Evening journal., 1920-09-17

the resul. OF a bomb or torpedo set
or dropped between the Assay ONCE
and the Morgan Building lie declared
That Doe had.formcd no opinion yet and
ihat u was too early 10 accept iheor-
ies.
Two Facts Only Really Sure.
ON .wo Inconiroyerlble facts. and
these two alone. the stunned district
could agree. There had been an ex-
ploslon. 10 was sickenIng 10 look east
on Wall street from Broad. The other
fact was that the explosion had oc-
CURED a bare minute after ihe loon
hour Indeed. ihe great clock In .he
United states Assay once muiely gave
evidence ihai the shock had sIlcncad
10 when there lacked but three see
onds before "a mluie after ~.
There an certainty cfas d. Mayor
Hylan ald his Police Commissioner
Enr ght. assured an Inquiries Co ihc
Past mat any0ne's guess was quite as
good as theirs regarding ,he orig 70.
the cause. ihe nature OF the calamity
They dlyOelcd themselves OF an .he
heavy mystery in which Onlcialdom
Is wont 90 clOihe Itself when bafiled
and admitted ina. whatever they had
to SAY about % was founded on stories
and theories that were flimsy and
Thin.
The nrst relay OF the lunch hour
thousands were irickling out OF the
buildings into Broadway. New street.
Broad street Wall street. Nassau
street. William street and Exchange
Place There was nothing 90 set This
particular noon hour apart from "a
thousand other late summer or early
autumn nool hours The wild men
OF The Curb market wore as Wild as
ever A heavy individual with a name
Of iron gray hair and "a shcaf of dirty
! papers in hls unrliscd right hand was
/ holding forth about something or
other t0 an unimprcsscd audience OF
Office boys runners. messengers aud
i the like just mp Nassau street from
I Wall
Four white rorhod nurses We're
ecurryIng 0ul of me way of ihc motor
cars ihai rolled bon four directions TO-
/ ward the dead centre of the financial
| capital OF lhe world Down Broad
street. below Exchange place. 2 hurdy
| gurdy was clankng on, mindless oi
I iha fact That nobody paid much atien-
ton because nobody except ihe opcr-
aior could hear AT sorts and condi-
| ii0ns Of motor cars Just as an sorls
/ and conditions OF persons. surged four
ways
In an This customary furore land
| IT'S only The visitor 90 New York who
I thinks 10 remarkably there came
lolong Wall street wagon drawn by
a sorry looking horse You could mud.
subsequently. a dozen people who In
sisted That they remembered mat
D 40. .N..IN. MOD "a j
new. clean looking red wagon. All
agree that 10 was red. or once had
been Others said ihai % was an old
wagon quite dNapidaiod and suggcs-
/ tive OF the farm or truck gardens but
probably red or nearly red There
was but one horse. and They who In
sist recalling This particular vehicle
and ne motive power say mat n was
such a tired looking horse that the
/ contrast with the surrounding auto
mobiles was great, and therefore I'M
/ prossiNe.
No DUPONT Vehicles IN Vicinity.
Tho police say That SIN others IN
sist that ihc WAGON bore the name ol
dupont De NOm0urs Company and thai
10 carried red flags and signs hearln.
the words Danger Explosives ~ Thl
dupont de Ncmours representative
insist that they have no horse draw
vehicle: mat but one o flher cxplo
sIvo transports was on she streets yes
ierday ard MAT was in The Bronx.
The only other company licensed q
carry explosives through New York
b streets Is thr Carl A. DItimas concern
and me police IND that but one pitl
mas wagon was abroad yesterday.
did not 10 south NJ FOriy-secOn,
street The police add That there wal
no COZ slgnmcnt OF explosives of amy
sort due In the d0wnsi0wn dlsirlc
Yesterday None had been ordered
None was expected. None was dellv.
| cred
So n The stories NJ me signs upor
| the ramshacklc wagon are accurately
/ relaycd by the police there is sub
stance 90 the theory that the wagon
was fetched 10 Wall street loaded and
canioulaged. That hoWev is but
another theory.
/ Ten New York Disasters
The explosion ranks among the ten
| disasters which have been experienced
I hy New York City during me last mr.,
/ years. The staten Island ferryh0ll
/ Wfsined sasicr 100 which eighty
two persons were killed or droW d
and i25 injured, probably holds frs
| rank for fatalities J.. occurred Jul,
80. 1871. when the ftrryboat had abou
| 22l passengers on board and was re.
| ceiving more 90 make an excursion.
Next 81 number Of lives lost wat
/ "lhe Park place disaster" OF Sa.ur
day. August %. 1891. In which sixty.
one persons were killed and properly
/ damage amounting 10 $4,000 result
cd from q mysterious explosion ai 6'
20 "a Park Place.
Excitement In The financial district
| yesterday revived memories OF thl
attack upon Russell SAGE in 1891. when
/ Henry p. NorcrOss made his way into
the SAGE Office at "A Broadway and de-
manded si.2O0O0O he followed this hy
| throwing o bomb al Mr.. sage. wreck
/ ing the office killing himself and .n
iuring several clerks. Mr.. Sage fs-
capped injury. having been protested
Ihy Walter LaidlaW's body. Mr.. Laid
law was an invalid for the rest Of his
october 20. 1900 a nre started in me
wholesale drug and chemical csllh-
l-hment OF Tarrani & Go. at gi iO 900
Warren street TWO were killed and
. lhe property l0ss amounted 90 more
than siW0On
The first great explosion within The
last decade occurred December &c.
1910 when the building 0f the sub
way caused am explosion In front Of
the Murray Hu Hotel Five wcre Kill
ed. The property loss vas estimated
/ az q 2l0O0O
The next big explosion which rocked
/ New York followed lcss than iNNO
months later. February I. 1911. when
/ forty tons ~ dynamite exploded at
! the CommunipaN terminal Of ihe Cen
/ trail Railroad of New JERSEY Windows
in New York and Brooklyn We're SHAT
tered and blown into ihe street
Thirty were killed and lh' property
damage was estimated lt more than
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