Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-27
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! and head while the rest of the pa- tieI1ts at the hospital received wounds in the legs.
 Mayor Dunn Struck. Mayor Dunn, who was standing near the footbridge. which is about a hun dred yards from tue location of the fire, was hit in the face by a piece of granite. but was not seriously in- jured. George Anderson, the 11-year- old son of Robert Anderson of Main street. was standing on the platform of the freight house., directly across the tracks about one hundred yards from the explosives, was injured by the flying fragments.
 A hurried call was sent for sur geons and this brought four doctors who were kept busy for. some time giving aid to those who suffered most It was learned Inter that some who had been hit by the stones went di- rectlys to their homes where they re- ceiyed medical attention. Those men toned were the more seriously in jured.
 Police Urged Crowd Back. It had been learned by the people about the city that the wall was to
 be dynamited and this brought a large crowd and it is estimated that nearly one thousand had gathered to witness the explosion. After all preparations
 had been made. the police exerted ev- CIy StLOIt lO SCL tHC SioWO -OcASh OoN of the danger zone. The crowd got away some distance and in some cases got behind freight cars standing, in the yard so as to be near and yet, appar-- entity out of danger. A number of
 photographers were on hand to get q picture of the wall as it fell and
 among these were Webber and some moving picture men. They were sta toned near Railroad street about 100
 yards from the wall. Webber stood
 on box so as to get better view
 of the wall as it fell. When the crowd
 had been driven back and everything
 seemed to be in readiness the signal
 for touching off the blast was given to
 John Kelley, who was behind another
 building about 100 feet away from the wall.
 Fifty Pounds of Dynamite Touched Of
 When the blast was touched off the explosion by the fifty pounds of dy- namite. that had been placed in the wall just above the ground, was terrific. The stones flew out of the wall as if they had been shot from gun with
 deadly accuracy and force. People that were standing behind the cars were not safe. as the stones flew ing some distance away, and up the track in the direction of the station. Some of the stones went across the river and. broke the windows in a greenhouse on the southern side of Pleasant street One man standing near the water tank belonging to the railroad had stone pass through his hat and others had large stones the size of a head of cabbage fall at their feet. r .'e
 Afford Struck in Chest.
 Those who were injured were standing in different parts of the yard which presented a sorry sight after the wall had fell in. Two stones were hurled in the direction of the photo- graphers and one struck Worth on the leg, the other struck Webber and hurled hinn several feet. Ledouix was standing near box and was knocked under this when struck. Afford was standing with number of friends near the freight house and the force of the stone, which struck him in the chest, rendered him unconscious. He was taken into the store of Mayor Dunn where he was revived and later taken to the hospital Carey was in.