Show 23 3 KNOWN N WN DEAD DAD fOUND IN RUINS RUI S LEFT Of DY BlAST Rescue Worker Killed a as I Wrecked Steel Work I Collapses LOOTERS ARRESTED Week Needed to Explore Wreckage Police Say PITTS PITTSBURG BURG Pa Nov 15 AP AP- AP The death toll as a result of yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yes yes- yesterdays disastrous gas tank blast blaston on the lower north side here mounted mount mount- ed today as rescuers dug their way into the ruins of homes factories warehouses and industrial ial plants While White a few crews labored throughout through through- out the night seeking to clear away some of the debris the real work of recovering bodies did not begin until daylight Digging into the ruins pf Qt f one structure the rescuers brought out the body o of two unidentified men making the known wn dead twenty- twenty three One fatal accident occurred x during during dur dur- ing jiw the morning Frank Frank KUepferle le e engaged in moving some iome twisted d steel was killed ed instantly when some sonie reinforcing steel fell upon him Anthony Cayne and arid John Wise also i working on the ruins were injured when wien struck by st steel 1 beams beama Fire department officials believed t that at least seven additional bodies would be found six in the wrecked building of the Pittsburg Clay Pot plant and ind one side the mass of twisted ruins that had hall been the mammoth death dealing gas re reSer- reSer er- er voir S WEEK NEEDED Firemen policemen and volunteer workers engaged In the task of or clearing the wreck wreckage ge from the disaster disaster disaster dis dis- dis- dis aster area of oc one square mile said it would be at least a week before they had explored all the ruins Of more than Injured persons treated at hospitals about 1510 re remained remained remained re- re In the Institutions today some In a critical condition Many suffered brok broken ri arms and legs while others had serious head injuries I During the night rescuers used dynamite in an effort to dislodge some of the ruins At daylight they abandoned the explosives and the thelow elow low work of lifting the wreckage piece by piece was resumed The rescuers were menaced by tottering walls raIls and hanging timbers and steel teel beams Insurance experts after inspectIng inspecting inspect inspect- ing ng the devastated district refused to 0 give any definite estimate of the loss saying it would mount in the millions A survey showed that some thirty hirty large commercial houses and homes were hit hard by the gas Continued on page e 4 J l 23 KNOWN DEAD I FOUND IN RUINS I 1 LEFT BY BLAST Continued from page 1 blast The Tile entire loss was not confined confined confined con con- fined to the immediate region of at the explosion for hundreds of oJ windows throughout Pittsburg and suburbs suburb were shattered 1 LOOTERS S ARRESTED One Ono case of oJ looting was reported from the stricken district du during ing the night Joseph and Frank both residents of the wrecked region were arrested charged with entering some of th tho deserted homes Taken before Police Police Police Po Po- Po- Po lice Magistrate E. E M. M Hough toda today he told them The offense with which you two are charged merits a penalty more severe than a 50 fine which the law aw empowers me to impose for a first offense Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore I hold you for court More l than lawer employed by the Philadelphia company parent parent parent par par- ent concern of the Equitable Gas company owners of oJ the tank were sent into the district to assist in removing debris and searching for additional bodies Relief agencies including the Red RedCross RedCross Cross the Salvation Army Arm ArmBoy Boy Scouts and others were e functioning at full blast today caring for the tine homeless and supplying food and clothing to those left leCt destitute City council assured the Red Cross that I Would provide temp temporary funds necessary lox for the relief work I The city council has already dy appropriated appropriated I for far this pu purpose pose |