The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1937, Page 1

Cloudy, unsettled - to- North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper night, Saturday; little [2 RCE STE a aE Ei g change in temperature BISMARCK, N. D., FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1987 PRICE FIVE CENTS 425 to 600 School Children Die In Terrific Exp Tagine | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [=e losion in Texas. cc | essere (740 Teachers, Pupils Trapped NEA FuG| cee” | In Blast-Shattered Ruins Plane Pointed Toward Tiny Dot . Me a ; pote t id ’ : ny 1,532 Miles Away From Pe ‘ ae kg Jo Yay ay: |Cause Believed Accumulation of Gas From “Honolulu Airport : pon oe ; tet o ari # | |Oil Fields in Tile of Million Dollar Building ipaiilih tele a, ‘ae | : Loe, | New London, Tex., Mar. 19.—(AP)—Torn bodiés of more than 425 2-Mile Long Island ts Ready for A Der ae mee _ high school students and teachers were counted as known dead Fri- Globe-Girdling -Aviatrix é ‘ 4 : > eet day as acetylene torch and tugging crane sought to uncover more vic- and Her Ship. ‘ : ‘ s tims in the blast-shattered ruins of the luxurious “school that oil built.” ——_ = i It was the worst schoolhouse disaster in the nation’s history. eee nae eae ‘ ; p a Some estimates of the ultimate death toll ranged above 500. sand ber 1,532 miles ahead in the vast : : 4 : Bee See Cause of the blast was sought as one official advanced the theory of gas, accumulating bees f in the building from the nearby East Texas oil fields, one of the world’s richest. 5 5 ; ; 8 g : Oil derricks are on the campus. on the second leg of her 27,000-mile - : 3 i “ gt . There were 700 students and 40 teachers in the two-story London Consolidated school, bce peace it 6 aged reco dlls, 4 ‘aa ; : : i unit of a $1,000,000 block of educational structures, when an explosion Thursday near dis- = from Oakland . missal time showered brick and steel upon screaming victims, would The school, located on a promontory between New London and London, serves an area of 30 square miles. Laborers ceased digging into the ruins Friday afternoon r “x é el i = : ie ROYAL ’ : and wees yaad HER job fe pale ” after 425 bodies had been 20,000 union aympathizers démonstrated In the streets outeide striker-held plants of the Chrysier corporation In Detroit when the MAIL, WINS removed from the pile of debris. sirikere on the Inelde refused to evaeusts on ordered in m court injunction. “Tale ploture, taken eutelde the Dodge plane, chews the erowd cheering ‘ Every Brick Turned age : ‘as the Band ewings past preceded by a color guard. (Associated Press Photo) ; Col. C. E. Parker, National Guard commander, said every brick had been turned in the basement of the explosion-rocked ‘« ee : 9 ry structure and that the job of seeking bodies had ended. He said D Is final cleaning up would take only about an hour longer. a Impson S 1vorce He said about 425 bodies had been lifted from the pile of J steel and brick and added that “there may have been = few SS more than that.” Speeded; No Collusion Found ; Ms f Golden Mile, Drops Ovt || TEXAS DISASTER AT A GLANCE “1 Geparation Cleared in Brit- Pedestrian’s Killing’ 5, ionged Litigation Inevitable| Aintres, tag, MalAe—ce—Rorai|| Dead, Retimated fron ae, — Mail, oe of the fayorites owned by Injured—Eatimated at 275, \,_ Ish* Court Action Minteapolis,. Mar. 19. Over Title to 3,000,000 jx, ‘Thomas, Friday won the 99th Cause—W. C. Shaw, superintendent, said blast undoubtedly resulted j ss . Morea at Land the grand national steeple-|/ trom accumulated gas from nearby oil fields. day for the hit-run death af Glitvord hg crowd Time—3:20 p. m. Thursday, 10 minutes before dismissal time, es yeaacaae aw s-| yy SRT ae ‘J + rere ieee story, brick and hollow tile structure of @ two- dent. ; eauing on, ae ae ° Geography—Located between London and New London, Rusk county, The indictment was returned to, Reld, special assistant to the attorney i in midst of gigantic Bast ‘Texas oll fick. Estimated tion of two communities 2,000, Enrollment from a 30-square area around 1,200. Magnitude—Greatest such tragedy of modern time, } E ; he iis ‘ Walter Elliott, Texas highway patrol captain, reported to his Austin headquarters that 500 bodies, including those of 17 bY! teachers, had been wrested from the explosion-ground debris of the luxurious school, built by oil wealth of the vast East Texas fields and wrecked Thursday by a blast believed caused by seep- ing gas from those same fields. Elliott added that order was restored to the stricken com- munity, where Gov. James V. Allred declared martial law L -| Thursday night after in-rushing sightseers and rescue workers, ty, Frank Whitney of Dick- engine with frenzied parents, brought about chaotic condi- ° : ions. Inson Picked by Langer Special ree i t Acetylene torches, cutting the twisted steel beams of the s massive building, tugging cranes and bare hands worked to- : gether in uncovering the bodies, 1 Expect to Find 75 More Nurses in an emergency hospital set up immediately in . When} the rear of the building revealed they were rushing prepara- by 100/ tions to care for “about 75 more bodies” expected to be exhumed . é failed to complete the) from the bapement of the oath: a sie tue ig ‘abdicated—caused. £ Manpower NERS ,. Production Superintendent H, S. McGarry ie Humble to Seok shelter in 7 day's almost é . " aes the Ps Line heey eed Oil and Refinery Co. estimated at 9 a. m. that 450 bodies had vate Homes Here ¥ . J. Wednesday night fused the first jump! been identified and added he was confident “there are others 2 EW. Valentine's brook] still unidentified—26, I understand.” Several of the injured died in hospitals overnight. f Directed by President Roosevelt to “render every assist- ance” in “this shocking tragedy,” Albert Evans, Red dis- aster director, was flying here Friday morning from St. Louis, Workmen dropped out at intervals after 19 steady hours of boring into ruins of a $250,000 structure that was proclaimed ,| the world’s wealthiest rural school. Set Up Clearing Agency An information clearing agency was established at the Overton city hall. There anxious kin gave descriptions of their fr (site fire : — ees Two additional members of the state tion board’ created by z i F Z E i i FE ii j ge ng i £ 4 i ef i H i it ity ele jes isa 7 ce AFPROVED BOND tance Foanaatans : ——— By a vote of 718 06 aah Jamenora “My Bobby was wearing a brown shirt, corduroy pants and Minneapolis Concern Says Rate citizens sanctioned bonding the city! brown shoes. He was such a little boy. Weighed about 110 Stostyre Fr Mentane De eat Gonpany aor, to be used as] POUN LN or three minutes later the mother swooned when ine kota Field Threatened ver ‘ isk formed he was alive in a Tyler hospital. Telephones were in constant use. Voices were heard. “We oe have found Mary, mother. No,I don’t think she suffered much. armer XC. an ‘e Her face had a sort of smile on it.” : a “Can you come home tomorrow, Tom? They haven’t found banks) ry e the boy yet.” _- . Eight hours after the blast, a junior high school boy and ist u S e girl were rescued alive from the ruins as more than 1,000 men from Wis ee foeaeae oil fields Suda fey a The two, sobbing hys! ly, were cl in eacl ‘8 arms Printed on pages 11, 12 and 13 in| tusily advantageous deals having bee | under 9 protecting arch formed by falling debris, Sls lapel "las Tetune al the 9: | made ass ror oft It is because Ke er Removed Alle eal s anni 3 A woman teacher was removed alive bu! jured Bice weed Wer Mecca eee at commissioners, ef- ling buried nearly six hours, ‘Time—Friday afternoon games start at 3 p. m., evening games ; 1:30 p.m. g Burldigh coun. Frantic mothers and fathers spent last night speeding by Saturday morning games start st 10 a. m., afternoon games Partners SSOUe Oe 5 motor car from town to town attempting to find their children at 1720p, m. evening games nt 6:20 p. m. in the more than a dozen improvised morgues. Fiest-Reund Pairings . The ad A Oil field workers dug with bloodied hands for their own Upper Bracket Lower Bracket through . y Valley ‘Catz vs. Ceane: Foret Eee ater ts ene . - een cs of dabuis ressained to be xemiovs’ on e-ceeatieiti a bapccedbieede ad ‘5 ™ : : ment floors, feared the tomb of scores of bodies. Secend-Reund Pairings ° Dance halls, roller skating rinks, churches, hotels, hospitals ws dee ua im aes . pag Ally hig 2 impregnable bse . orkers wearied as they into an Me eer Die Dare PPP mass of ruins. Some fell exhausted, others stripped to the waist " Otticials—Dick Holser of Moorhead, Minn., and E. L. Bersagel of ee stumbled out of dust clouds for fresh air and. back for Aberdeen, 8. D. digging. ‘Tournament Manager—Supt. H. O. Sexvik, Blamarck. / g n "(Continued on Page Two) ES sie i iil Be &