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OF GLASS ENORMOUS;
IK
HOLES IN SKEWS
AUTO WIC IMPEDED
TfinHy diurdiyard Covered
With a Coating as ol
Hoar Frost.
IWOm PKHAK l!SCAIl!S.
Pmae Extends to Ilrook
Ijw, Where Many Windows
Are Shattered.
ftVufetttn tartj cut te-.dsy to
Tr from lb greatest glaae rh
ta Ha tililerr.
fawning tiel fiinrtured lti side
tf kyerepre. Hhow window,
sMr4d and under (until, lull uf
IrMiure luddsnly pihi(i1, Ten
4Jn4 vacuum rlMiii-r Inhaled
pattered glaa ll nlflit. Automobile
twl charily, fur twiiity.fotir houtw
a ml mil tilnir ha, I not be tin ID
!rMT nil th Jgird apllnlere. Even
tU grave In Trinity' chutrliynrd
rev curlout mntle Hint ptklefl
r the morning unlilno Ilka euin
fang out of i-n hoar twit,
Tha blggut problem In lha rltr
t.4r were film and gl.ialnr. Thero
Mn't enough gli to nil tha empty
WJow. and for tha time being Ihn
ftoUr took Ma pine In lilstory tar
stove that wont to la occupied by
'Hie lordly plumber.
Hot vn tha most xprt In
tthyte tnn explain the frasklshncs
with which th explosion attaoktd
tht clty't wlndotra. Hundred of In.
4ew wr aenl splintering for twenty
aterles down. Tha next door ky.
awraper la practically unharmed ex
cept for two or Hire wlndowa on
,! trt. A third praaonta tho odd
f Aooroval
to Ik enltl uruuilaa Um kuklia,
' wwimwiif wna i
11
"uM'Uuiu
!
6
11K.T. C. r.Ca.
kLERT and active little folks just
MjL love the excitement of rollin' hoopsl
JL And they are alert and active, too,
when Kellogtfs Toasted Corn Flakes are
served.
6
No hesitating on the part ol
grown folks either, for the flavor
and crispness of Kellogg's
appeal to young and old.
Packed Wextitc-Look for thU signature,
Icitlzltlnna
w 1
liiiurai i ISHl
kflrH r Ma arlMaoa InUrt
(ft M IiIm. Iiim lnlUM nil
amy a If ah tMMa f a rivln vf
ftta.
Oltlrlliulrd In thla amlrly )ap.
haiard way I.IM In I .OH lxln
wln4aaa rra dloM4 If th o.
itac and ly itl.1 omi al
in ilia fliiahHal dllrtt prpr,
rlutlM af Iha filriRn uf thipHHf and
mallr cnmirui aM lldia
bullJIni nlrhllnt alona Ilia Ur.
fivnt tn Ilia !
(Mil ! uf llioadaiay, from Hal
Irry I'lafa lo Waffrn Hlirl. aood
Inv lo Hnre rrHiiia iiinda to HiiRt,
llcrka n f Ilia icorul Ciwiwit, r.bW
nindowa wti droktii In l.oo'i liulld.
mc. I'roni War i ii Hlirrl In J'nnal
Hlrr( dumaira In 100 laill llnca waa
lKirlad In Hcral O'llrl'tl uf th
I ..urlli I'rrrlnrl. In Dm fililli
rinrl iv pollra ifrkolllllir. Ultra warn
t7 lnkin hIiiiIiik.
In Ihran dlilllfl Mi" hlllilna art
Mn.ii r and la niilnlithlml limn In
Hi akt M mper itrrrtn nnd llm win
dow! liitr and nf InfUlor kIm.
On I In- "iiHiimi and ntrrn ildra
nf tha Ulillolmll lllllldltiK ltwati
on. third and una hnlf Ilia wliwldW
wrra liriiknii, 'I'll U.mT lliimdway
akyicrnprra, tho I Irlil liiilldinit nnd
tlin oiik liniiirdlnti'ly iiIoiiiiiI urroii
fnirn II anffifnl only a dnrfa !
nrrly. Tim linpiminrly lurKa win.
ilowi nlmvo Ih aintunry croup In
Ih Cinlom llutun wuro ahnllitinil, it
trru miullor panea on Ita wealorn
aldn.
At Ihn lip of tha lalnnd nfly-twn
akyllHht pnnri nf llm AiUirlilin worn
ahlvarxd almont Into iwilr, wlilla
lMlnlh tlinm lint ft "llilll llnaa tntih
of Ilia huiidraila rontnlnliix flab wai
lirokMi.
ALL THE OONftULATBS 8UF
FBP.KD PROM THB SHOCK.
No mnttnr which wny nun turned
(rom Howlliiff (lrri the ilBim of !
atructlnii ysi-TO Iho aanin. llsrk down
Hluta Strt'nt llio 1'iillillnm IiiiunIik
liiont of Ihn nlllnl rnniiilatia nnd
many of thn Inriieat ) I I ns ofllcia
had mi tT l oil nlinoat ua hixdly nn tha
Whltrlmll UulMlng. Iloiver Htrcat
ahowod a IlKn pirpetlv of lirnkan
nlnaa. Wuahlnatiin and (Irncnwlrh
Hlresta, ttllnd Jiwt nliovo llattery I'lui'o
witn icnemiMii nouaaa, wrn atoppad
throufli trlntorly by men and wummi.
Ihi llrondway lha Hlandard OH llnil.l.
Ins: ahnwed two bl vncnnt holox in
Itn front, with the liiilldliiK Junt nbcivn
It In mi P'lvml plight, (lima cnvuiod
tha atnpa leaillnir down to tmaernrnt
biulnraioa. Klapplna ahadpa nttrapini
notlco to other empty frntntva many
ainrlca higher.
Thn rirnt National Ilnnk llulldlng
. ttn1 Ulrn.l nnH llmn.l......
reren nrayiiy. in mo mock K.
chanrn n fnw ranra wcr amnntiNl
The HulTrniiiry r neaped. Two of
tha larirnat wlndowa, of very thick
French plate ilnaa, In the J. I Mot.
Iran llulldlnrf at wnll and Itroad
nm J ..I'TI 1
They change their form. Somo do both,
KtJIof j .-th0 Original Toasted Corn Halcat rem.tn
original as ever light, and dainty, appetizing tn 2a
vor with a melting crispness on the tongue.
i eaiMiiiiigtiiiMBgannMi 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 iS
rww&&v.l
Mt tJl lb la' A- 4 I
MHioi't't, fh frsajlmiasi I -
. a ( rammer IM A ... , jr. i
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ic I ! Hiti. l.tslif f
M f... Ik M a I
..t t aMrr II
! ati.. ( hlll M
I fl.M ! M tfl .
i ANK K n't TflUIT COMPANY
LUCKYi LOBS. ONI I'ANC
1 MilHM IM, n.a .
. . , h. awn !. iaii i a
( la i
ti f lrh at Ki
,.J Mta iw w
4. ...f IW WaMWMlh NihM' 1 e
,Ui'4 1 I" HI' li '
tl a fw (awaN piai am i a .
lUw'i "f .Mil a i. $ n
rlMi. -r HM fraMH lha Mui. , I
ItaiMia ,Miii4al. ! i.snrn,
'4if CirdKr. ! t'oli n I i
iImm- i.i4i iHany w iidna
M M"a
TH d.afitaf ffaali f ina y Jaw
ler pi -if In Mai4n M ' ' ' n
iml and wtHM and lii i
urd l.il. in me lnll.. e lit.
fra daliflhl. win it mot-4
frrnn urmi'iti-rir.l wlmlawa, Ni'ln
nu nf fnodi rt-l"irli. by any of
the mrrrhanli wlm uffrd.
i;ii'HInl warn by Ih mlb pre.
lltd lhfl of riioat atx-la and
aiirtcd ranifallan In tha hakMi dl.
irld Capt. I'ahry of lha lld Hllp
Hfatlnn na iminaa Ihn drat ah k wa
flt hlinM "lit the ra-nrrvt wm
r on bnnd In rralln fr aifika
duly (lln wm allll rranhlnir it'iivll
nil the patrintnt In irativra of
Ih llrrllli h HHnet Htnllon wni' 0111
hi niiliklr. and dlMlha nf Um I rt
Mianrli fluri-ail rrn h d in vinlilly
wllhln a lr nil""l Ail pjMiK
HiiiiiikIi John, l ulli.ii ami Mix riy
Hllffta and M.tldr-i Mil wnnfiirb I
dm. nnd prtintll thriilllll litluT
atrta wr nMril In walk in tn
rnlrw of Ih rond tn avoid fallliiK
wliiiluw frnnifi
CUSTOM HOU3C OPFICEIt SHOW-
enco v;itm INK.
I'ollro t'ommlialoiitr Wood a waa
out from i o'clock In llm iiioiihiik
iinlll nlninal noun nillMtrlnti'MillliK Ih
lihrliiK of iarv-a In Ihn lower down
town illntriri anil puewm-m.
I Inn litimlrotl amt ttn wlndowa wire
blown out nf Dm ('mlom lloiian.
Ciirloiiily, moat of llm window
broken wcrn on llm man or 1110 niiiiu.
Inir rortlii-nt froiil Ihn I'MilnMnll.
At llm llarun lillirn niliinni nil ine
window wrrn nlluhlly niifti, which
nitvrd tlii'in. A ounliinin olllrcr nlttlnc
ni n di'nk iifitr n window nvrrlnoliiii-
lhi liny wnn Miowvnii nun u.k irum
n lint tin tlmt lirnko Into lillH.
It In ilirrii'iilt t'Viin to.iiny to oiunin
rallnbla uiillinuii'1 of th loan to prop
erty owner In Now York. Thn chief
dnmnue. au fnr ua In known, wm to
plntn Klnnn and ordlnnry wlndown,
nlthoiiRli tho pollco bnllnvo pxitmlnn
Hon to-dny iny rnvenl nprloiin lonui
In jrnodn unit nuichlnery In loft nnd
ainall wooden lactury tnillilliiK" In
l.nwiip Miinhntinn find In llrooklyn.
William T. Wood, lrcnldnnt of
I.loydn l'lnlo (Miih iniiirunco Loin
tinny. No. 01 Wllllnm Htrrrt. nrtlill
"Fur from tho dunmRu to pinto kIiiii
running Into tho million, t do not
bollevn It Will excoeil $100,000. The
Inrgnnt tilnto nln" rlnkn, nuch nN the
department ntorc n round Thirty,
fourth Htroet and thn larcer Fifth
Avenue flrinn, nufforcd prnotlcally
not at nil. Many lnrro rlnkn, of
rournn, nuffnrod In tnrt financial din
tt let. t hnvo found morn duatructlun
than mlKht ha nunpcotetl tn lda
atrreta, Mirh nn KlRhth nnd Ninth,
thn Twciuici, ana even runner up
town."
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Steward of Schooner a Victim
Of Explottion,
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Over a Vast Territory
Marked Huge Explosion
-
Hundreds of Strange Stories of Freakish Devel
opments That Followed Disaster Tense
Moments for Many People.
The mannaer nf n llrooklyn all-nlitlit reataitrnnt near Borough Hall, hi
front window ihattrrcd hy tha ekplnalon,
all elae, palnitaklimly extractln- epllnter
A typewriter, thrown by tho hlaat
waa found by Policeman Murphy of tho
harmed and ready for bttalnea In tho
Willie Hurry1, lias lieen an office
Walter HyAtiirs'Co.. I)ey and Wet Btreotn. Hturday night he forKot to put
down any of th window. Every other window in tho neighborhood waa
broken.
Policeman Alexandor Kncliler waa
Ion occurred. Tho shock toro the club
th ledge of a building.
JURt married, John TavcUkl and Mary Wollnskl were alttln at tha head nf
the wedding nupper table In Progress Hall. At the roar from the harbor waiter
dropped plate or soup, table were overturned and th guosts fled In pnlc.
The Pavnlnkl never budted. They knew beforehand, thoy said, tht married
life had to have It Jars.
1 1 1 .. mMm hAHihn. t 1 11 1 A.
Jeweller's shop.
John D. nnrkefaller got out of bed
II1UOI um ..Ml iniiiMinivi k I "mo uui ri iat nHTinff rCFOlTer, TVH
all thn wny to Itaxtrr and Walker Btreets In his pajamas, looking for th man
who sot off thn bomb, There ho found a thief lootlnc thn broken Hnrfn n
asking for Information about tho earthquake.
Illa p n.nal. aUlnriAr r. f a 1 1 rrl I
skidded along th deck und Into thn water. Iln swam until hn renrhed Hedloe's
r.lpinrt nmi.lv n mlln nWnV. Anil tlli'll wm mn rfafj.! tit. .... . I
....... u, - - .
Thn explosion tor open th vest of
high Valley Itnllrond, threw hln watch
the chain Hipping mrou.n a uuitouuoie
Polleemnn Henry Doherly of th
"Handsome Harry,", was at thn foot of
himself out of the wsti-r ho found all
cloth hanging irom nia wuiiiiino ua a
A man In Harlem leaped from bed
Itmppoat in front ot tn nuuae nas rnucn
"Damn thn hrapnel" ald Pilot
driving after a blar.tnK bargo. Two
long, pinfeed th pilot nous window and
A window In th office of Commissioner How en Kills Island was blown
bodily arrois thn roomi a bullet mad
signed photograph of President Wilson
A bar of Iron lght feet long wa
ltnnlf for half II length In an asphalt
Ulfton, wlf. of the Wgiml uorpa L.-ommnaant.
Covered with white dilnt, elKhteen
Orchard Htreet. llrooklyn, stuck to hi
a few munition expimung over in jeraey, na nept telling inquirers. "Yea,
ma'am, that'a all. There goe nnothnr one."
Not a Window wa broken In th
Ln, occupied by tn omcea 01 in inw
John Dutis, a barg roptnln, rn
All h remember I omeioay yeiung,
Two fish were found dead tn the
Ordorly Albert Rklnnar, on noverner Island, had Juki left hi rioit ta o
tn supper. Within flv mlnutus loo
vacated.
Thousand on the est sld camped
(ha pnrka, bullevlng that warship wero lighting oft Dandy Hook to capture
jha ulmiaitli lirainen,
(tui)1i (!illl., h Imrgemkn j work whan th first explosion oocurrJ.
wa hurled Into th air. II lundd In curloud ot borax,
r
VMwkiid Holiaifur, patrol driver of th Ocean Avenue Police Btatlon, re.
ported that th huo wa rlpi-ml from hi left foot by Ih force of the blaaL
The statu of Africa, In front of (ha Custom House, had her leg fractured.
Pour hundred crati ot egg In a tent on the J-aokawanna pier, were found
unbroken. In th samo tout a cut gavo birth to two kitten.
A mnn who fled In terror from hi lioin tin Uleecker Htreet camo back to
And onu ot his carpet slipper.
1,11(0 a Dock of bats, a swarm of heavy canvas shep. lined overcoat de
icended on Kills lalnnd. Nobody know where they came from. Th emigrant
aiut thcui. AU W plliascd.
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Now in Honpital
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Incidents
ttnod far half an hour, obllrlous to
of gla from a watermelon.
from tho Intrelor of a went aide office.
Fourth I'reclnct Station UDrlcht. ua
mlddln of tha aldewalk.
boy for threo week In th bulldlnir of
twirling his nlghUrtlck a th first exnlo-
out of hi hand and blew hi cap up on
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at Pocantlco Hill and went around
th, WM In Ik. -. .... i.1 .
t " . .....v .' N-,M.i, unvft Kgauil.
M. T. Henley, yardmaster of the L.
from hi pocket and shot It Into space,
and following UK the tall of a comet
Fifth Precinct, Jersey City, known n
Clammont Avenue. When he pulled
hln clothe torn off except a atrip of
uroecnciout.
and liouted to hi wlfet "det udi Th
uowni"
Alfred Bmllh of the flrelioat New Yorker.
minute later a ateel ahell, six Inches
went through smith' license,
a hole In a picture of Uncoln, and
was given a crack across the left y.
thrown to Medio' Island and burled
roaaway twenty feet from Mr. A. T,
- year - old Bmuel Markowlt of No. 16
switchboard on Uovernor'a Island. "Jut
twe.v - tory building at No. tS Maiden
xorn t-iate uia insurance Company,
rt a car of dynamite as It exploded.
"jnoi mat way, you fooll"
Aquarium,
pound of plaster burled th stool ha had
mar tha Wllllamaburg Hrldga and In
AND 41 INJURED
ARENOWKNOWN
All MKslnj;, InclnJInK Women
and ( J.IIJren, Were Aboard 1
Marges Destroyed,
Twrnly-feur hours after the eipla
lutt lha xIUa of iff-y City wit
iquit unrarlald fettkldlng th arou
liry of their lsitn,iit of Ilia dad
i MttA Inlilt,!.
The fwllwli llrt, aflrr Hi namm
of many at fid nilailng had Uan
ert-l IxKBilie of later leimrti, I be
l.evad lo b cufim 1.
IIIUII.
TOHHON, AllTIIUIt, (wo and on,
half yr old, No, II Unlil Ainui,
Jirny Ullyi thrown out of bad ant
killed by hork.
UNIDKNTIIIfCl) MAN, about
twenty. two, flv ttl . Tin Incheai
body found In Hudson lllver near
Central llallruad of New Jarsty
whatf,
liKYDKN, COItNUI.llJH, Chief
llilgh Valley Itallrond police,
HIINII.
COIHIIN, XI., Captain of bars Nu.
tl uf lha Jolinaun LlKhtetagn Com.
l'ny.
WILHON, HUH. KltKDA, wlfn of
Cnpl, Charlea Wlliou ot tnigo No. 5,
Iotinlno Tiansportntlon Company,
believed sunk near l.llla lilnnd.
WIUHUN -two (mail cUlldrou of
Mm. Froda WlUon.
HIJVKN MHN, member of the
crrtv of Iho sunken iiiunltloiis.cur.
tying burgra.
I.HJIUIr.11 IH JHHSI.V tiTr.
DOII KllTY, JAMKH, patrulmun,
No, Til ll.irtholtl Place, lacoruted
sculp und Internal Injuries; crltlcul.
City llospltul.
xv .sjn, pirrn: , No. 751 Kin.
second Htreet, llrooklyn; abrasions
of tho fnco und tody. City Hospltul.
STYFFK, llAllllY, alxtvcu, son uf
Ce italii of urKu No. 63, ubruxlnna mi
fuce. City llnapllal.
.MA.T.lniir, uiiaui.i., sixty
seven, watchmun, ot Hocuucub.
wotindn und bruises. City ltoapltul.
A1.1.HN, JKIUtY. thirty-eight. No.
21 ltlver Street, Hobokvn, Incurntlona
of the ontlro body. City Hospital.
WA1.HII. JOHN, twenty. one,
brakemun, No. 103 Mercer Htreot,
contusions of fuco und head and
tructuro of noso. City Hospital.
WAISII. TIIO.MAB. thirty-five.
Lehlxh Valley conductor. No. 101
Mercer Htreet. City Hospital.
NUI.AN, uisuitui-j. tnirtynr.
No. I!9 Jersey Avenue, contusion of
head and face, llemoved to home.
llACr.TA. 1'KTKIL thlrty-one. boat-
man ot the barge Moran No. t, No. It
llattery l'lacc, Manhattan, burned nn
head and loft ear. City Hospital.
CAULEY, M18S FltANCK8, lx.
teen, ot the barge Quest a Co.. hook.
City Hospital.
QIIACH, , six months old,
daughter ot Mrs. Edith Qrace, No.
lit Communlpaw Avenue, Injured by
railing celling, city Hospital.
OUTEHAI.D, PAUL, twenty-ons.
No. 23S Johnson Avenue, scilp cut by
falling brick. City Hospital.
PIUHCiC DANIEL, or the Be,
men's Inatltute, New York, lacera
tions of face. Cltv HosnltHl.
CUOCKETT. WILLIAM, flftr-four.
engineer. No. 170 York Street, rlaht
arm Injured. St. Francis HosDltnl
iirats'iv., liuuiti, iiremnn, iJnglne
vt . n . . v. . , . i - . i . . .
iiu, iv, miuuti. urnunn Jiuajiiai.
CINIFFB THOMAH, tlrouian, Rn-
gine No, 16 hocK. nnrman Hospital
LAitoON, THKOUOHE. twenty.
eight, No. 441 lluldeis Avenue) eou-
tus on or rignt evo.
TASCHNKH, JOHN C, twenty-one.
musician, iso. in rourtn tJlret
tinck
NHLBON. PETER. No. Ill Orand
Htreet: luccrated face.
BKUBKAH, MATHEW, No. Ill
Warren Street! laceration of face.
HYULCH'A KUKD. No. 64 Mercer
Street: incerution or race.
HKNOKUSON, LOUIM, twenty-five
No, III Communlpaw Avenuei lacer
atlonR ot head anil face.
OHANCHHY, C, No. 171 Orand
Street, foot Injured.
DAY OHO, JOHN, SO, No. 450 John
Btreet, New Tone, leg nurt.
1IAHTON, JOHKPJI, 15, No. 310
Btimmlt Avenuo, bruises.
QALUILU JO.SKl'li, II, No, II
Center Htreet, uruise
11HHNNAN, JOHN, fireman, Kn-
-ln a company s, uruisea
HCHAM, UKOllUE, fireman, Truck
No. I.
WEINHOLD, AUQU8T, patrolman,
nock,
KACIlLKU, ALEXANDRIA patrol
i hXmh.K JAMKfl. patrolman, ahock
BCHAHKKKIt. EDWAHD, driver
autn patrol, shock,
, HTElNUEItQElt, HAimY, contu-
slons, s
lNJIlHRD IX MANn ATTAlt,
DOM1NICK, lANNIE, No. CS West
'rami mreui. cui py luiunc giossi m,
1. f I .?!) .. I '
VlUVUllin I UDIIlll
HANTE1UN1, HOHIH. No, 41 King
Htreet, injured uy tailing oeiiinu in
HAN'l'kltlNI, OAELUANA, nam a
atiovn.
UUltNH, JEHHH, No, 197 Orand
Btrcot, slipped nn glims In front of
No, ICS lloweryi romoved to Bt.
Dunstan'a Hospital with laceration
oi mn,
HENItlQUEH, nOHEHT. riortss.
MO, CJl v esi una MUluim'i mih
lilrty.foiirth Btreel, rut by fallliu
lnaa In Hudsnn Terminal Umldliig
IluJsim Htrucc itospitni.
DIAZ. l'HANK. steward. No. I1
South Htroet. rut by falling kum
whllo In lllchmond Lunch nu Fulton
Btreet) treated by Volunteer Ho.
Pltal physicians and removed to
nomn.
BEl'FFEltT, WILLIAM, waiter. No,
440 West Thirty. Ilrst Btrect, sum a
above. ,
KWANN. WAITKR. dishwasher.
No. 2025 Madison Avenue, same as
abovH,
Bknll
Kraelurctt al
riallsbnrar
I'atup.
piaTTsntmn, n. y July n w. j.
Doiielierty ol croton l.aKo, n. t,
student ol the Catholic Hummer Brhinl
nf America. Is In a hospital here with n
fractured Skull, the. result of being
SirucK vy ail umuiuuuiie, 111. conur.ion
Is serious.
Swill Compm)' ! ml llffl In Xiv
Tor rity for Ih, ek ntfltis; Hilurdif,
July nvvraKril lounwii Liolllfltfi
MliW VWUtfi-Altl,
ELECTRIC SPARK
MAY HAVE CAUSED
GREAT EXPLOSION
l.xperl I ays Black Tom Dis
aster to Ground Currents
From Hallways.
Vasraht emu rid rurrinl from alee.
trln4 railway In lha tlelnlly are
Uatrd by II W Hpanr, rteelrUal
aprrr, No 111 l.llrty Htrt, a a
poialbl cauaa ol yratrrday morn.
ng'e Heal..ii lllark Tom lalsnd.
Aerdin l Mr. Hiiig, elwlrlc
apaika have l-n alghted when tea.
ails loading at the Hlandard Oil Cum.
pany'a ltr on Ilia Kill von Kull cam
In contact with lha metal work on
th pier, and II la claimed that an
oil vrai.l at that plr wa actually
IgnlUd In that way, lha rk clianc.
lug to alrlk mr tt oil on the
vessel's aid.
Mr, Mpang, who ha apeclatlsej In
l!if, atudy of eleclrolysla for many
Tsrs, ssys there have been several
!lli' ii board CMla adjareul to pier
lit llrooklyn and at Constubls Hook,
llnjniinr, whluh nppaniiilly vera
ruused by the grounding net Ion of
leclrli) rallwny cttrrrnta,
"Hlnco tho t ieelrlllcatliin of the street
ritllwayn uf lludaon, llergen and Hi
ox Collutle In Nnw Jersoy," aald Mr.
Hpang, "a tvrinln portion uf tho rail
wny current tin a been leuvlng thn
luik rulla In tl.oae cuutitlcs nnd ha
uuwed by wuy of Iho uuderKrouml
All I it lillH oil plpea into tlm Kill nil
Kull, Newurk liuy nnd New York
lUy.
"In 1101, threo, six, eight nnd even
uvlvo Inuh wuter iiiiiIiih burst at
points ailJainnt to thn Kill Von Kull
and New York Hay In llayonnn aftnr
tiny hud lieon sulijxctod to tha dn
strurtlvo grounding action of thono
rnnway currents fur nlKiut nlnn years.
At tlic prestMit tlmo rluctrlo rallWay
currents ar nowing into Newark
ll.w. both on thn east and west nldiv.
nlong the oil pipes of thn Ttlscornra
Ol! Company, n subsidiary ot tho
pinnasru uu company."
Few people real I mi (ho drntructlvn
effects of thcMo ground current, no.
cnruiug to Air. HpiuiK'. Jn 190fl he
Issued n printed circular predicting
that, with thn rlcctrltlcntlnn at stcmti
rnllways, oloctrulysls and electric
Are would become for moro fro
quent. This prediction has been
lubitantlnted, ho says, by the do.
Mruellon of tho New Y'ork and New
Jersey Water Company' water
pipe In the iiackensack meadow.,
where break recently Interfered
with Ilayonno's water supply for flvo
day.
In 1111 Mr. Bpang called the at
tention of the Ptibllo Hcrvlce Com
mission here to thn fact that es
cnplng current ot the elevated and
trolley railways or Aiannnitnn, tlm
Bronx, llrooklyn and Queen wero
likely to 'destroy th ateel subway
lubes under the Knst lllver and thn
Hudson lllver. besides Impairing tho
high pressure wntcr mains and the
iteel esses of plunger elevator tn
Lower Manhattan skyscraper. Ho
says tho commission, so rar as no
knows, ha taken no action to In
sulate these vital danger point.
8. Altmmt & (Ea.
have prepared for to-morrow (Tuesday)
Ant Importainit CDesirainice Sale of
Wonnenn's and Masses' Brassieres
comprising a number of desirable styles In
broken sizes, variously marked at the greatly
reduced prices of
S0cM 75c. & $1.25
(Corset Department, Second Floor) '
Cflosilinig Price Redocit3oinis inn
Womneim's Soiiminnier Goats & Wraps
(sizes Incomplete)
will go Into effect to-morrow, affording
excellent purchasing opportunities at
$9.75, $J2.S0, $J9.50 & $29.00 '
(Department on the Third Floor)
Little Children's
i
Washable Dresses annd Suits
will be offered to-morrow at clearance prlcei,'
DRESSES , , , 65c. $1.00 e& 1.35
SUITS , r r t t . 1.50
Sizes ranging generally from 2 to 5 years
(Infants' Wear Department, Second Floor)
BAN ON EXPLOSIVES
Hi JERSEY CITY IS
PLANNED BY MAYOR
I"aan Starts to l-!nd What
Ammunition Is Stored In
Railroad Yards.
The dsnger of other eaplettva
mrnaring lha Uvea if lha o4 of
Jersey (My U being Inquired Inlo le
day by Mayor Mark I'sgin, Acting
upon tlm nuga-nllon of Tti. Kvrnlng
Wurld. ha baa asked Public Pros,
culor Hudspetli to end alx det.cttvei
on reatrh fur mora iiynamlle and
war ammunition among lha ffnfht
rar stored In Ih four qur mil
of railroad yard near Uie
yesterday's dlsasttr,
Th Mayor baa ale had atibpanMua
Issued for tha bills of lading bleg.
Ing to thn varlou ammunlllon eem
panlei whose product ar shipped by
way of lha freight depot at mack
Tom Island, Ho will find out how
ninny hundreds of tons of death,
dealing stuff were stored at the atMe
uf tlm M plosion In pliilii defUnoe of
thn law, u a well as how much of It
still Is kept awaiting transfer to ship
III tlm railroad unls,
Thn Mayor nnd lha flva Commis
sioners wiiu constitute the govern,
iiienl of Jiisey city, with Congress,
men James llnmmlt, Kdward any
and Joan J. Hirim, went down th lUy
In thn fnrenoon In u tug and mado
nn Inspection of tho cnnn of Ih din.
MMtir. Fullowlng n conference, they
will repot t to tho Bpeclul llrand Jury
thn danger conditions still existing
near llluck Tom Island. Mayor
Pngnii Invited Mayor Mltohel and
members of the (Irnnd Juries ot New.
nrk, KltiKs County nnd all other
cities wltiiln twcnty.ilvo mile ot the
explosion to attend thn conference.
"Tilt explosion and the neglect
lenillnir up to It," mlil Mayor Fagan,
"constitutes thn most awful orlme
ever perpetrated ngalnst the people
nf n clvlllxcd community. And It Iho
Information that comes tn ma I cor
rect there Is still danger of more ex
plosions. If It Is truo that 150 oar
cnntnlulng dynamite, shrapnel and
other dendly shells are stored In the
railroad yards at our doors we must
find nomn wny to tend the stuff back
lo Delaware or wherever It cam
from. If wo cannot do thi.t we might
as well cense to exist as a city."
Onre Wealthy Womaa Die mt
Slarrnttnai.
PASCAQOULA, Mum.. July II. With
her elrht-monthi-old baby crawling ever
hor body railing for "mamma,M Mr.
Emma Cinxlry, once wealthy, waa found
In her home toilny, dead of atarvatlen.
Mrs. Coaxley wim In tho home with her
two children. They were not knows to
bo In wnnt until one nf the children, age
six, went to a neighbor' home, saying
she was humcry. Thl led to discovery
of tha mother's death.
This, ho believes. Is a matter which
tho Ileal Estate Board of New Tor
should tako up, with a view to In
vestigating the City Department ot
Electricity nnd the Electrical Kn
glnecrlng Department.
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