Show Ammunition Depot D Dep ep o t Struck By Lightning i Showers I Death and Destruction j Seventy Men Called Out to Fight Fire Caused By First Explosion Caught By Force of Second Blast Chunks of Steel Stee Concrete and Burning Oil R Rain in Upon Them Country Is Shaken 30 Miles Away V NEV N V E YORK July By IO-By The Associated Press Press- Almost the entire entire personnel of the navy ammunition ammunition tion depot at Lake Denmark N J was reported killed in explosions started when lightning struck a magazine today Two other large magazines were exploded in inthe inthe ini in i i f 11 i the fire which followed The Th 70 10 men at nt the th depot called out to light the tho lire caused by th first explosion were caught by the second one 15 minutes later Chunks of ot steel and concrete liquid firo Ire from oil tanks and burning timbers rained down upon the men and on tho houses at the depot where the wives and children of the men had taken shelter The first death reported was that of Mrs fra Frances Feely of Brook Drook- Brooklyn Brooklyn lyn who was wa burled under n a shower sho o of plaster rister In the ruins of an office af at arsenal th the army depot near the navy arsenal TAKEN TO hOSPITAl I Six unidentified d marines marine taken to the general hospital at Dover N J a four miles from tile the depot Twenty depot Twenty Tt survivors were reported to have ha been taken to New Found Found- land Found land N J S Many of ot the Injured were from towns near the arsenal which were were were V sho showered ed with burn burn- burnIng burning ing lug debris Working In dense d clouds ot of sul- sul sulphurous sulphurous sul sulphurous smoke that billowed up from the burning magazine the themen themen themen men had just id Id their hoso hose lines linea when the tha second J explosion oc occurred oc- oc OCcurred Some ot of the ho men were hurled il illi li Into tho the air otherS were felled wounded In their tracks track Captain ling this explosion telephoned to near near-by near near- neary y towns for tor aid ald but hut as fir Ire fire fn- fn engines Bines gines ambulances ambulance physicians and volunteer rescue workers worker rushed to t the depot the tho third explosion occurred and they were unable to 10 enter zone Immediately The Tho explosions shook the coun- coun countryside coun countryside for tor a adius ot of o more than 30 miles windows window were shattered In all surrounding towns and ashes and blowing embers tell fell as tar far faraway faraway away as Butler Dutler N J r T 30 miles from the th depot HELDT HELD AT T Y BAY BAYThe The Thc first explosion was In maga- maga magazine mata zine zinc zine SS 39 and aftel the lightning struck the magazine Captain 0 O C Dowling U S N commandant atthe at atthe athe the he depot had the tho tire fire call sound sound- sounded sounded sounded ed and mustered mu his entire force torce as a tire fire brIgade Further explosion explosions occurred from time to tim time and continued to hold bold the rescue workers corkers at bay The army arsenal ars nal at lia I Ii Iia a few tew miles to the th cast east of ot thu tho navy y depot but the wind was blowing to the west nd It was not believed helle that the arsenal was In danger unless the wind shifted Thirty homes homs were reported de- de de destroyed In Mount Hope two miles mile from the th depot and three fires were vero started In Rockaway Many of to the Injured were civilians towns surrounding the arsenal TERROR AND CONFUSION Hundreds s of tt persons persona living In tn a radius ot of ota a t few w miles s of the M- M depot de depot pot were when the th blast leveled their homes Most of the dead were marin marines stationed It t the depot A bolt of lightning late lain lal In the afternoon struck an which exploded The entire force orce at the depot depot iS men was called clIed out to tight fight tire til-tire th tire fire which followed tollo and a second and greater explosion caught them leaving them dying or Injured XI Tle Th terror and con confusion fusion spread through the surrounding country made It almost Impossible to deter deter- determine minI mine for tor some time and number of casualties Fifty persons were to th the Dover general hos hos- hospital Ilos- Ilos hospital pital man many serIously Injured ty were taken to the emergency hospital at the American lesion headquarter I 13 3 seriously Injured were taken to MorrIstown hospital at Morristown 11 N J 3 and nd scores ot of others or-others with minor Injuries were treated by physicians In nea nearby towns TOWN X DESTROYED The Tho entire town o of Mount Hope a few tew mile miles from the thc was reported destroyed and In Injured In- In Injured injured were acre found there It wa wa was rep that t at th the town of Ht HI- HI hernIa also had been leveled The Th explosions were sere felt for tor 36 31 miles around the thc depot and ces of ot steel stell and concrete flam- flam l on rape Eight I BIG EXPLOSION KilLS MAIMS MAIM Continued I front from I Paco Iago ago One Ing log Umber timber and ashes fell miles mUes away starting many fires tIres Late tonight the tho ho fire tire In the nAVY depot wn was wa reported by Copt Capt O 0 C fowling Dowling U S S N com commandant om- om mandant of ot the depot lo to have haye spread to arsenal arsenal- an army ar nat about a attIc rille from the thO depot The first death reported was as that ot of a woman who died In tn the Dover general hospital It was bellev how however e-cr e that the tile great great- greater greater er or number ot of dead would he b e found In the th ruins ruin ot of the tho depot when hen workers are able to enter 11 it TO ro WASHINGTON W WASHINGTON GrO July JO-Dy JO 10 ByTh The Associated The Press The navy naV department was wal nd tonight that the tho th naval ammunition depot at Lake Denmark Dover N 0 J 7 had been struck by lightning and that approximately two t of oC the tho personnel net was missing A later message from Rear Ilear Ad- Ad Ad Admiral miral Plunkett commandant a of oth th the third naval district at nt New NewYork NewYork NewYork York said s that Captain 0 O C Dowling In command at the thc th depot had been seriously injured Admiral said the depot had been beef struck by JI lightning nt at p m and had been bren corn com eom- eom completely wiped out The Tho number ot of dead and Injured was os not known ho advised the tho department adding that me medical aid and a II marine guard had been been- sent to the tho no scene At 9 p 1 m the nay navy department is was a advised that explosions were occurring at nt the th d depot pot and that the tiro firo department was un lin-abl lin n able to cope with the tho situation A check up tip of or the tho personnel at atthe atthe the navy depot revealed that 50 marines one ono captain of or marines marine five flye naval oftie officers rB r four tour men ot of oho the tho naval hospital unit and 20 20 to 30 civilians were on duty there Considerable high explosives were In storage part of ot It a 0 d ath ch charge n lor Late tonight the nay navy nary depart depart- department mont moat has hils advised ed that Lieutenant Commander Brown previously re- re reported reported re reported ported dead was WIlS It was not established whether he tad had been Injured |