The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-16
CRASH WRECKS
MORGAN BANK

treasury hllIldlnn.
Thev noIntea "a ths fact that n
dsmolishsd truek wa. found AZ th,s
polnt near the wrecked automobIie,
Tha autborltie. svvltohed their
theory from dynamite TO r. N. T.
because OF the fact that there ap
peared no great hole In the pave
ment, such as would have been
D'asteu Oy '"e -oo"""aro 'o'ee "
dynamite. -
LAMONT, DAWSON oNHoHI.
SO FAR as could Dc learned no
prominent flnanclers or members OF
the stock exchange were Injured In
the explosion, Thomas W. Lamont
and Henry p. DAWSON, members OF
tha Ern, wsra in tbe MARIAN offices
=. an. .ir,s hut ,,sr. nnt hurt
a' VIZ u"e, w We" .,...Ia s,,..o
o"uer"ea" "e wptu auo
phe was 'ouno view Jersey cnauI-
feurs license made out IN the name
Of Jerome n. Mekecn, OF 1907 Mel
son avenue, Bronx.
United States regulars from Gov.
AZ 1880 Tor ouard dutv
A. t.os doubt was cast an the nc
-. .h.. 20 AZ.
sa,n so' ..a a. az. ..sns
oo"'o squau "as,e"eu " VIC see"e
expressed the opinion that a bomb
had been exploded. Ihey ADDED mat
fragments Of metal picked up on the
theory that they may be bits Of the
Internal machine,
ooo ,r,o,rr1 ,Nu,een
IVY N'oNIC
AT 1;1o the ponce estlmated the
NUMBER OF injured at 2oo'
GUARD SUBTREAsURY
An emeroerov call wa. ..nt IN
cnvernor. ss,sTd srorn vvhIch
hsav, S.tsehn,.n, ~. .,, 80 Nav,
WortS a,,.ns s',h .,,rw
ana % s,d ~. no,Ics
pnI, , a,u ,ne pSnst;,,, ..ou,hIod
found difficulty in COPING with tn,
orom'd 80 49, ,ho,,s "us rsons ,,hs
tr,o% 70 VI p r,"' themselvas into Wa,
go. :" orrn,,, oan,,on L. o,h,ct
s. ,i. L MA. nair wi, Sanyun iii, otha
au it, T NH naiuIy paSs ea1n o sh',,
W. wt'T go ~, ,,,hi,o hoo,hs IN H. vi
III ..on. many PuuuiJ uool, la III" No..
n ninnod an" mnder or e%tranrd,roriiy heav,
gmard "'o'
q "A wrec,sad automobile hearing n New
Jersev license number 24.2d6. was
found near the Morgan building and
the police tried to establish whether
this was the machine which had fig
ured 30 prominently in versions of the
Blast Occurred In Street.
Heads of the fire, department, how,
ever, on reaching the, scene directed
their efforts toward ascertaining the
cause and location or the explosion.
The latter was dltncult because OF tne
shattered appearance OF pui'u,nEs mGai
me Morgan OFFICES, pul VI. au." ~ I.,o1
were incllneu 70 apanuon tneli ,n. .t
tnat the eNploslo,, nay 9souI' az, e, tne,,
IN the Mofsan oi.e 'se' nni III az
IS,as Was that the blowup had oc-
r,,rrad o. The street
Manv ~ tho ini,red were girls
WORKING IN office buildings. Hundreds
~ nersons were thrown 10 the side
walk with the force OF the explosion,
and dozens of trucks and automobiles
we're pressed into service to carry away
The wounded. 't
Little information was obtainsble
rom them or general officers. J. y.
Morgan himself Is now ABROAD
Detectives on scene
Many persons were cut by, falhng
glass and debris but were ohie TO 70
,ome 70 nave tnelr nur.s uses ss,n
scores OF detectives were rushed INTO
ne financial district. coruon OF ue-
eectives ana po'lcemeh was thrown
bout the corner.
The blasted building was roped on
Ind no one was allowed to enter. TINS
lcounted for the delay in learning the
,%act cause OF the explosion.
Wild and sensational NLmors as 10
abilities were circulated. At 1925
,'clock II was said the death list might
% 10 sixtv. Al that time only fifteen
we're actually known n he dead MANY
= the Marian emnlovca were SEVERELY
M hy 0v,nc elass
III ,ra,,,nrac,,s ,nroo =, Tho ovnIo.,or
no.. 49,, ~, ~ go ,hat &C., -,
. an ~ tus l"t. ia, me ~
ron was hurieu lhip prohers oH,ces ."
ne elEnteehIn I'oor Oh 'ne run proa"-
way FOUR DOCKS away
AT l2:3o me police declared that IL
vas Impossible to estimate accurately
he number OF dead and injured.
Hundreds OF curb brokers, operating
n Broad street, within q half block OF
he scene OF the explosion. fed. A
tend,y etraot,, ~ utop,obtlos ava avn