New Britain herald., 1923-04-02
1'NO MORE BODIES
 FOUND IN RUINS
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through the day. The great steam shovel dumps its loads of brick. cons crete, stone and other debris into waiting trucks supplied by Hartford contractors, and this mass Is carted to lot not far from the Fuller Brush building.
 Will Aid officials. A. c. Fuller. presi lent of tho Full Ter Brush Co.,, in n statement today, said that both he and the company would lend every possible assistance to the city in the official investiga- ton of the disaster. He said he was engaged in checking up statements and obtaining detailed information from various individuals. MT. Fuller said if he was not satisfied with re- suits when the official investigation is completed. he will order a special investigation which will include a careful survey of the architectural plans and engineering work. Re- garding the tower, he said, he had believed it to be O. k. and that 1t had been designed to carry the weight of the tank with equal straln on the four walls. There was no steel in tie wall but the floor was tied in with steel bars.
 Will Rebuild Tower
 Mir Fuller says the company plans to replace the old tower with a new one similar in architectural design, l., ,..tI |. Al. He estimated the material loss at about s40,000. Upon whom this loss will fall is undetermined and must await completion of investigations. Preparations were begun this morn- ing to remove the remaining back wall of the tower.
 Normal working conditions prevail ed at the factory today so far as the factory force was concerned. Practi- cally all hands were at work and ex- cept for little nervousness display ed by some of the girl operatives there was little to reflect Saturdays tragedy.
 Quit Before Crash
 Employees of the Southern New England Roofing Co. were at work on the tower Saturday morning but quit work about an hour before the crash owing to the high wind prevailing Had they continued at work the roofers would undoubtedly have shar- ed the fate of workmen who went down to death in the tower collapse.
 His Obligations Ended
 Rupert G. Bent, president of the R. G. Bent Co.,, the builders, was heard to say this morning that he considered his moral obligation would be at an end when removal of the bodies had been completed. He also said that ap- parently the cause of the accident lay in the tank itself. A check on the on the number of the men at work in thetower at the time of the accident was obtained by the Fuller Brush Co. through the hats and coats of the workers which were in room in the factory. In this manner it was de- termined that all the dead were &C., counted for.
 Everett Smith, advertising mana ger of the Fuller Brush Co. said that the company had every confidence in the builders, the R. c. Bent Co. and also the engineers, Buck and Sheldon No expense was spared in construct ing the tower. which was designed | as a crowning feature in the new fac- tory building. Officials of the Fuller company, he said are as much in the dark as ever as to the cause of the disaster.
 Inquest This Afternoon
 A coroner's inquest, inquiring into the cause of the fatality by which the nine men lost their lives is in pro- gress this afternoon at the office of County Coroner Gilbert J. Calhoun. This inquest is part of the investi- gation being conducted by States At torney Hugh M. Alcorn who visited the scene of the accident Saturday afternoon and has had County Detec- tive Edward Hickey working on the case since then. Mir. Alcorn said to- day that he and Coroner Calhoun were conducting the investigation to- gether. Mir. Alcorn would not inti- mate his theory of the cause of the of the water tower, nor indi- cate where he thought the responsi- oility for it rested, until he had se- cured the evidence at the inquest Police officers and others who were early at the scene of the accident on as well as officials and rep, of contracting firms would be called by the coroner.