New-York tribune., 1916-07-31

ces ripped out. Scarcely WINDOW pane
remains IN the upper stories. Delicate
instruments OF the United States local
| Weather Bureau, mounted at the top or
the building, escaped injury, though
the pen of the air pressure registering
instrument was badly iarred when the
explosion occurred. The time was plain
ly indicated on the paper. Every win
dow but one in the Offices of the bureau
WAS blown in. Several in the White
hall Club were smashed.
More than 200 windows in the Equit-
able Building gave way, most of them
in the upper stories. The Bankers Club,
on the three topmost floors, lost forty
six. Windows in revolving doors
seemed particularly susceptible. The
Equitable Building lost seven Of these.
Sidewalks Roped OF.
Sidewalks in front of many Of the
downtown buildings which suffered
severely were roped off all day. Yes
terday morning large piece Of glass
fell from the Equitable Building upon
a passing trolley, but no injuries re-
suited.
The Singer Building suffered and
several windows far up on the side Of
the Woolworth Building were shattered.
Ii was noticeable that large plate glass
windows on lower floors and windows
at the top of the highest buildings
were usually broken, while the middle
stories in general escaped severe dam
age. Al least half the windows in the
Custom House were broken, the Con-
solidated Stock Exchange suffered Sc
verely, and almost every middle win
dow in each group of three IN the Pro-
duce Exchange gave way. Sometimes
windows blew out, but more often in.
The rose windows of Trinity Church
escaped, but much damage was done in
Office structures near by.
Every window in the Offices Of the
Hamburg-American Line was broken.
The Standard Oil Building, at 26 Broad
, way, lost many also.
Morgan Windows Smashed.
Two large windows in the banking
Offices of J. p. Morgan & Co. were
broken, and the wire netting outside
them was bent and twisted out of place.
Among the banks whose windows gave
way are the Mechanics and Metals Ma
tional Bank the National Bank of Com
merce, the Terminal branch of the Corn
Exchange Bank. Empire Trust Com
pany, Liberty National Bank, Columbia
Trust Company, First National Bank,
Hanover National Bank, National City
Bank and the Colonial Branch of the
Equitable Trust Company.
Not building Of any prominence in
the lower part of the city escaped al
together. and every street was show
cred with broken glass. The Manhat-
tan Life Building and that of the
American Surety Company both lost
I 1at ola
Of the international Silver Company, 8
Maiden Lane, was blown in upon $4,000
worth of jewelry, over which the po-
lice at once established guard. Many
windows were smashed in the Seamen's
Church Institute, In South Street
Windows in the neighborhood of
Union Square were smashed by the
hundreds. This was true throughout
Manhattan as far uptown as Fifty-ninth
Street, above which the shock of the
| concussion did less damage.
Tho total damage in broken glass
alone, it was estimated yesterday, will
exceed 100000
Police Guard Lower Streets.
As soon as the extent Of the damage
and the seriousness of the disaster be
came apparent Police Commissioner
Woods telephoned an order for the $50
policemen in the military camp at Fort
| Wadsworth 20 leave for Manhattan at
once. BY daylight they had arrived at
the Battery in tugs. Dressed i'm their
khaki uniforms, they began patrol work
in the downtown section at once. Late
in the afternoon, when broken windows
and doors had been to a considerable
extent boarded up and the danger Of
pillaging had ended, they returned to
/ camp.
The whole detective force Of the
First Branch Bureau also was on duty
in the downtown streets.
Commissioner Woods and his secrc-
tary, Henry Case, toured the city from
3 o'clock until long after daylight and
superintended the disposition of police
forces. Every special detail of patrol
men. except those in the Health Squad
service, were assigned to duty. Extra
men will be kept on patrol duty until
broken windows are repaired
AS a result Of prompt precautions
almost no looting occurred. But one
robbery was reported in the precinct
which includes the downtown jewelry
district The proprietor of mems
furnishing store at 157 Greenwich
Street reported the loss of S7S worth OF
goods.