The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-15
BOMB IN tenement
PUTS IS TENANTS
TO FLIGHT IN PANIC
Doors, Blown Out, Strike Pass
ing Driver, Who Is Fa-
tally Hurt

John burroughs, . trucsman, was
driving by the tenement house At No.
<oe East Eleventh street shortly after
90 o'clock this morning when . bomb
exploded In the hallway OF the build
ing. A pair Of heavy doors were blown
outvard with the force Of cannon balls
spd the truck was directly In range
TIE driver was Knocked from his ssat
landins. unconscous. In the street a.
N horses. 6sdIy frightsnsd BY ths
beunardment. started away on . run.
nat the damage done on the outside
vas sxcssdsd by the havoc wrought
vdchin. The man who caused II had
plassd M bona directly beneath he
stairway leading TO the eight apart
meats q the hvs-story building. badly
damaging the Arst Night The oAlus-
eraAs wee clown Oh.
Panic spread throughout the building.
Men, women and childrsn Jumped from
tbsar beds and started for the stairway.
Dut a. the ssconA door they found their
emf stopped; the stairway was badly
damaged. undermined and looked ready
% oolispss. with one accord some
ssvsuty-avs frightened people dashed
ese the Ore ESCAPE at the front a the
ounAAnS. sons sought higher nooro
lrsm vhioh . Chamber out ON The hre
ssea0s aaA Ut - the street.
rNg WHOLE NGioh0oRhooo IN
\Nic.
4unooemeu DuseEs ana Carroll q he
tEass ysfth street station we're On ylrve
avssua hardly block away. whsa thsy
hsaNA TIE sxpaesssa. Husrfsdly run.
n,ng there. they arrived 70 fand the
,Ssrs escape . mass a struggiing people.
many In crave peril Of bsAng pvsAsd on
~ panio-strioksa companions. Garrett
assisted by Burke. ehmAsd IN iroo
fsaes ana suoassdsd n swiagias him
ss,f up 10 ths ed a The ARE ssoapA
He ihsn droopsd ~ sxtsnsion ladder
ana the frigHAsnsA pssols hs,sslsA - Ne
street.
; In the mean time ne whSss nsisSooe.
hood had bssn areussd Tue section Y
q favorits stamping srosind Tor bomb
lthrowrs, and hardly . building around
there hAe ssoaps4 Du1 this bomb haA
done moro than the usual damage, 40
Eleventh street and Fret avenue ssea
were crowded with . mass Of humaa1ky
I Ia various stages Of undrsss. fearing d
return 70 thslr apartments.
Almost every window N houses sseosu
Sths street from No. ~ East Disvsnti
isusst was broken. similar damage ha6
,besn done u the adJoining structure Q,
mo. lso First avsn0A And In the hsus>
whsrs the bomb was placed not ooi,
Iwers windows broken. but every COO
lopening on the hallway was unhinesd
jail the plaster was Tipped on and . hol,
itoro In the noorinS directly bsnsasl
whsrs the bomb was placed. more thai
thrss feet square watAr ptpes In III,
ibu1adAnS were smashsd and the rush O
!watsr ADDED to the confusion.
None Of tho tenants would sAmi
lhaving received Black Hand letter.
Tive stores on the street door OF tn
letructure are occupied by Franceso
kCardinal. . grocer. and PasQuAls lnsi
y1aeo. proprietor Of butcher shop. In
.oilAee 10 . newcomer In thu nsighbor
lheoA and gossip Of the tenants name
lain ~ the probable object Of attach
llASllaoo bought the business when /
jVao sold 70 the highest bidder, and
Twas said several unsuccessful bidder
lDos the place were not satisfied an
yAaA made threatA But lnsilaco dspie
That he had been threatenod.
seven o. eight tenants were bruise
iand cut BY nytng kindiing and break
nag glass and had their injuries treats
0s nearby drug stores. Burroughs. tn
l1stver. who - twenty-five years oil
3AnA lives at No. SCI East Viftsent
6kSee1. was taSsr to Bellevue Hospits
n . serious condition. His skull |
saoeursd and physicians bslisve 10 can
NJ focovsr. His horses ran to Avsnu
vAeee thsy were stopped BY PoiicSma
Brown ef the Fifth street station. Bot
0ego badly cut by the dying wood n
uDnG1has Ter che drivsr's injurasA