Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-10 | Page 1 | Blast Kills 12-Firebugs Are Hunted

BLAST BLAS T KILLS KILLS' 12 I 2 FIREBUGS ARE HUNTED Throngs Bathing in River Menaced by Fierce Explosion FOUR PERSONS MISSING Six of Injured Are Given Civen Only Slight Chance m B By Associated Pre Fresi NORTH ARL ARLINGTON J. J June 10 With 10 With the toll the tollof the of-the disaster tern por rily fixed at eight ci dead ad four mi missing and at least 75 Injured preliminary pre pre- investigation into last nights night's celluloid plant explosion developed evid evidence nce police said pointing to in and industrial warfare as the cause of the holocaust John E. E Guidetti Bergen county prosecutors prosecutor's detective announced announced clues of ot had been fountin fount found in the wrecked plant of ot the Atlantic Waste tc company's plant plan an and told of being informed of threats of ot against the operator of the plant by by business rivals the operator of the busin being held on charges o ot of technical manslaughter Guidetti announcement WAS ovas fol fol- fol ol lowed by orders orders tor for the arrest of ot two Elizabeth N. N J. J m men menas n. n as material wit wit- J disaster The names names-Df the men sought were not disclosed sed Guidetti said he be had learned that thai had been warned recently recent ly by business business' rivals that a bitter fight was in the offing to determine which stay in business thelong e est CHANCES ARE SLIGHT r While authorities pressed their investigation investigation in in- the of an increased in Increased increased in In- creased death toll was recognized Three victims in ln St St. Michaels Michael's hospital hos pital pith New Newark rk were reported in a avery avery very grave condition In the West Hudson three more moreIn injured in In- conceded only slight chances of recovery Firemen began a renewed search at dawn fearing more bodies would be f found uI d in the burned ho houses ses or or-In or In Inthe inthe the Passaic river where bathers fled tied to escape the flames At least three of ot the dead arc are children The heat had brought scores to a small bathing beach near the plant of the Atlantic Waste company dealers in scrap celluloid As darkness darkness dark dark- ness descended men women and children children chil chil- dren lingered splashing in the water wa wa- ter Suddenly Suddenly Suddenly-an an eyewitness J John hn Jackson said there said there was a roar and flames names shot hot upward feet Burning Burn Bum ing debris and flaming celluloid fell fellIn In showers New sheets of fire shot outward Shrieks of people in houses nearby were echoed by the screams of bathers as the flames struck them Scorched or severely burned their bathing sui suits aflame many of ot them plunged toward the river as asa a second explosion shattered the night It was the blast of at a gasoline tank spattering fire anew enveloping a garage and a parked car car r SINKS AND DROWNS Several women already already- badly burned by blazing clothing were seen to dart into the water Mrs Margaret La Tone was seen trying to swim the river A flaming chunk of wood hit nil herShe her She sank and was drowned polIce police police po po- po- po lice said The others on on the list of dead were Mrs Joseph Klitch Her daughter Mildred 13 George Dale Mrs George Georg Dale his wife A year old child last name was Another child and ind an adult Firemen arriving from seven towns found a scene of horror In the light of ot the flames names screaming women ran up and down the beach seeking lost children Dying and injured were moaning Police Captain Neil Barrett Barret sent men to stores to to requisition aUthe all aU the salves unguents and first aid kits they could find Two dozen people were sent to hospitals while more than 40 others received first aid on the spot No estimate of the damage was given n but It w was s b believed to be more than Police expressed the opinion spontaneous combustion may have caused the explosions Mrs Klitch whose husband owns the building bunding housing the celluloid works died with her daughter in a 11 hospital The Dales died in one of ot the seven burned houses house