The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-04
CRUC|F|XESCAPES
AS BOMB SKATERS
UNDERTAKEN SHOP
"Miracle" Cry Scores Driven
Barefoot Into Snow by
the Explosion.
SHOCK WAS TERRIFIC.
Young Assistant in Establish
ment Is Blown Through
Window, but Unhurt.
SHOCK WAS TERRIFIC.

"A miracis-A miraclsl' went up Me
s3cited cry In Italian whom scores Of
Dsrsons. driven from thstr beds By an
S1plosien In the sevsn.story tenement
esildinS ct Nos. siS and s11 East One
Hundred and sixth street early to-day.
learned that . crucinx was the only
object unhsrmsd in Ninno Baidassarri's
undertaking establishment on the grouhd
eoor. where the bomb was set or
And then the crowd In the street.
most OF Its members. men ~ well %
women. being In their night clothes and
many OF them barsfooted a. they stood
- the snow-crossed themselves and
uttered prayers.
Their feeling Of ave was Grsatiy In
creased when II was reported that VIM
cent Pegno. young night manager for
DaidassArri, had been blown from his
bed through . window. carrying the
sash with him. and vet had escaped
without hurt
The two strange incidents convinced
the frightened. almost hystsrical throng
that there were other than natural
agencies opposed to the forces OF the
bomb
The explosion was one Of the most
severe OF Its kind the police have heard
Of In q long time. 1t rumbled and re-
/, vsrberated all through Harlem's Little
Italy" startling policemen at the East
One Hundred and Fourth street station
and on their posts. blocks away.
SHOTS HELP TO SPREAD THE
TERROR.
A fusillAde Of revolver shots .mme-
diAtely following the heavy detona-
ton of the bomb helped to spread
terror through the neighborhood and
caused policemen hurrying to the
SCENE to redouble their pace. The shots
were fired by residents Of the building
for the very purpose which they &C.
complished, that 10. to bring aid with
greater speed.
When the police arrived. q -ey cd
mass Of people was already assembled
In the street und more were descend
ing hre-sscapes and the stairs inside
refugees carried crying children in
their arms.
Bsldassarri has had his place open
ployed by an undertaken on second
avenue. not far away. The police think
y business rival OF Baldassarri was
responsible Tor the explosion Of the
bomb.
Baldassarri's shop was wrecked. So
were the fronts of Vincent San tag ADDS
grocery and Guiseppi Zumbo's rsstau.
rant and coffee house. adjoining on
either side. Ever window In the front
- No "a hul
the NTH floor. was shattered and win
dows were broken across the street
Policeman Praxak. on his post 200
feet from the front OF the building.
WAS knocked down by the shock Of the
explosion. Vincent Santagado and hi,
wife were sleeping In the rear OF his
grocery. Both were dumped out of
bed by the crash.
cRUciFIx ALONE ESCAPES IN
THE WRECK.
Every article OF furniture In Raldas-
oarrs front room was broken. Chairs
and desks were In klndling wood about
the room. Fragments Of shattered pic
lures that had adorned the walls were
distinguishable in the debris. The bomb
he'd been Allied with bolts and slugs--
dozens OF them-and these embedded in
the cracked and wavering walls made
the room brittle.
But the crucinx remained exactly a.
Il had been. not so much as scratched
or Jared a fraction Of an inch from its
original position.
Reserves. called from the East One
Hundred and Fourth street station, had
difnculty In getting the tenants to re-
turn to their homes. While the police
were so engaged. Baldassarri, white and
excited, ran UP and looked at his shop.
He had been summoned from his home.
II do not wish to talk Of this" ne
said to the policemen who questioned
him. 1T have been In the neighborhood
only a month. am not well enough
acquainted to express an opinion"
He denied that he had received any
letters. either threats OF business rivals