South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-17
Blast Injuries 200 and Proper.
" Loss Is Estimated at
Sl.000,000.
SCENT RADICAL PLOT
Police Say Explosion Was Pre-
meditated and Not
Accidental.

NEW YORK. Sept ia myste-
rious explosion in Wall street. near
Broad. believed by trained depart
ment Of justice and police invesu-
gators TO have been caused oy an
internal machine. rocked the heart
of New York's financial district at
noon Thursday. leaving death ana
Instruction in its wake.
Twenty-nine persons were killed,
more than 200 were injured. the
banking house of j. =. Morgan A.
Co. the sub-trcasury and the ASSAY
office were partially wrecked ano
property damage estimated IN eN-
cess of SI.OOO.9 was caused by
the blast
Partial List Of Dead.
A partial list of the dead In the
Wall street explosion follows;
WILLIAM r. JOYCE, clerk ot
j. p Morgan a. Co.
JEROME ~. MkEAN- chauf-
feur
LUDoLPH PoRToNG, bank tell
er. Jamaica, y. r.
COL. CHARLES NEVILLE, l.. S.
A.. New York city.
ALFRED MAYER. New York.
MILDRED ALEXANDER. New
York.
4. \. SWEET. address unknown.
MIR. - WARTHURS. address
unknown.
MP. - ELLSWORTH, 1898
Gerard St. BrooElsRs
MISS l.. NJ DiCH1NSON, stenog-
raphr-. ElmhurSt n ~.
CHARLES LANDROTHE. Brook
Iyn.
AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN.
90 years old. at Volunteer hospital
\ BOY ABOUT 16, az volunteer
hospital.
\ MAN ABOUT 40. five feet ten,
brown hair at Volunteer hospital.
\ MAN THOUGHT To BE
EITHER G.. B. BARNES OR JO-
SEPH C. CRANBERRY.
ROBERT WESTDAN. is. mes
senger boy. New York.
BERNARD j. KENNEDY, so.
messenger. address unknown.
MISS CAROLYN y. DICKINSON,
40 ElWhurst. ~ y
COLIN B. MCCLURE. Is. Yon-
kers " y
MISS NIARJ DRUBY, 20. stenos-
rapher Brooklyn.
CHARLES IONDROCT. about 90.
address unknown
WILLIAM FURMAN HUTCHIN-
son. about 30 insurance broker.
Garden city. n. Y.
JOHN JOHNSON. 56. porter. ad-
dress unknown.
JOSEPH SCHMIDT. 80. clerk.
Bay Side. ". y.
JOSEPH AUREBURN. e7. mar
ried. New York city
RAYMOND MILLER. address not
known.
Thomas ". Lamont. OF the j. T..
Morgan trim. expressed the belief.
however. that the explosion was
purely an accident caused by "a COLI
lisiou between an xplosIvc-laden
wagon and another vehicle The
firm had resolved no threats OF amy
kind he said. and there was no real
reason for the planting o. a bomb
outside the firms Office
Many People on Street
The noon hour had struck and ~
endless stream of office workers had
just started pouring into the streets
from buildings in the neighbor-
hood. suddenly "a cloud ~ yellow
ish. black smoke and a piercing jet
Of flame leaped from the street out
side the Morgan Office.
Then came a dcafening blast a
en and children were wing PROSTATE
on the ground and the streets were
covered with debris from thousands
Of broken windows and the torn
facades of adjacent buildings. Two
minutes later the stock and curb
exchanges. the financial pulse OF fhe
world. had closed Panic and con-
fusion reigned iu the heart OF Sew
Yorks financial district
Thousands OF clerks and stenoE-
raphers fled in terror from adjoin-
ing structures. ScOree tainted fen
and were trampled on in the rush.
Meanwhile. the noise of the cxnIc-
sion. which was hear throughout
lower Manhattan and across the
river in Brooklyn. brought thou
sands OF the curious 70 the scene.
Call out Reserve.
The few police on duty in the dis
-Tict were unable 20 cope with the
crowds and a hurry cali for police
reserves WAS sent % all downtown
police stations.
Sub-treasury officials. fearing that
an attempt might be made 10 rob
the building. an the Windows os
which were broken. requested as
sistauce OF the military authorities
al Governors island and "a company
or soldiers was sent % guard the in-
sutution.
Hurry calls were also sent 10 am
hospitals in the downtown section
OF New York and scores of anibu-
lanCes were soOn speeding through
the narrow streets. Dressing STA
tions were established in the lobbies
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