New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 15 KILLED, 500 INJURED IN PITTSBURGH BLAST Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 14’394 Nov. 12th ... NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1927. —EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS —_— Patrolman Rescues Boy After Explosion burgh, Nov, 14 (#) trol- vivester § 8 strol- along his beat on a stree he Orio river when the s tank went up. The offi- SCHOOL INSURANCE RATES TAKE JUNP ohr Premiums Increased on Gontents LT A5 ci) 10 BUILDINGS ~ HIGHER Lprt rercued the wheenseions wad ] LOADED RIOT GUNS THINK POISON GIN FORBANDIT POSSE.~ KILLED GIRL 19 el Katherine Gilro, Hamden, Dies Aiter Late Party SUCCUNBS IN AUTOMOBILE : Armed for Battle ONE ARREST MADE HERE cked Gas Tank The World’s Largest h Nov. 14 (A—The i on t CGROWDS SEE REMUS CONDUGT OWN CASE Former Bofie—g_flng Goes on Trial for Wile Murder DAUGHTER WILL TESTIFY explod today s to b was piped from is and stored released wher 1T helow fell Special Committee of Board of Ed- | Frank Todzia, 26, of Nash Street, Young Woman Becomes Unco Judge (hester R. Shook, Once News. ucation In Session This Afternoon PLUNEES HEAD FIRST Accused of Being Member of sclous as Chum and Two Boy boy Like Defendant, Presides— Studies New Schedule Compiled by Band Which Staged Holdups Yast Friends Take Her to Hospital | Young Son of Chiet Justice is Underwriters, I]l]WN EI_EVAT[]R WEI.I_ Wednesday Night. Faillng to Revive Her, TR | PR oy | Prosecutor—75 Veniremen Called. v < Y ha i Teng (UP)— to very school building has been in- | oo L Ared o o ' liquo responsible for i t to tria ised, and « on e yuna. VYholesale Grocery Em . o ”’|;’;” the d early today of Miss Kath in Hamil court to g s ton 2 icin luring t v Sos issERath o s proper Tas been inereased in 10, plove Drops 20 Feet to ights, | Todzia, ag ine Gllroy, 19, a resident of Ham. ELUB TU BE H]RMEI] day for ont of a the underwriters' re- P Nash st this city, 16 in custody ' den., Afte e e with Woul speetators eame ¥ port which has been submitted 1o | Concrete \on ot thettiatianantos o oipe i ds R el e as 7:3 two hours the sehiool department shows. The mobile, burglary and highway rob- i e ¢ ? N o : . before S e R o e ot s i search is being made for YOUIE men, o which more or less Democrats Will Also Dis- .} meet to discuss the items in Pitching headfiret | levator three odzia, are drinking took p Miss Gilroy oMy y report this n haft when h 1 footing, satd A was taken to New Ha Grrdtion cuss City Ticket for The school bui h will | Aqp 3, la »f bandits operating with som ¢ her companions sar i 1 the inc Walr r or coss Niagco DT onsgently pring il Todzia, who was arrested in this ing and s dead on arrival — hear the ity fol first time in 1915, at | Miss Gilroy and Lorett s L ;. who made years, was arrcsted | Crechan, g %, had WHGILEL | O Sl I8 \ the bootleg midnight last night at| MELL With two young mer in T 1 building, ot e th a5 enant Matt Shortly midr t T ing with L) weeks ago, shot 1 1 s as A them y met o way to appear a4 Washington school i Tiean it to s . St The e 3 ivorce hearing. So G . Vance school has not been A police h wen ! $ oy re banished and ¢ s ran he hour this morr ilar to those of clubs in other S Denittenl e cases have been noted in the RE L SoLNE e Heied R urchas ol : ldings of the Central Junior G e aimifon e Lo Britain democracy i report- ney—for sehool and the annex on i ha : plain thett and | Police, and they took ; : ifled mer bar " V. B. Chamberl . the 18 been the machine . hind e his owr S Burritt school, Sr " an formatory ever, or the party 3 3 o e actioole dhlidain el ; 8 fo : G40 Al : Wears Blue Suit 1 sehool " ;’. n s nn‘, S ; quarters. &imentionenifo s del e S ol o Lin. pictures 0 be taken to Posse Has Loaded Riot Gune to the national convention it suit, hlack s Lehonk o steglo ntes Gt thaibn 1 broken ribs Bdward J. Hickey. — Con rospital without om which ri e o1d N 0 in the back of his ¥ Thomas Murphy of Southin KAt aa isiies His head e i e it William oA is heavy- : I G 1 Serge; i o IR TR ROTG sl O o Flynn left police headquarters (ZHPTRIGHS 8f . ; = ured man lives at Sunrise armed with riot guns, fully loaded i for a 1 East street, He Tias been |and ready for use. Their destination (1" 10 qestion cuiston: in t g Tt 1 Gmployved by the Miner Redd & Tuls nEton, whena they em L ln S Do erings open ussion of con 15l ade ! ToaI oh sl DS oh savetal Son ted to obtain further fnformation = his head- o SN O tbout the mo nts of the ban club will J red with ul of I y and it is understood he was to di- I nationa s will ke il ce ISHE S cis e e ¥ A & rect them to the scene of some of h iministration doe 't very new acquai & B[LIEVEH RUNAWAYS t activities, including the com he electorate until next |~ yro o0 ot v o i b places. v idready considcrabl: Iy gray counsel, . « e Last Wednesday night, Todzia and —_ t nominees. 1t is d looked va ;: 3 nis companions were almost app : e s windows fro 1 i« Missing Children Talked ionict by Ommicer Joun Kenneay, Sline Bound Over for - Ty % ho saw ir car o West Main l‘w ‘ " v I . o 5 s of Going to New street and followed it {o Cedar stroet atally Injuring topmost position on the 5 11z ki where it stopped for a few 1s R X he will 'wecept, but he has T rk T s R e M. H. Fox given the party leaders a a | ) ) Grove Hill and West Main strect, pd e answer, : s s A h the officer in pursuit in a car = SR s G g - Polics today are assisting Mr. and | driven by Fred Beloin, well known exami 3 7 street, who ap d this morning 'z, js s ve admitted that it Hartrord, was bound ¢ H (Continued on Page 13.) home since yesterday morning. and for & they were appre- e = —— The girls—Teresa, aged 13, and sive of speed of the pursu- € court today Pinance Committee of Council Holds Jenn 11 years old—left home at ing machir was driving an aut il on West = 9:30 o'clock intending to go to Hold Up Local Man Harttord of Gciob Up Attorney Traceski's Bill church. When they failed to return | ng New Britain that vlien U bu 3 AKE PLAC[ t mealti the puarents instituted &' 5 quartet held up Joseph | ness man and f e For §: e reh. From & boy acquaintance | Perry of 235 Oak strect and Joseph | was struck T - 4 ’ - WILL NuTT ey learned the girls had expressed {nrart Hartford avenue, | with snen fore el Bob” Conroy Advise ir intention of go to New about thr warters of a mile from i e Sy i York city. After inquiries through 'Mratt's Four Corners in Southington, e g T Avery One Is at . AU 3 th d in the early hours this and also made an attempt to hold e sohnator 4 R . EostonHeavyapeichtfisu CHIRTEE ymbnon i gl il ekt o S e (i Raritan e - i o sults, t arents visited police Heines of Maple avenu Che Lok et J" : 5 Py fe““g From Fracture ™ this morning to ask hut Raymo son of the pro- | o1 T Hon ""‘ ‘v‘.)”‘ T er assistanc prietor, rey attempt by P ¥ Quni ng b 1y-G 1 A informed that 1 mon 0 \ of Left Hand " Detective it Ellinger | Lurli two of the gun- | IO i i s e rned t the girls were in a en. i gasoline V ].] ‘\r]\n . Bz i e theater last night, but was station in ton dits fill- sheds g Nov, () gapini heal G z od the ir car, and it Is & of a o matet eduled this Lok : 5 3 ST Wt e nee commiit o 5 lison Square Garden | s BOBDhENE ting as : R betweren harkey of Bosto) FIRST CHURCH SINGER fot AR Sehe I wing his c ' 1 G 1 Tom Heeney, New Zealander, e AL Riva1o6 Do in $1 Ihe bill now i hands of the s called off today as a result or NEAR DEATH BY PO]SON Ji6dt Rda Al arts iten ommittee indicates is an injury to Sharkey's left hand. s Ot ling for a nol saxe ney is looking to the [ : N-ray examination in Boston today 2 S e acceded 1o DPro A oy V. 2.000 1 & . reve 1 a fracture Sharkey will = T Woods' request that he 3 A — 7 8 0 : e ; S dane P Rccovering odzia wi : ; be umable to fight before January, | Mrs Jane S, Tutde Recovering from s it LEGISLATURE CALLED home on W . 1 Sharkey hurt his hand while in Tiness Dolieyed Ganeed by tion i on ha word, N. H., Nov. 14 (P-—Tk ¢ y t raining for what was to have been hen in supe New Hampshire 1o Wil park is fi¥st comeback attempt here sinee Eating Grapes jeraldy irt, ned in speeis \ s iy scked out by Jaek Dempsey Constable . 590 1o sonsta : Ge Word that the Injury will | Mrs. Jane Sartoris Tuttle, widely A—Herbert | 0o T doaged in honds ind determi e 11 New boxer out of the ring for at known contralto singer the IPirst 3 Milldale s a matter of or reconstru ¢ nt X weeks was reccived by Tex Congregational church, has TG R et 1y wound fifiomas AL Crovibe ani it was e from Shurkey's manager st z'mll\h il trom poisc t S cd last night th O e e e oday at the state hou ) - in Buckley. A substitute card tak ¢ i a4 Milldale school wi he failed to with roc g Sy A & of il be arranged. . stop at the comm of Constail Dttt 1 Sharkey was examined in Toston Graham R. The NG e o S achusctts hoxing commission’s had fully re- ¥ Svis talion port or shiysieian, 1T S AR Fa down with | bolice commi B cvor sere taken, revealing an *incom- e exact na ik 'm'_‘,:l_‘ el o ”H' i o il by Pet or Eddy fracturc” of the small finger of 0f Which deiled B medicatyd R i e a0 A ; local branch ! o appoil “%eft hand. 1t will tuke a month's | science In (ol N D R SIS SERS CONCEON IS BEREILSULBIOTORI 3 sid s niiieK. oviously contributed jiTo s tonad then 0 more ks of | has been that she at apes that ical. 1y S that the training before Sharkey is able to | had been sprayed with the arsenic Members of the cons SEN. MOSES SENDS APPEAL i % on_cou i ht again, his mana told Rick- | cOmpo d dbstegandeialimolles LEEDULIINOG badn Bl b T .H\‘ b i fculturists gencr couring th in s grams urging that the New Hamp Legi LSen s A ting paralsiteg. Whet this was of youthful bandits were act sice flood area in the th Ll Nov. 14 (P—Jack Sharkey | the exact Las not about the environs Outhington. tour of inspection dir 1 by Presi ¥ iesun »“ Incomplete Sverst 2 been determined. |The trio is thought to have been gent Coolidge were sent to Washing v smaller cadibre nost of the ; G i the same which cred jobs 0 ton this morning by 1 States sitioa’and towns Uiroushout in sl " . . ‘ i o 1S ‘heshire anc cinit 1 the past Senato 3¢ Moses. state. Viec-comma Avery made oo wiicl witt Police Aid Stork Which Ch i and vicinity in the past | Senator Gerge H. M ik SRS Lt wevent his fighting for a month, i 0 Y ey o ey n to New ;v‘ Martin H. Spellman, his physic | 18 Hampered by Explesion As Constable Thomipson and the INJURED IN COLLISTON i porting the gun to N clan, annonneed v oafter an N- Pittehnrg) Nov 14, (& Patrol police committeoman irch- Mrs. Ta 1 eaeh of ¥ Britair A - ray examination at Elizabeth Men from the Contre avenue station, ing in the vicinity of t ool, ward of b Oszoo | THE WEATHER John Bar Reaneenali onnLiie :" eapital h The fracture lies at | among the frst to h gas they espied a young n running vas cut ahont the f t « in con- e joint of the little finger with | blast disaster seene today. were in | along the road. They called to him | in an automobile ace at Myrtls New Britain: and vieiity: | ference witl il ¢ hand. The physician was em- [tnic to rescue a woman who had to halt and when he did not stop, and Washington strects shortly 1 Folr tonfght; Tuetay in- | [ Mr. Conroy. owner of “Stubby”. and phatic In staiing that the injury | given birth to a baby in a wrecked | hoth men fired at him and the youth fore 3 o'clock this afternoon | asing cloudiness, rsing suggested that the giv o tho oull not i citate the local Ridge avenue house. The mother dropped. Constable Thompson rec was taken to New Tritain General | temperature, plague describing “Stubby's histo contender for vyweizht honors was cut by flying glass bul the in- hospital. Her condition is not ve- | b 3 b | for more than a month it owas unharmed (Continued on Page 13) rded sorjone = —= (Continued on Page 13.) Square Mile of City Wrecked World’s Largest Tank, Containing Five Mil- lion Cubic Feet of Gas, Rises Like Ball of Fire Into Air—Factories, Stores and Houses Disappear As Streets Are Torn Away—Blast Believed Caused By Work- men Using Acetelyine Torches—Many Persons Trapped and Dying in Wreckage. Pittsburgh, Nov. 14 (AP)—Fifteen persons were known to have met death and more than 500 were injured, some seriously here today when a giant natural gas storage tank at the Man- chester Works of the Equitable Gas Company exploded, spread- ing death and destruction over an area one mile square. Fire- men, police and volunteer rescuers were digging into the ruins of scores of buildings in the belief that others had been killed and their bodies buried in the debri Indications that the death toll would increase were found in one wrecked building alone—the plant of the Pittsburgh Clay Pottery Company. One hundred and fifty men escaped from the building with cuts and bruises, while eight or ten others, trapped in the basement, were believed to have been drowned by the water rushing in from broken mains in the street. Fire men were pumping out the basement in an effort to Incate add tional bodies. REPORTER DESCRIBES SCENES AFTER BLAST Men, Women and Children Have Bodies Swathed in Bandages M hundreds fircmen cre digging into other victims. of an conts feet of gas, earthquake, huge tank, ing several million cubic rent asunder. It was believe was caused by workn were repairing the tank with acetylene torches A check up of workmen kuown to liave been nearby when the tank ot &0, showed more a score missing. ( e thirteen Riter-Conley (ompany men at work on the tank at the tim: eleven were unaccounted s the City Asphalt Works n irgh, Nov. 14 ( Scenes of dozen employes were Jist ter uction greoted ssoci- |18, rescue w xpr belief that some of these mer he today as stricken with fear, escaped from th h the stricken 'district and failed to report they s (ETS s | Hampered in the work of rescun by wrecked buildings, streets flooded one | DY broken water mains and dang- e 4 the Ohjo |liNE electric wires, police and fire. was devastated by the great | M0 AAally penctrated a part of the i been caused |SEVastated area. They recovered seven bodies within a few minutes, in the hands of contact with d newspapermen at the scena said v had counted the street a twenty wrecked The gas works an in- Hon P Mo Ce B ec: B scie il SR o ek (e (WOt e Taredt strect, Al avenue and > (Continned on Pa hio river, very heart SEES GIANT GAS TANK warcho The reporter the flooded ng from broken 4 4 sewer pipes. On all nstances only e roofs were lifted s . Fi re Chief Watches Soar and Burst Like It n effort to find ns or recoy er s were their Th me arms vivig on was ross S worker: mother, her his automo- nearby bridge the woman the Allegheny k and fort . o full view of tank, in th %o, 1 a twisted the big @ air like a t remaine S O e the Ohio river, force of 1 directly across the stream fron: - north as on, within sight of miles Wi section Negley avenue district sev of the outstan points on o 158 Windows were north side, { cllevae felt rush The district is one of oldest i forth by the territie ex in the city, containing the homes of plosion. Schoolhouse windows were | hundreds of workmen, warehouses broken in Hazvlwoc At St. John's | and many industrial plants, Fl hospital eral miles away, a num- e tank were hlocks of old time ver o s, seated in & red brick houses, side by side, Scat- were ked from their kno. tered throughout the devastated re ha Fifteen minutes later these | gion were many factories and small Sume nurses were on the way to the | plants of the disaster, The wrecked district stretches tor A vivld eyewitness account of many blocks, east and west, alone cenes which followed today's gas the Ohio river, a short distance from sxplosion on the north side was told the point, where the Allegheny and Monongahela the Ohio. rivers meet to form (Contin on Page 13)