO
her home In South Amboy until the
plaster fell. She Is seventy-dive
years old and the savings OF her hfe-
time are invested in her house. When
the explosions shook the plaster loose
and the windows crashed in she fed,
with her Is George w. Johnson, a
boarder in her house, who helped the
aged woman TO Perth Amboy.
William T.. Martin jr. OF No. 1773
West nth Street, in the Kings High
way section Of Brooklyn. was awak-
ened at A. NJ. by one of the most
violent explosions. Descending TO the
first moor, he found his house rocking
like a boat, despite its hollow tile
construction.
"a vase three feet high stood on
the mantei OF the living room" he
said TO o-day. "As I stood beside II II
tilted, and | caught II just in time "a
prevent II crashing to the moor. There
was great excitement in all the Kings
! Highway section, and the explosions
sounded as II the city were being
bombarded."
Tho g. ,jlosion at 1870 this afternoon
blew the plate glass window out ut
the front OF the plant of tho Dale
Brewster Machinery Company at No
$3.50 Lafayette Street. opposite the
Tombs Prison. Nobody was hurt.
The two explosions at 1910 and iQ.iI
.s.s morning roeset erccil~r tss
, severely as 70 cause many fire alarm
L
The evening world., 1918-10-05
new U. S. STEAMER SUNK
IN CRASH WITH TANKER

The new American steamship Laks
city was sunk in collision With the
oil tanker James Mcgee m Key W,s,.
Thursday night, according 10 authsntic
Information received in maritime cir
eles here to-day. The majority or the
crew, 1t was said. went down with tho
vessel.
gross tons. The James .fcGea, broo-
erty OF the STANDARD Oil Company, Il a
10000 ton steel ship built al Sparsows
Point. Nd, In 1917. Details OF the
sinking we're not available.
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BURSTING SMELLS BRING TER
RoR TO FLEEING CROWDS,


RoR TO FLEEING CROWDS.
And, to make the picture more
vivid and realistic, bursting shells
Increased the terror Of the neeing
people.
The first OF the rescuins parties
TO reach the scene last night was a
detachment OF Coast Guards, seventy
five In number. in command OF
Masters Mate X. 8. McCann. Then
followed 100 more from Sandy Hook
under Lieut.. r. X. Burkett. A frag-
ment of shell went through the roof
OF the iatter's limousine as no drove
along,
Another detachment under Lieut..
]. Il. Sticker went from New York,
and then regulars began arriving from
the nearby forts and camps. The
soldiers and guardsmen worked like
heroes, plunging into burning build
lngR, unmindful Of the explosions, and
dragged out the dead and injured.
The force OF the first explosion
rocked the plant of the Tottenvllle
Copper Company on Staten Island
and threw the night crew into a
panic. From various floors and
buildings the workers began 10 rush
20 the exits.
TITS here, it's hsrel" was the cry
raised by an excited worker, and q
spread so quickly that the man and
women rushed in panic 10 tho streets
The officials OF the plant were able
TO resssure them. but few won't bach
TO work for the night.
When the FIRST blasts were heard II
Sheepshead. Bay and Coney Island a
2 clock this morning many of tn
frightened residents left their warn
beds and ned TO their cellars, fearinI
a German bombardment was II
progress.
Along the Brooklyn water front tn
excitement was intense. Many long
shoremen believed a naval battle wa
going on just beyond the horizon.
Rrooklyn Police Headquarters wer
deiuged with frantic inquirera 81!
desk men answered phone calls 10
six consecutive hours.
Powerful sholl were hurled throuEl
he air, exploding miles away from tn
S;sas ss.s.:s -.s.:sss ws.s :Ss &c .,.c
in Europe. Tho barrass continue,
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eight hours at short intervals.
The scene OF the explosion and ad-
tacent territory resembles O. French
town evacuated by the Germans.
Great gaps in the earth, ruins OF
buildings and mounds OF debris are
reminders OF the big plant.
Relatives OF the employees made
frantic efforts to rush by the guards
to reach their kin inside the lines
while shells were bursting along the
roads.
A shell blew the head OF one man
talking TO a guard. The guard threw
she had been unable to learn any
thing OF him. He was connected with
the West Shore Railroad for thirty
years and took the superintendency
six weeks ago.
NEARBY TOWNS SEND PHYSi-
CLANS. NURSES, AMBuLANcEs.
Surrounding towns did all they
could TO relieve the suffering and aid
the refugees. Hospitals in Perth
Amboy. Newark. Elizabeth. Railway
Freehold, New Brunswick and other
towns. sent ambulances, doctors and
nurses. A first aid station was es-
tabli shed at q safe distance from the
fires.
himself nat on tho ground
and escaped injury.
The flashes OF the explosions could
be seen for miles. The terror of nee
ing men. women and children was IN
tensitied by the red sky and great
clouds of smoke behind them.
Telephone and telegraph wires
were ripped up and communication
with the plant was shut on early in
the night A girl telephone operator
stuck 70 her post. half q mile away
from the fire With shells bursting
about her, windows being broken and
her once shaking. she called up am
balances, physicians. soldiers and
fireman. besides sending warnings 70
other buildings.
Among the heroes Of the disaStei
Is an unidentified railroad firemaI
who gave his life to save others
When the hrst explosion occurred. a.
LtS q trainload OF explosives wa
standing on a siding OF tho plan
yards Realizing what would happer
II an exploding shell or flames reached
the train. he backed In a locomotiv,
and coupled to the cars. He wa
killed by a shell fragment
| Joseph H Vaudeville, superintend
ent at the plant, may have lost hi
iita .-sd In .WeehaWken and hi
a no wogd from him. en-
1--WE he would have sen
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girl was Killed ana several PeISOlIS
In towns ten and twenty miles
away from Morgan the injured are
being removed TO points further away
on account OF the increasing inten-
slty OF the explosions.
A magazine blew up at 12:O6
o'clock and the detonation broke win
dovs in Brooklyn and New York. An
Evening World reporter at South
Amboy says a great pillar OF smoke
with a eolsmn of flame In Its centre
shot up into the air for about 1000
feet then spread out fanIike. streak
ed with name. About four seconds
later the second OF the explosions
reached Perth Amboy.
RED CROSS PROVIDES FIRST AID
IN STRICKEN TOWN.
The first aid TO reach the stricken
town was beaded by J. w. Faust. As
sistant Director of the Atlantic d.
Vision OF the Red Cross Stepo were
rushed to provide food. clothing and
shelter for the refugees.
simultaneously with one OF the
conclusions that rocked the country
side shortly before noon, the steeple
OF the Second Presbyterian Church
at Railway, N. j., began To sway
periiousiy near 10 topping into the
street. A quantity OF bricks were
,ioosened and fell to the street In a
shower.
~ Persons living opposite and on both
sides OF the church are IN constant
fear that the steepie will fall and
.have left their homes for places OF
safety. The police established a
danger zone around the edifice, allow
fns no one 10 pass that way.
Work OF removing the steeple will
begin ut once. according 10 the police.
The slightest conclusion or high wind
Is apt to blow II down. they said.
The explosion which occurred
shortly after noon was by far the
worst felt In the lower part of the
city to-day. Persons on tho upper
iaoors, OF the wooiworth, Singer,
Equitable and other skyscrapers In
the downtown section reported that
this blast actually caused the build
ings to rock.
The windows In the upper floors sc-
tually ratified with the vibration. Here
ind there In the swamp filled sections
a,Jnx the East River front windows
we're reported shaken loose by the ex.
plt -:,ns and one pane OF glass clat'
tsring 10 the street at Fulton anc
william Streets smashed within few
feet OF the throng hurrying north OF
William Street. ,-f
AT the Stock Exchange brokers anc
employees. just winding up the day.
business, stopped, startled. as III
la.os explosion rocked the building.
DOCTORS, BEDDING AND FooI
icRvsHEp TO STRICKEN ZONE
Doctors, nurses, mattresses. bed
ding and food were being rushed :
Perth Amboy all morning.
In Metuchen, ten miles from Nor
gan. every large plate glass windo'
has been broken and many window
in residences have been shattered
The walls in many homes have bee
cracked and rooms filled with plaste
The population OF Morgan. sout
Amboy and Perth Amboy is approx
imateiy $4,000 persons. the majorit
OF whom are in need OF outside hel
william Fallowes Morgan, Presidei
Of the Merchants Association. wire
at noon 10 the Mayors OF South An
boy and Perth Amboy the sympati
Of the association and asked for in
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OIEO.

DIED.
GILL.-At waynesviie North Carollrn.
Oct 8. 1918. MAJOR ". D GILL V.
W. of the National Army Veterinary
Corps.
Due notice Of the funeral will b. given
GOTTLIEB.-A RidgeHsld Park n j..
Oct. I. lels. WILLIAM q. beloy.l
husband o. Marie GettIisp tnea Eueksr,.
axe al years
Funeral services at his lAts rAsld,n,,
80 Ellen st.. RldEeneld Park. n J.
Monday, Oct. 7 al 2.aO p. NJ
JAFFREE.-MApELEI JATFHEv
Services at CAMPBELL FUNERAL
CHURCH. Broadway. Goth st.. Sunday.
3 p. NJ
JOHNsoN.-IDA JOHNSON.
Services at CAMPBELL PrJNrrAr.
CHURCH, Broadway. o6th st., SUNDAY
II noon.
WHiTrlER'-MARY WHITTIER.
Services at CAMPBELL FUNER
CHURCH. Broadway. seth at. sunday
y. N.
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HELloIoUs NoTIcga
WEST END !r.rscsyteytasE /,
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their calling. Women we're on the
roads pushing perambulators, carry
ing household effects, driving pigs
and goats and horses before them,
for all the world like tho refugees
leaving a beleaguered city in France.
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The two explosions at 1910 and iQ.i5
.A.s morning rorset ercck'~r so
severely as TO cause many fire alsronI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-26
WORLDS SERIES
STARTS SEPT. 4
AT CHICAGO

Chicago, Aug. 25.-The first three
games of the worlds baseball series
will be played i'll Chicago, starting
Wednesday. Sept. 4, it was announce
ed Saturday night by President John
son OF the American League.
The remaining contests. if any,
will be played on the home grounds
Of the American League pennant
winning team. War charities will
share ia the receipts of the cham
pionsEip games. President johnson
said.
Details for the annual classic were
announced by President Johnson at
ter official sanction for the games
had been given by Secretary of War
Baker. The secretary. as a result of
an appeal from the National Base
ball Commission, granted an extern
sion Of Is days ON the work or fight"
order as it affects professional base
ball players. SO that the series could
be played. Under the new ruling
players on the two Contesting clubs
must be engaged in some essential
occupation by Sept. Is.
Baseball is expected to contribute
between $4,000 and $4,000 to war
charities under the plan suggested by
the National Comm ission, which
agreed to donate 10 per cent, Of its
revenue from the series and recon-
n,ended that each league as well as
the contesting clubs. participating
players and other officials contribute
a like amount.
Because Of the demands made upon
the public for contributions to patri-
otto causes and also for the invest =
mcnt in Liberty bonds and thrift
stamps the commission decided ITO
materially reduce the prices Of ad-
mission in order to enable patrons
to attend the games at reasonable
prices" The price of box seats. which
a year ago sold for IS. was reduced to
49, Grondstand reserved seats will
sell for $3.50; pavilion seats for 81
and hleacher seats at so cents.
President Johnson also announced
that the National Commission would
cable reports and features of each
game to the American and Canadi-
an troops overseas.
George Hildebrandt and Clarence
Owen are the American League UNI
pires to officiate in the series, while
the National League selected the
veteran Hank" O'Day and William
Klein.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-26
NATIONAL
BRAVES AND
REDS EACH TAKE
GAME ON SUNDAY

Cincinnati, Aug. 25.-Boston ana
Cincinnati broke even in double
header here today. Boston winning
the first game to in 10 innings,
and Cincinnati taking the second 2
to O. The first game was a smuggling
match in which Boston tied the score
by pounding out four runs IN the
ninth and won in the 10th with
base on balls and two hits off Ring.
who succeeded Eller The second
game was pitchers battle between
Ring and Nehf. the former excelling.
Cincinnati won by punching hits
with bases on balls in two innings.
Wilson sprained a finger in the sixth
inning and had to retire The game
was called at the end OF the seventh
inning on account Of darkness. The
scores:
First Game: