7.1
PAGE
FOUR
DEATH
TOLL
(Continued
from
page
1
tofcstinatlhe
number
ol
per-sopslnotLaccounted
for.
An
estimated
3.60Q
persons
were
made
homeless
by
flames
clseadlng'.on
the
heels
cf
blasts
which
sent.tngues
of
fire
towering.
tctahdght
of
2,800
feet:
Possibly'
10,6oo
others
were
evacuated,.
,frpm
undamaged
homes
Weause
of
'utilities
disrupting
and
the
danger
of
further
blasts.
Damage
was
heavy.
Fire'Chlef
James
E.
Granger
estimated,
damage
at
"between
$3,000,000
and
$5,000,000"
but
added
the
estimate
probably
would
be
revised
upwards.
The
blaze
continued
most
of
the
day.
"
Vamllies
.
from
the
stricken
cnoked
nearby
streets
.most
of
them
carrying--children
or
what
few
possessions
they
could
grab.
Cleveland
State
Guards
and
naval
militiamen
patrolled
the
burned
area
to
protect
property
from
looters.
An
earth-shaking
explosion
of
one
of
the
East
Ohio
Gas
Company's
two
spherical
liquid
gas
tanks
sent
flames
hundreds
of
Jee(
skyward.
Witnesses
said
the
blast
hurled
a
canopy
of
fire
over
frame
structures
in
the
Immediate
vicinity
and
shattered
windows
more
than
a
mila
distant.
Cause
is
unknown.
Officials
of
the
East
Ohio
Gas
Company'
said
an
explosion
in
a
nearby
testing
laboratory
of
the
American
Gas
Association
apparently
fired
the
liquid
gas
tanks.
Cause
of
the
laboratory
explosion
was
not
immediately
established.
Scores
of
fires
sprang
up
almost
Instantly
as
the
tinder-dry
structures
were
ignited.
panic-stricken
mothers
from
burning
homes,
leading
children
to
safety,
A
second
explosion
soon
rock
ed
the
area,
skyrocketing
a
fresh
column
of
flames.
As
the
raging
fire
spread
on
the
wings
of
a
brisk
breeze,
liquid
gas
detonated,
and
minor
blazes
oc-cured
in
gas
mains,
apparently
as
the
mgn-vojauie
substance
reached
those
outlets.
Struck
by
Debris
Persons
and
vehicles
were
struck
by
flying
bricks
and
debris
that
soared
higher
than
four-storey
buildings
as
explosions
occurred
in
gas
lines.
A-
H.
Aumick,
aboard
a
trolley
car
which
reached
the
scene
a
moment
before
the
first
explosion,
said:
"Flame
and
smoke
billowed
hundreds
of
feet
into
the
air
and
the
heat
was
already
so
intense
in.
the
street
car
all
the
passengers
made
for
the
doors
but
the
motorman
plowed
through
the
flames.
We
could
see
several
small
houses
catch
fire
and
it
looked
terrible."
I
Mi
tt
THE
DAILY
NEWS
MONDAY
CZECHS
JOIN
WITH
CANUCKS
Dominion
Army
One
of
Most
International
in
War
LONDON,
Oct.
23
0
A
CzechcSlovaklan,
brigade
formed
and
trained
in
Britain
has
Joined
the
Canadian
First
Army.
This
latest
addition
to
Lieut.
Gen.
Crerar's
forces
makes
the
Canadian
Army
one
of
the
mcst
international
fighting
groups
of
the
present
war.
It
now
includes
Canadian,
British.
Polish
and
CzechoSlovaklan
units.
During
the
campaign
In
France,
Belgian
and
Netherlands
brigades
fought
under
Canadian
command.
Air
support
for
the
Canadian
Army
is
given
by
a
tactical
air
farce
group
in
which
there
are
British,
Canadian,
Polish,
Nor
wegian,
and
South
African
pilots.
ENTRY
INTO
LEYTE
(Continued
from
page
1)
respondent,
said
the
GOO-shlp
convoy
carried
at
least
as
many
troops
as
were
landed
on
D-Day
in
Normandy.
Prime
Minister
Churchill
has
disclosed
that
nearly
250,000
men
landed
in
France
the
first
day.
Such
a
slz-
able
force
for
the
Philippines
;
operation
might
well
suggest
that
even
greater
operations,.
I
with
more
landings
on
other
lsl-!ands,
are
in
the
offing
against
the
estimated
225,000.
Japanese
defending
the
Philippines.
Admiral
Chester
W.
Nlmitz
listed
the
destruction
of
87
planes
and
the
sinking
cif
a,
large
enemy
cargo
ship
by
carrier
planes.
The
bag
of
planes
raised
to
more
than
1400
the
number
knocked
out
by
carrier
planes
since
they
opened
preparations
for
the
Philippines
invasion
Oc-
f
the
army
as
a
whole,
but
J&:
'
1H
'
the
everlastin'
teamwork
tober
9.
Gen.
MacArthur,
who
went
ashore
with
hU
forces
Thursday,
was
quoted
in
a
field
dispatch
as
saying
that
there
was
little
more
than
one
Japanese
division
on
Leyte.
Its
position
was
hopeless,
he
said.
American
naval
and
air
power
would
make
reinforcement
impossible.
Gen.
MacArthur
said
the
operations
caught
the
enemy
by
surprise
and.
beachhead..
w?re
secured
''with
small
casualties."
Speaking
oyer
the
radio,
to
the
people
of
the
Philippines,
Gen.
MaoArthur
told,
them
that
their
president,
Sergio
Osmena,
and
members,
of
U
cabinet
were
ai
his,
side.
"The
teat
of
your
government
is
now,
therefore,
firmly
re-rstablikhed
on
flullupine
ioi."
he
continued.'"!
now
call
upon
your
supreme
effort
that
the
enemy
may
know
from
the
temper
of
an
aroused
and
outraged
io(le
within
that
he
has
a.
force
to
contend
with
no
less
violent
than
is
the
force
committed
from
without."
President
Gsmena,
standlns
on
the
soil
of
hi
homeland,
issued
a
stirring
call
to
all
Filipinos,
to
rise
and
fight
the
Japanese
nwder
whenever
the
tide
W.
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at
home
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