The evening world., 1891-12-04
GEORGE GOULD SCARED.

ceilings were cracked aud everything thrown
into confusion.
GEORGE GOULD SCARED.
In the Manhattan al" directors room
which Is about IN the centre OF the building
George Gould and several other members of
the Board are said to have been holding an
executive meeting.
They were terribly frightened by the noise
and the shock, but none OF them were hurt.
sMELLED LIKE GIANT POWDER.
ono OF the most no iccablc things about
the place after the dust had settled was the
strong and pungent odor that peryaded the
interior OF the building. 1t was partlcu-
larry noticeable In the vicinity OF Russell
sages Office.
at smells like giant powder or dynamite"
said capt. Mclaughlin. who with Detective
McClusky made a survey OF the building as
soon as the crowd had been hustled out on
the sidewalk.
THE NATURE OF THE BOMB.
1t Is believed that the bomb thrown by tho
stranger was an ordinary glass receptacle
nlled either with dynamite or nitrO-glyccrine'
EXTENT OF THE SHOCK.
Just over the stairway leading from the
street hallway to the second floor, at the top
OF which Is the entrance to Mr.. sage's ONCE,
is an immense shaft with q skylight NJ the
top.
The windows OF all the ofllces In that part
OF the building open into this shaft. Most of
them were open at the time, and the force OF
the explosion was felt In all Of them almost
as severely as In the hallway.
The glass In the windows that were shut
and In the top OF the skyliRht is shattered to
fragments.
The partitions between Russell Sage's
Office and the hall Is completely wrecked,
and the door Is torn and twisted from It's
hinges.
All the inner partitions, with glass panels
and the furniture is shattered to fragments.
THB OFFICES DEMOLISHED.
Not bit OF plastering remains on the walls
or ceiling OF the inner or outer Office, and the
lath anc flooring OF the story above are
wrsnchea from their fastenings and are
hanging about in confusion.
The explosion seemed TO have wrought
complete havoc In that part Of the building.
| In MIR. sage's outer Office there was high
partition, with glass panels and small win
dows, usually kept closed, just inside the
doorway. The arrangement Is the same as
that found in many brokers' Offices
At one window in this partition was Mr..
sage's private secretary, and at the others
the clerks employed In the outer ofIlce and
| the cashier.
Towards the Broadway side Mr.. sage's
office opens by private doorway into Mr..
Connor's Office, and the small room on the
ofIice.
| THE BOMB THRowsR.
The bomb thrower made his appearance in
the outer of1ice, and asked to see Mr.. Sage.
While he was talking with the clerk at the
window MIR. Sage came out OF his private
once on his way to the street, as he was 60
ing to attend meeting OF one Of the many
boards in which he is a director.
HE NET Mr.. SAGE.
He stopped to hear what was said to the
stranger, and then walked to the door, fol.
lowed by the man, who seemed to be some.
what excited In his manner.
Mr.. Sage thought he was only n harmless
crank and had no intention OF carrying Out
his threat, and put his hand on his shoulder
In friendly way to quiet him and show that
he had no feeling against him.
At that moment the man drew his hand
from the satchel aud slammed the bomb dowI
on the floor.
EMITTED THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
The accident emptied the Stock Exchang,
for time, but had no effect on prices
AT CHAMBERS STREET HOSPITAL
The first OF the injured to arrive at Cham
bers Street Hospital was samuel q. Calhoun
OF lG5 Dean street, Brooklyn.
His right ear was bleeding, and he com
piained Of pain In his chest. lie had walked
TO the hospital.
lie said he was sitting In W. Il. Connor'.
oflice, on the second floor OF the building
reading q newspaper. lie is the telegraph
operator there and was waiting for the ticl
OF his key, when suddenly there was deafen
J ing report and he was thrown TO the noor.
! How he got out Of the building he does mo-
, remember. lie Was dazed, he said, ana only
knows that he struggled with many others t,
make his way to the street.
HIS ear was dressed and he went away
His chest ached from the conclusion, bu
otherwise he was all right.
At 1885 o'clock an ambulance drove NJ
ana the crowd which gathered groaned wit,
horror as the first man was lifted out on tn,
stretcher.
His wounds were terrible. His head wa