Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-03-11
BIG EXPLOSION MASS Meeting
TONIGHT; SENATOR EDGE ENTERS
FIGHT; CHARGES ON EXPLOSIVES
County to Be Well Repre-
Sented at Meeting Ar
ranged by FreeholderS
STATE OFFICIALS, ALSO
Demand for Drastic Action
May Come as Result of
Tonight's Conference

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The inclement weather conditions
are not expected to prevent laTss
at herring from attending the p Ib1lf
meeting in the court house at NeN
Brunswick tonight at which time tllt
various municipalities will decide
upon some action in an effort to
prevent further explosions such Il
the catastrophe that recently oc-
CURED at the plant of the Nixon
Nitratiop works.
Mayors, members OF governing
bodies of the cities, towns and Dor
oughs in this vicinity will be pres
ent as will the members of the Board
of Freeholders who called thv pro-
test meeting. 1t is possible that the
various civic organizations IN this
vicinity and private individuals who
are particularly interested y II ~ :
attend.
A representative Of the State De-
partment of Labor viii be present
and County Solicitor Frederick r..
Richardson has secured from Assis-
tant Prosecutor John e. Toolan.
large amount of data relative to this
amount of explosives stored and used
in the county, which will furnish
food for thought. The county prose-
eutor's Office has a wealth OF mater
ial on hand as the result OF over s
weeks investigation but nothing VII
be disclosed which will injure the
county's case when the case is laid
before the grand jury IN an effort tts
determine whether or not the An
monte Company was criminally meg
ligent.
Arthur Dumas. whose wife ar
three children were killed Hhe
their home, which adjoins the Nixs
plant, was demolished, was in. COT
ference with Chief of County
tectives Ferd A. David this n1ernsi
He is understood TO have told [
detective that he was at work
the plant when the explosion u
CURED and ran home to find isis
house wrecked and family all wipef3
out. He is reported to have SAID
he later assisted in removing the
dead and injured.
The prosecutor is anxiously wait
ing reports of the laboratory tests
made of samples taken from -1alals
ears. vats and various parts Of tlie
plant to determine what percentage
of INT they contained.
Both Assistant Prosecutor Toolan
and a representative of the New
Jersey Department of Labor viii
tonight make reports on their IN
vestigtaions of the explosion dis.
aster.
The Nixon Nitration Works wrote
the board today that they would not
have a representative at tonight s
meetiag, they seeing mo reason for
attending, as their plant IS con-
Quoted strictly In compliance with
The state laws, and no complaints
have been received by them from
the state department of labor The
board has been advised that repre-
sentatives of the Hercules Powder
Company, Raritan Arsenal. Dupont
De Nemours Company. and the UEs-
excelled Fireworks Company. will
be present. in accordance with invlr
tatfons extended to them by tiae
freeholders.
The board said today that i has
received several letters OF complaint
from citizens and also the resolu-
tions asking the removal from the
county of all such plants which were
adopted last week by the towns Of
Metuehen and Raritan. tt Is expect
ed these will be read at tonights
meeting.