Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1930, Page 29

walked through a door the explosion occurred, the foreman recounted. An investigation by a jury of six men, expert building constructors and plumb- . | ers, named by B. W. Tadlock, Buchanan | County coroner, was to begin today. A | formal inquest, ‘probably next week, will | follow, Dr. Tadlock said. | Known dead included Verna Durkin, e {21; Gerald Munden, 22: Ray Rickman, 34; Arthur Rogers, 27: Earl Hansen Officials Expect Death Toll Dexter Bowlin, 27; Matilda Loar, - Maggie Willis, 31, and Mary Johnson, 3 to Reach 17, With 12 Employes teported missing included James Staples, 26; Joseph Scott, Others Injured. George Roberts, 24; Charles Moore Frank Weiczarck, 40; L. E. Wiles, 4 Ora Paxson, 22, and Lloyd Cox, age unknown. e . v More than 1000 persons, many By the Associated Press. i them relatives of the dead, gathered at ST. JOSEPH, Mo, May 9.—Tons of ¢neimain entrance to the packing plant heavy debris today was being removed | grounds through the night. They were By city fremen and hundreds of volun- | halted there by guards before & five: : | foot fence. Anxious eyes were teer workmen here, seeking bodies of 8 | foot fence, Anxious eyes were Armour packing plant employes, be-| " "All departments of the plant were lieved to have been included among 17 | closed today. Only a skeleton force to victims of a devastating explosion in a | jerve as watchmen and keep machinery | in order were on duty. S tbay Aty From their beds in hospitals injured While an exact check of dead and | employes told the same story of the njured, both men and women, was im- | ;ntst:;ouhe~ adb'ligdlnw‘ f:iflshr f;};‘mg i | by roar an e grind o possible due to excitement arising from | p¥, 1% foaf AQ e, 8RGO BT the blast, officials expected a final death the blast is believed to have leaked from toll of 17 persons. Twclve other work- | underground Jmalns. , » i rst reports that shattered ammonia ars wete infured by the bBlinding fash 0 TR Biaime for the Sxplosion and the following upheaval, which oc- | jater were _discounted. Authorities curred yesterday afternoon. | pointed out that the stored ammonia All of the injured, except Orville Wise, | €8s could not have caused such a pow- e | erful upheaval., were expected to recover. W. E. Renfro | Escaping ammonia fumes prevented general manager of the plant, and Wal- | beginning of immediate rescue opera- ter Kline, foreman in the sausage-making | tions. Three firemen were overcome by department, said they believed a gas | the choking gas. explosion was responsible for the blast. | A switch engine on a nearby railway Kiine sald he smelled gas and called | track was pressed into service to aid it to the attention of a watchman car- |in hauling aside the huge girders that rving a lighted lantern, who was going | were removed from the debris. Crews into a darkened portion of the building. |of men, tugging at big cables, dragged Just as the watchman laughed and other portions of the wreck asice THE EVENING of the Grein & Pahls Store on West LIQUOR APPARATUS Madison street was held today in & STOCK IS SEIZED | on vy = recerst Goutt. - Apents s terday raided the store, one of the g : |1argest of its kind in the country, un- Federal Agents Raid Chicago Store, |40 o Supreme Court decision upholding One of Largest in the the right of the Government to seize Country. equipment “designed for the illegal S manufacture of alcoholic beverages.” The proprietors declared the material By the Associated Press seized was designed for the manufac- CHICAGO, May 9.—The $75.000 stock | ture of non-alcoholic beverages and of beer and liquor making paraphernalia | that in so far as was possible the _—_—m—mA—M—VPm™—— Jee Etz and See Better” £ A { v S5 Select the Eyeglass Mounting That is Most Becoming There is plenty of room for a most discriminating choice and the price range is wide. 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