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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1918)
TWO HUNDRED KILLED (Continued from page 1) that It would reach 200. . '' , Many of tne injured -ne of whom were brought f to Pittsburg hospitals bj special 'lain end In ambulances, all of them so badly hurt that In only a tomparaiivtly few instances were persona able to hold out' any hope for their rt-corery. The property loss was esUuattd at $1,500,000. Salem Vulpamzin Works The oldest and best equipped repair stop in Salem. I do all kinds of repair work and do it well GOODRICH, GOODYEAR, AND UNITED STATES TIRES FOR SALE W.M. HUGHES,- 474 Ferry Street Save That- Extra Hour $10 Dorm 1 : 4 $2 Per Week DO YOU WALK? GetUag op Eating Breakfast Starting to work. , Walking .. Walking , At work.. ....... Full eold dinner WaitUins a nick.. At work.... Starts home. . . . . , Walkiag , Still walking..... Eating sapper. ... Tired ot. ....... II IS lOl K TIME .......... or ........5:30 A.M... ........6:00 A.M... :..6:15 A.M... .0:30 A.M.. ....... .6:45 A.M... 7:00 A.M... pail).. 12:00 M.. . ... .'. 12:30 P.M... ........1:00 J.M... :00 P.M... ........6:15 p. M... ....s;.-.6:30 P.M... T;jOO P.M... wm WALK? TABLE f . ' ........ Bid a Bicycle Getting op ....... .Making gardea ....... .Making garden Eating Breakfast ...Starts to work - At work . . .Going homo to lonck ......Beading a paper At work Starts home .........Eating anpper Besting .......Beady to go ont ......... -Enjoying life Buy a Bicycle 7 saves Car fare Too) E.1RAMSDEN 221 S, HIGH ST. PHONE 1687 vs. TINKERERS There are a lot of fellows, who, think they can correct trouble in the electric system on a car by tinkering with it. They think they know a lot about electricity. ' Just give them enough time and they'll find the troublemaybe. Buy you pay the biH for that tinkering. We know a lot about electric starting and lighting systems, be cause Whave vl s - THE ELECTRICAL WIZARD which automatically locates any5 trouble, in any starting and flighting system on any car yours is no exception. ' Bring it in if your electric system is out of order. We won't tinker we 4 won't waste time.vr( """.'-i"-.r-: ' ' ; '- f K Your bill wiU be small compared to the real service we wxh render you. We' will make our test with AMBU. It will tell lis the trouble and we will quickly repair it. " ' The result is guaranteed. H ' .( ' -1 ',-)' I f Auto Electric Service Co. 143 S. Commercial St. Phone 343 Immedlately after the second ex plosion the niasiTof broken btams and twistei timbers broke out In a Kreat blaze, while the highly inriaui mable ehemical used lu the mann tacture of T. N. T. and T. N. A. aiidf d ample fueL islast arter blast fallow ed as the- heat -readied -lh tanks, each one scattering the buruing em bers and endangering property in tlA entire community. Noxiou gases spread over the t alley and surround ing hills, making perilous th-' work of rescue. I lUilrxKMl l'.lMktHl. Telephone and telegraph wires were wrecked. -by the explosion, and the tracks of the PittsburR. Cincin nati, Chicago & St. Io:iU railroad (The I'anhandle route) were blocked by the falling buildings. An ti.i ploye hastened to Carnegie, four miles distant, where wreck nnd re lief trains were made up and hur ried to Oakdale, where every hospi tal In Pittsburg sent orcbulanees with nurses and doctors. Couipany guards, under the direction of state constabulary, surrounded the burn ing ruins, and were later reinforced by deputy sheriffs and deputy coroners. For a time It seemedas though It would be impossible to reach the wounded because of the heat, the constantly widening tore -)t f,ases and the danger from explosion. Hut the nurses and doctors. aldM by the officers, made their way as best they could. '-.- One Toune nurse. Miss Meryl As- chelman, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, a member of the start of St. Jonn s hospital, Pittsburg, who was amors the first to answer the call for help, was perhaps fatally Injured. Other rescuers were caught near a little stream Into which acid and oil had poured. It exploded as they crossed and a number were thought to hare perished Each succeeding explosion reduced the blazing pile as embers and chemicals were widley scattered. Soon after six o'clock an explosion. londer and more 'powerful than any since noon, swept away the remnants of the fire and practically cleared th blackened space. Many bodies wei consumed in the flames, the author ities declared, while parts of others were so tossed about it would DC impossible to identify such portions as might eventually be found. Amone the dead Coroner Samuel C. Jamleson found, was Samuel Diehl. assistant superintendent of the Held- elberr plant of the Aetna company. John B. Johnston, superintendent of the Oakdale plant, .was among the badly injured. Ilel Cross t omen Aid. At the stations of various commun ities for 15 miles on either side of Oakdale wei assembled women. Red Cross workers, on their way to Pitts burg to participate in a monster parade. The thought was inspired that the Red Cross workers needed at Oak dale more than at Pittsburg. Aband oning all thoughts of parade the wo men flocked to the afflicted area by automobile and by trolley, ready for any sacrifice or service. And these women lent valuable aid in bringing order and system out of the' chaotic condition '"among the panic stricken families of workmen. , - Stories "Not Coherent. Answering the first call for hos pital aid and ambulancec went a corps of nurses and physicians from St. Johns' hospital. One of the nur ses, Meryl Aschelman, whose home Is in New Philadelphia, Ohio, was acting as a stretcher bearer, carry ing a wounded man to the ambulance when in one of the explosions she was thrown to the ground and. the patient on the stretcher was killed. One of her legs was blown off. Scarcely one who lived through the explosion Is able to tell a coherent story of the happening. S. II. Canan. starter at the plant, was eating his lunch with others when the first ex plosion occurred, and escaped with slight bruises. - "I was setting with two friends about 100 feet from the T. N. T. stock room when the blast came," lie said. "Without warning I started up and up until I lost consciousness. .When I hit the ground I came to and my two friends landed about a hundred feet from me. I got to my feet and was hurrying away when I passed an injured .man. I put hint on ray back and started from the plant when the second explosion oc curred. . i . . , . . ; Second Explosion Follows. " The explosion hurled burnfng em bers in every direction for almost a mile and oil derricks were set afire, adding further danger of explosions and conflagration. Pumping on oil operations were stopped and sand was thrown on the burning derricks to extinguish the flames. - Tonight portions of human bod ies are being picked up a mile and more from the plant. Residents about Rennerdale reported : seeing the bodies of men flying through the air and early tonight arms and less were being reported along the rail road tracks three-fourth of a mile from the Aetna plant, Corner Order Census. Coroner Samuel C. Jamleson tw nieht ordered a census of th town ih an effort to ascertain the number of persons killed. The company op ened an office, and through circulars distributed throughout the -valley called upon ail survivors to register without delay. It also asked persons wnose relatives are missing to report the fact to the company. JV detail of mine rescuers from 'the arsenal station of the United States bureau of mines.; arrived in Oakdale tonight, and equipped with oxygen heiments were prepared to penetrat the dense 'mass of gas which still overhang the site of the plant In the search of bodies. THEY GAVE THIS RUN-DOWN ' MAN VINOL And He Got Back His Strength and Energy ' Sheboygan. Wis. "I was all 'fag ged out run down. 110 appotlU ner vous, sleepless nights and drowy during the day, and was not fit to work. A frfend told me to take Vfnol. I did so. and can now eai three square mcaU a day. I sleep well, am alert, active, strong and well and have gained eleven pounds" A. W. Higby, Sheboygan. Wis. This is because Vlnol contains the elements needed to. create a healthy appetite and restore strength. The complete formula is printed on ev ery package. This is yoiir protec tion. 1 Kmil A. Schaefer. Druggist. Salem, and the best drug store In every town and rlty In the country, the:on that Is, the rubber shapes itself to run la one direction. It stretches in one direction, it strains In one direction. It recedes before a blow Jn one. direction. Therefore when a motorist removes a tire for repairs or for any other porpore he should observe religiously . the tire ens of direction." 1 Ninety-nine out of every hundred motorists or perhaps the percentage is even rreatei eer give this fea ture a tbttught. They replace the tlie any old way usually with the "reverse side expend to meet the shocks and blows oftberoatk The result is much mor rapid wear or the tires. It Is con sidered a good suggestion If car owners in femoving a tire . mark an ariow on It indicating the direction the tire has been running. Thirs in replacing It he could see that the tire was adjusted to run lo-lbe right direction. It would be well to obey the same theory In regard to a spar lire mark an arrow to Indicate the direction in which the tire has be-n running. Speaking of distinguished Ameri cans in our midst, thero Is the Hon. fMurphy' the American potato. . , NEW TODAY TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WAXTKi) A Ihousekeepcr. Al'Ply at 'once by phone 14 99. FOR . RENT Modern seven-room house with nice larg porch, com pletely furnished, including piano. Nice location, close in near library. - state honM and park. Phone 10X1J Use tbjs coupon and enjoy a .pleasant afternoon at the . BLIGH THEATRE Three of these coupons of consecutive dates win be exchange at The STATESMAN of flee for ticket which will admit one person to 0 nj matinee, except Saturday and Sunday, bj paying 5c1 THIS COCPOX IS DATED SU.XD.IY, MAY 19 10I OjYeSfCertairJy, Tires ' Have Sense of Direction Did It ever occur to you that tires have a "sense of direction?" Well, they have. Tires, the B. F, Goodrich Rubber company points orjt. - develop little moods that are almost human, and thev, adhere to tfc - J -BfcWWAlA ly and he who. seeks to change them uauauy pays. IDS DIJIS.: For instance when a Tire has been on a whell for some time the rubber has: adjusted itself to its position t7t Bring Your Tire Workf to a Man . WH0KN0WS: Let us look over your Tires This Service Is Free VULCANIZING, RE TREADING, GOODYEAR TIRES 126 South Commercial Street xZatt 6UM5 AND AHMUNTIQm fc. I -t r 1 r in "11 i i fi 11- line . t . . I WISH TO ANNOUNCE That on Tuesday, May 14, I will open a' fully equipped shop known as TheAuto Electric Service Company - ' 1 Located at 148 South Commercial Street to do all kinds of electrical work on automobiles Starting, Lighting & Ignition Systems Tested and ; . ( Repaired . t Official Exide Storage Battery Service Station YOURS' FOR BETTER SERVICE R. D. BARTON H.-F-BONESTEELE Dealer In Ijdse&Irothers f-IOTjHR. CAR The gasoline .consumption Is unusually low. The tire mileage Is unusually high. PAIGE CARS , , The niost beautiful Car In America. MOLINE UNIVERSAL TRACTORS J .-.""vA tr.ovea success, built and backed by the Moline Plow .:; ? - ,., Co., a 1 9,800,000 Concern New Arrivals SHIPLEY' Among the Newest. Arrivals are CHILDREN'S GINGHAM " CHAMBRAY DRESSES WOMEN'S UNGERIE DRESSES WOMEN'S LINGERIE WAISTS Several new. models. Pretty styles and all marked reason, ably, six to fourteen years . $1.48, LS3 Dainty, distinctive seasonable dresses. A goodly showing at prices decidedly interesting', from $7.i3 Several crisp new models direct from the designers Uce and embroidery; trimmed, low pricas prevail from CSc up wards. - U. G; SHIPLEY COMPANY Where Shopping Is a Pleasure. V7 fit fove CLAEKEWZX COAL OIL STOVES are best for several reasons. 1st, they use less oil than other stoves. t - 2nd, they have heavy cast legs. . 3rd, the full cLaed-fthc supported by the legs Is very useful leaving aside the kelp as a brace. . v. 4th,' full glass oil contain er with a shelf over same. . 5Uj, SJuLmostjLpjporUjit, we guarantee that a gallon oX cil will burn 25 hours. - " 'i - . -. . . w 1 . . EXTRA SPECIAL FOLDING CARD . TABLES REGULAR ?3.50 SPECIAL $2.49 J. 1 4J FRAH1Z Electric Sweepers save yourself work by using one of our Electric Sweepers; prices reasonable. Extra Special Slightly used Bee Electric Sweeper, regular $35.00 value ....$3S5 . .Extra Special Carpet Sweeper for only m.m ,t.S5 Why pay from $1.00 to $1.50 for broom when you can buy carpet sweeper for only $1.95 extra special. STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS ONE CENT A WORT - -- tmt-