Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-16

! ly cut and my face and hands were
also scratched.
Tells of Wild Scramble
"ThiS only further maddcncd tho
crowd. thousands of persons forming
swarming mass trying to enter Broad
way and the adjoining narrow streets.
when | opened my eyes after the
glass rain the sight was sitkening. 1t
rcScmblrd battlefield. Hundreds Of
persons were lying in the street and on
the sidewalks near us. Great portions
Of flesh had been piled against the Assay
Building and near Morgan'S office. just
n few feet from my Office man : head
was cut from his body.
1T happened 50 quickly that we
could not tell whether glass or falling
stone caused death. ! saw hpadcss
bodies. arms. hands and portions Of
torSOS in all directions The sight made
women who came rushing from Wall
street offices. faint by the score. Many
mon, too. collapsed.
Every One Went Crazy"
1T seemed that the men and women
wrr" crazy. For many blocks back Of
Wall street the entire Office forces fled
men aud women calling that another
] 'NpIOSlOn lnlSnI come.
"Wh"n recovered | tried to do
what ! could. Every one was so be-
wildcrCd that no one seemed to know
what to do. Directly at my side an
automobile was standing. Something
crashed into the car and another cx.
/ pl0Sion took place. A wagon back of
! the auto took fire. and the horse. at
, first stunned by the explosion. began to
dash into the crowd. running over the
fallen men and women. Soon the horse
caught fire and uttering frightful means
dartcd farther into the mob. think
| ii died little farther down the street.
Blood Pools in Street
II stepped into doorway and let
tho mob of insane men and women pass
and then | walked farther down th,
street. In front of the Bank of Amer
lea there was an enormous pool OF
blood. In fact. it extended almost
across the street. Here were more
dead. men killed by falling stone ant
glass. This was at Williams and Wal
streets. Then came the crowd from
the Stock Exchange and from the curl
markPt-anothCr maddcncd throng VIII,
thought not of women. Certainly the
beast in man was awakened. 1t was
pitiful to see the women being tramplcC
| on. Hundreds came from buildings
, only to hr swallowed in the surglnl
| crowd. The screaming was trightfuI-
il will live in my ears to my dying day
1t was the trenches all over again il
til" cavern of Wall street.
"Exhaustcd we finally came into on
Offices. Our clothing was ruined by
blond. not as much our own as from
the cuts from tho persons We touched
in the throng. Mr. Schlnrhtcr was Gu
badly by the glass. but his wounds wcr'
not serious and were attended to by
those who remained in th" office. NJ
own injuries were slight. Ono of GU
slonographors. who rushed into th,
crowd. has not been heard from.
"Thos" who were closest to the scent
Of the explosion know nothing of th'
cause Of the disaster. Undoubtedly al
who were close to the dynamit" wugOi
or whatever it was. were killed, an'
no witnesses will be found. | have no
the faintest idea what caused it and
believe that every one else in the vicinit!
is ignorant.
There is "A horrible sight right nov
in the center of the street in front o
tn" Assay Building. The police anC
soldiers. who rushed to the scene, have
piled portions of bodies there. 1t i
impossible to identify the dead 1t il
simply hidPous mass of tOrsos. arm
and limbs. God knows who these mel
aud women are.
1t is believed that number OF PhiIa
d"lphians were in the vicinity of th
| disaster.