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

done were beginning to come in from the
precincts. Plate glass windows he'd h",a
broken in the Hilton clothing et0rn
Hardman Tiano COMPANY. bS'i. 4
Weiss. mems clothing, Prinz Bros a.;
gallery; Adams Express office ~ S,i
Fulton street, Goodyear Rubber CON.
pany. Hyams's, krcigers florist shoI
Sielng and many other places Iha
damages sustained by those named
above amounts to more than s7.coo and
that represents merely a very sr,s
section of the affected district Else
where glass was broken in even create.
quantities. hut II wasn't the expensive
type of plate glass which is used in the
business and shopping districts
In m" ArhuCkle cooperage plant az
Hicks and Warren streets, il seemed
merely toss,ip 10 the 900 EMPLOYEES
whether destruction would come hurting
through the floors beneath their feet or
+, bring the walls toppling about their
heads. 4 goodly portion Of them awaited
no second invitation when the pneumatic
! fire alarms began to cry false warning
, They We're making for tho fire escape:
cooler heads brought order ont Of rns
confusion
IN" rlmbling tremors carried most
fear to those living inrhe Italian colonies
between Red Hook and the Brooklyn
Bridge. These people, many with
first hand knowledge Of volcanic errP-
tions and earthquakes We're in a pretty
bad way when police arrived on the scene
from tn" Hamilton avenue and Aml'y
street stations
The point in the greater city furtheet
from the scene of the explosion to report
excitement was Brownsville. The ltai;
ian COLONY between East New York and
Ocean Hill got especially worked up
Down Coney Island way the rumble wa:
avenue that the explosion had haprensd
in tn" Bush Terminal Company's war;
houses AT the South Brooklyn waterfron.
The Brownsville Italians finally got me
story that the Catholic Church ot oul
Lady of Lorotto had been dvnamltcd and
many Italians rushed over to sec Father
Sorrentino, the pastor, who II Is aid
some months ago received Black hnd
letters. The pastor calmed his excited
parishioners and told them to 60 home
on LONG ISLAND.
felt near Hampstead. A pane OF ghss
was Jared out Of a window in the Nassau
County Court House and several oooAs
fell off the shelves. Many people were
frightened when II was rumored thar an
explosion had torn up a large paT OF
Broadway.
Window panes were broken as far out as
Fort Totten at Willets Point, H. l. Mn'e
the western end of the island tremoeo
the severity of the shock was felt chleHg
! along the water front both on the sou!u
and ocean shores. Some excitement Was
caused in the branch post office IN H
Van Alst 'venue. Astoria, whore pls
window pane which had been arackrn
was shive"cd. This gave rise Tor un'
ratus in the post office had eNT lo7"0
THE RRoNX FEELS II
The explosion did considerable alfn,
age in The Bronx along the water 'Tn. ia
in tho form Of smashed Windows, ~
police did no, learn Of any on" nrne
hurt The central part OF IN" h'. ~
was in almost total ignoranc" ~ Ia
explosion until inquiries began ~ ~
made along the southern b%uI"i"m' ,',a
between l33d and l35th st"e"tS IN" i''''
ia ctories suffering the most dina"'
Public schools around IN" ho'''
the borough were the c"n'r" 3"
small disturbances. Women, h"s'lh. W.
eXplosion, ran to the schools WIN 5'"
minds filed with exploding hoinN J."
Fortunately II was III" noon h""l
most of IN" children had just ""'N '
missed for the rcceSS, -,,,i
Over on Clarons point on the 'T5" SOU
the explosion was very PLAINLY i''- .,r
twenty foot columns OF hight No 4
construction just completed N oIH "a
the amusement parks w"." ilH'
to the ground 10y the shock. anna
The borough was mystl'rd 10, "vo.i.
as Ia the scene of the explosion, IN ,rt
chester they thought II was m re'm ,Sa
in fremont it was supposed to n' ~ ,'r, ,
lower Bronx In tho southeas",s
quarter nf the borough many Peo,s
had tho idea il was somewhere io ..
northwest. The conclusion was tel. w :.
tnctly on City Island No damHS'
done thore ,,,rt|
Tho explosion shook the river unn.
as far north as Hastings. Buildings "'''
shaken but no damage WAS done