Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1924, Page 3

ACK OF HOUSING BLAMED FOR BLAST Officials Say ' Inadequate Building for Explosive Tests Caused Navy Yard Wreck. An inadequate bullding for the housing of an experimental labora- tory is largely blamed by naval of- ficers today for the serious havoc wrought by an explosion in the mine department of the navy yard' late Yesterday, badly injuring twe men, demolishing one building and se- verely battering two others. Although the exact cause of the t will not be made public until a court of inquiry has been convened to take evidence and place the blame, officers pointed out that im the mine experimental laboratory the workers are obliged to handle dangerous ex- plosives withou8 being adequately protected from possible injury. The building in which yesterday’s explosion occurred originally was three brick dwellings. They were opened into one and now house the laboratory. Explosives, it was poimt- ed out, should be handled only in ructures built especially for the purpose so that in the event of an cident the concussion would not be closely confined as it was yester- ay. House Is Destroyed. The central house, in which the blast actually occurred, was com- pletely razed and the structures on either side, which are really con- sidered “wings" to the other building, lad gaping holes blown in their walls.” It is believed the latter two can be repaired, although there is a question whether either will ever @gain be used for a laboratory. The injured men are Joseph E. Roith, 35 vears old, of 100 East Capi- tol street, and Walter E. Sohievel, 38 years old, of 250 Quackenbos street northwest. Both were badly cut and burned, but physicians at Providence Hospital, where they were hurried in the navy yard ambulance, said they will recover. It was first feared they had been probably fatally injured. The fact that the explosion occur- red after 4 o'clock is alone believed to have prevented possible loss of life. As a rule many officers and netty officers are present when ex- plosive experiments are conducted. The hour for their test vesterday fell 80 late, however, that the two men were alone in the building when the explosion swept it. Rescue Work Prompt. The entire front wall of the build- ing was blown into the street and the second floor crashed down upon the dazed workers. Three hospital at- tendants, en route to liberty, happen- ed to be passing at the time. To- gether with other navy yard men they quickly dug the victims from beneath the debris and bound their —_— SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 DESIRE A LOAN OF $4.000 IN FOUR equal_instaliments, secured on good Virgi: property worth $10,000 and by $3,000 lite surance in favor of my estate. =LEROY S. BOYD. _Arlington Postoffice, V: 2¢ PIANO — REPAIRING, SPECIAL SUMMER M. M. Walker. Col. formerly head tuner nabe_Co. 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Within 10 minutes after the blast oc- curred, the men had been released from the ruins of the laboratory, had been given first aid treatment on the spot and were on their way to Provi- dence Hospital. Both were badly cut and burned about the face, and were unconscious when they reached the hospital. In the meantime a fire alarm was sounded from the navy yard, calling half a dozen District engine com- panies to the assistance of the yard company to handle any possible fire and dig thgough the ruins in a search for other possible victims. The firemen labored under great danger, the roof of the ruined structure threatening to crash down upon them any minute. To add to the excitement, a number of large shells that had been blown out of the laboratory began smoking, and when a shout of warning was given the crowd that had gathered departed precipitately to the ehelter of the nearest corners. Ffom there they peeped upon the scene while marines stamped out the smoking fuses. It was later learned that the shells were not loaded. Finally the roof was pulled down, completing the demolition of tie cen- tral house. Only a small tray of ex- plosives remained in the laboratory after the explosion, and this was re- moved by navy yard employes as soon as they could approach it with any degree of safety. e e o ELEVATOR STRIKE ENDS. Agreement Reached on Working Conditions Demanded by Union. The strike of union elevator con- structors ended yesterday with an agreement on working conditions, which had been the bone of con- tention. Frank Sweeney, interna- tional president of the Elevator Con- structors’ Union, and a committee from the ld-al union drew up the set- tlement terms. The union men were advised by Sweeney to return’ to their work early yesterday as s00n as a compro- mise was reached. This compromise was reached later yesterday, and the men returned to work on three big building jobs today. The men are employes of the A. B. 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Those Who accept the offer are ex- pected to see little more than a small red disk, somewhat wrinkled with age and geological misbehavior. There may be visible faint outlines of mountain ranges and oceans. But nobody will be seen walking unless the hypothetical inhabitants exceed in stature our Paul Bunyans and Gargantuas. Large cities, should they exist would not even be visible, say the savants. After a few brief hours the planet will diminish in size and brightness and, flicking & loose beam at us in farewell, will tear on its way to an- other corner of the universe, to re- turn to our corner somewhere around 2024 AD. 48 DEGREES ON MARS, Temperature Estimated by Ari- zona -Astronomers. By the Associated Press. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., August 22— Miny of the observed phenomena of Mars are similar to those one would expect to See in corresponding seasonal activities on different parts of our own planet if viewed from space as we ob- serve Mars, said a statement issued from Lowell Observatory and signed by Dr. V. M. Slipher, Prof. C. O. Lamp- land, Prof. E. C. Slipher and Dr. W. W. Coblentz, who have been studying the planet for the last month. Dr. Coblentz is of the United States Bureau of Standards and is interested in the study of heat radiation from Mars. The average temperature of Mars is about 48 degrees Fahrenheit, and such a figure seems to be in reasonable ac- cord with observefl phenomena, the statement continued. Heat Problems Studied. During the near approach of Mars in 1922, Dr. Coblentz and Prof. Lamp- land studied heat problems, and now with improved instruments are es- tablishing observations made at that time. ‘The statement continues: “The morning side of the planet is at a lower temperature than the afternoon side, which has been long- er exposed to the sun's rays. The dark regions show higher tempera- ture readings than the light one, and a gradual rise in temperature is re- corded on the surface of the southern hemisphere, where Summer is now ad- vancing. i “Extensive visual and photogra- phic observations have revealed very interesting and extensive cloud phe- | nomena, melting of south Polar cap and widespread change in Martian suface features, seasonal and other- wise.” SKEPTICAL OF RESULTS. Chicago Scientists Say Radio Ex- periments Are Ridiculous. By the Associated Press. 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