New Britain herald., 1926-07-12

ing but crumblcd walls, all their crushed and torn beneath heaps of brick and stone.
 The roads to the district were guarded by marines and infantry men with fixed bayonets. This was done in the interest of safety and to keep out persons drawn by curi- osity.
 Owners of former homes were all lowed 10 pass, and officials searching parties passed back and forth on their grim job.
 Loss May Be 100 Million
 Fire and barrages of exploding shells early today were preventing complete toll of the warlike death and havoc wrought in peace time when lightning caused the navy's ammunition depot to blow up Sat urday afternoon.
 Ten persons are reported dead three of whom have been recovered and identified. Thirty-three persons are listed as missing. Damage of 0,0O0,00O is estimated by the army and navy officials at the scene. For a radius Of thirty miles houses were shaken and automobiles over turned on the highways and bar rages of shell, smoke and fire check ed the entrance of investigators.
 800 Acres Establishment
 The Lake Denmark depot was the navys largest ammunition storage establishment, covered more than 500 acres. During the war it was extended by an addition 10 1S3 new buildings and other extensions of considerable magnitude. The depot was a storage place where ammuni- ton and supplies were received and forwarded to aother points upon de- mand.
 Flames, started when lightning srtuck a INT magazine Saturday afternoon, g4still smouldcred among debris of The 200 buildings de- molshed within the reservation limits, and danger from further bombardments when ammunition storchouses were reached made it highly dangerous to enter the aera.
 Dead and Injured
 The identified dead are Lieutenant George w. Bolts, Richmond, Va; Harry (. Brown, pharmacist, Poughkeepsie. N. Y, and Mrs. Francis Feeney Of Brooklyn, a visi- tor at the plant. The seven other bodies were seen in the ruins by watchers from q nearby hillside,
 Among those known to be missing arc:
 Lieutenant Commander Edward Allan Brown. appointed from Massachusetts; Captain Burwell Hayden Clarke, appointed from Lit tie Rock. Ark; Lieutenant Herman Conrad Schrader, appointed from Now York; Chief Gunner Joseph Gatcly, attached to the naval depot.
 Morcau Listed Missing
 Oliver C. Bliss, Waterville, O.; Ernest Cowell, Hamilton, O.; Ralph Y. Graham, Forth Worth, Texas; Maurice R. Hartdackcr, Galloway, Fla. John A. Little. Leon, N. Y; Mason D, Edison, Evansville, Ind; Hcnry D. Machcrt, Richmond, N. Y.; John W. Monroe, Richmond, Va; Paul W. Moreau, New Britain, Conn.,, Fred J. Rachford, Hcnia, Ohio. Only an incomplete list of enlisted men and one of civilians missing has yet been made public by officials at the scene of the dis astar.
 Roads leading 10 the devastated area are under close military guard, the soldiers so assigned having diff fculty to keep out curiosity seek CTS. The 4uD or 800 refugees from the villages of Mt. Hope, Hibernia, Rockaway and Denmark stumbled 1 from their homes as they began to 1 fall about them following tho first blasts, were content 10 remain out Of the danger zone.
 several Days Net Army and navy officers in charge uf thc rescue work said it might be three or four days before the flames would die down sufficiently to per init careful inspection Of the area.
 T. k. Buchanan, assistant na- l tional director Of disaster relief from Washington, estimated today that | there are 900 refugees from the area surrounding the naval arsenal at 1 Lake Denmark. Six hundred of l these are being cared for at Morris town and 300 in and around Dover. Families Separated
 In many instances families were widely separated, but all have been | reunited save two. Mir. Buchanan reported one man still unable 10 find his wife and threc children and an other looking for his wife and two . children
 Thr injured, according to Mr. i Buchanan. number about 2do, of which 50 are severely but not dan gorously hurt
 The reason for the greater crowd of refugees at Morristown is the general fright and the desire on th" part of many to get as far away from the scene Of the disaster as 1 possible,
 Crushed Like Egg Shells
 So sudden came the initial blast |