The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-02

stenographer. was taking notes and the
wife Of D'Alterio was testifying when he
big ten foot window crashed into the
room Mrs. d'Alterio tainted Miss
Rathbone grabbed up her notes and fled
heavy three ei ghths inch glass fell under
the table. but most Of 1t smashed on the
desk and chair of Mr. Smyth. who ex-
pressed thanks for the fortune that
brou ght about the hearing so opportunely.
Otherwise he would have been sitting
punctured holes in the desk and chair.
Mr.. Smyth and Mr.. Barnes got up in
a hurry when they saw the immense
pane collapse. but they stayed in the
room. Surveyor Henry came in 10 see
what had happened and marveled that
one on the ground floor that had gone
to smash. He merely felt the jar. which
did not disturb him half as much as the
crash of glass in his assistants room.
Nobody happened to he near any Of the
windows that caved in on the other floors
Furniture was damaged in several rooms
and some spearlike glass missiles en-
bedded themselves an inch or more in
the floors The damage by breakaEe of
glass and the marrng of furniture prob
ably will exceed 81 900.
After the stenographer came back
Mr.. Smyth announced that the jewelry
OF D'Alterio would be seized. but that he
would not be prosecuted. having saved
the special deputy from possible death.
As far north as Hams restaurant in
Park row a window in the east side of he
building the side furthest removed from
the explosion. was blown out. or in. but
fortunately the nearest diner TO the win
dow an old man who was acc Ompanied
by a child, escaped with injuries no more
serious than the spelling OF his soup be-
cause of broken glass. Just below the
Park Row Building an entire window wns
blown out of the front of a fountain pen
shop whose proprietor is given 10 placing
facet lous cards and cartoons in his win
dow The proprietor saw to IT that tho
window was boarded up promptly and
he then l'iaced large card on the window
which told the passing throng that his
rival hadn't done tn" damage "Dyna-
mite did it," the card concluded trium-
phantly in capital letters.
Downtown had a Crick in its neck as
it walked homeward and bent backward
every few steps to sea how many win
dows had been broken on top floors In
elevators, in the cafes and all along tho
streets everybody was talking explosion
And there weren't any newsboyS who
failed TO sell their evening wares. The
| financial district wanted to know what
had caused its inkwells TO spill and
| inasmuch as all that any one in en-
office knew was that there had been an
explosion some place I" Blasting near by. "
every body saidI, everybody dropped ledG
= and things as soon as possible to
| buy information from the newses. VII }
| had begun to yell "Speshul eNtree'" few
minutes after III" fire bells had started
back homeward There wasn't "A res
! taurant south of the City Hall where one
, couldn't hear STORE Of broken windows
or skylights and he narrow escapes
from falling glass of every one, from the
boss down to the Office bo
, FREAK HAPPENINGS
The freakishness associated with light
ming tornadoes and other physical phe-
nomena was noticed yesterday in the
lower city. All the windows of Hender-
sons seed store in Cortlandt street, for
instance. we're smashed. but no other
window in the block was broken. One
Of the arSes. plate glass lass windows in
way. was wrecked. whereas the corre-
spending window of the Empire Trust
Company, on the other side of the entrance
TO the building, wasn't cracked. The
greater part Of the damage was done
south of Fulton street and west of Broad
wav.
At the Plate Glass Underwriters Asso-
citation. az Lloyd's Plate Glass Insurance
Company and at the offices of the New
York Plate Glass Insurance Company
it was said that all the GLACIERS who could
Dt DTOukut tOkttIltf IttIl
so that the glass might be replaced before
midnight il possible. and if this were
found impossible that the windows be
protected with either boards or muslin
Our Gu! % %comGany'In n, said Mr.. ,Cavallon
replace the damage with new glass for %
all our clients before midnight. It's
too early to say" the adjuster continued
in reply to a question, who is answerable
for the loss. To-day We are giving all
our time to seeing that windows are
OF liability later
DAMAGE IN BROOKLYN
Porters sweeping heaps of powdered
glass out to the curb were as common
a sight in Brooklyn. especially along
| lower Fulton street. as in the down
town district of Manhattan The most
serious serious, damage done to Brook lyn
Company. at Myrtle avenue and Pearl
street, The explosion not only shattered
| the windows but caused a crack about
six feet long to open near the roof
At first it was thought that tho building
would collapse. A crack six feet long
| opened up near the roof and the show
windows fell in 20 suddenly that W. l..
Potter, the manager, had hard time saw
| ing himself, He was seated near the front
OF the store and rolled out of his chair
and away as the heavy glass crashed
around him
| The crack looked so serious and the
people living near by we're so panicky
that the police drew lines around the
building until an inspector from the
Bui ilding Department came about o 'clocl,
and pronounced it safe Another building
| that suffered. though less seriously. was
he structure recently erected by Wood
Harmon 4 Co, nj 32s Livingston street
The lighting plant in the Crescent Club
was wrecked and the ceiling in he women \
dining room was pretty nearly all'shaken
down
! Even Police Hcadnuarters. in State
street. was shaken up. Several windows
| in the front of the building were shn,tored
, and the trial of a policeman was broken
: on while Commissioner Cropsov and
Deputy Reynolds looked up the cause of
| the jar The men at the switchboard
in the telegraph bureau had plugged in
on Manhattan after querying their own
precincts and Manhattan popped the
question they wanted answered w here
| is it?" Nobcdy knew until the reports
| began to trick!e in over tho wires from
| Jersey
In thu meantime reports of damage