Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-17

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!. was also in the room, receive
I: glass.
u But William Joyce. clerk IN the Sc
IS curitics department OF the firm, whose
- desk was on the main nrst floor Of
II iicc, was instantly killed by large
! Z; piece of debris hurting through the
II window. He was the of i. w.
!; Joyce. cmploye OF the Morgan firm
for thirty years.
:. The 400 employees OF the Morgan
!. firm took refuge under desks or in
= anterooms. Scores OF them were in
/, jured, however, by falling glass. The
= witnesses said there was little panic
Il although several women and men
y Y clerks tainted.
ii Terror on stock Exchange.
4: Terror reigned on the stock eX-
II change, which felt the full force of
Il the explosion. Trading was immedi-
Il ately suspended for the day and this
4 /; action was promptly followed by
!, other hourses throughout the country.
|: 1ndcscribable confusion reiEned i'm :
{. mediatey after the explosion. In
!; Wall and adjoining streets thousands
:. of men and women milled about help
- lessly. All sought to fee from the
dcsolate waste and the outdoor cham
hor Of horrors, which was as bloody
bull ccn. Dozens of women were
trampled in the wild flight for safety.
Motor cars came plunginE through
the ankle deep glass and the work OF
rescue was speedily begun. The dead
and the injured we're picked up and
2 rushed to nearby hospitals. Many
OF the victims were either naked or
their garments were torn to shreds.
Tail office buildings near by stood
Eaunt, their panclled windows seem
inEly staring nj the tragedy. Within
a few minutes calls had been put for
every ambulance south OF Fifty-ninth
/: Street. While the work OF succorinG
the injured went on, police reserves
drew stringent lines a block in each
direction from the scene.
Troops md the Police.
Within half hour n battalion Of
E1troops from Fort Jay had arrived.
-s-These supplemented the work of the
police. City and government officials
We're on the scene quickly These in
Guided Mayor Hylan. Police Commits
sioner EnriSht, Chief Inspector Lahcy
Inspector Cray, agents of the Depart
ment of Justice and District Attorney
Swan and several assistants.
TO supplement these, William j.
Flynn, chief OF the Secret Service.
and regarded the country's leading
authority on extreme TaulCal aCtlVi-
ties, arrived in New York late to-
night. After two hours investigation
District Attorney Swan and his chief
assistant, Alfred ]. Tallcy, united In
this statement:
There is too much of a coincidence
to regard this tragedy as an accident.
Coming almost on the stroke OF noon
and between the Assay Office and the
Morgan Building. 1t has all the as
poets OF prearranged affair"
To this Fire Marshal Brophy added:
81 I'VE have gathered up some forty
pounds OF old-fashioned window
weights. These weights arc not used
in any buildings in this vicinity. 1t
looks like #. y. T. bomb. Some OF
the slugs travelled high in the air and
landed many blocks away"
Nine distinct splotcn.S or Wood on
the sidewalk in frorc ofrlre assay Of
flee bore testimony TO the fact that
at least that many persons We're
struck down in their tracks there. The
limestone front Of the assay office was
81 pockmarked by the explosion from
the ground TO the stone frieze twenty
feet above the walk. The iron grill
~ work on the windows and doors was
broken and bent Not window re-
manned whole in the structure.
Morgan building Like War HUNS.
The Morgan Building offered the
most amazing spectacle OF the many
90 damaged ed!hces, The Wall Stree,
side Of the structure was spa;tered
~ with blood and debris. steel screened
windows were Invested of all but a
few particles Of glass. The screens
themselves were bent inward ana
"a twisted beyond recognition. The
great glass dome over the first floor
hn "a
died.
rs 1t was on the Wall Street side mat
r. young Joyce, chief clerk, who had
Charge Of Morgan's gold shipments 10
$li &f6e allies, was killed while reaching
G$&pr telephone. He had said he had
- dinner engagement for the evening
& NRhd was going 10 postpone It. A
Hple in the sash OF window measur.
~ lag three inches showed where a
slug OF iron. propelled with hercu!cau
4. force. had sped ills message Of dealt
for Joyce. II was with tearsta!nc.
face that Dwight ". Morrow. "A Nor.
gan firm partner appeared on III.
steps of the Ranking house to an.
s3 nuunce: Young Joyce has beer
NJ killed"
stFrom a scene OF thousands OF bust.
Ling, hurrying. laughing men am
- women who have 10 do with tho ma.
tons finances, the explosion changed
sS the financial hub into n dscordani
49, frenzy OF shocked and all but stupe.
800 he'd persons. In the vicinity Of Rroat
~ and Wall Streets. il appeared a.
though bit OF devastated and wa,
Va wrecked France had been transplant
ed by some giant hand for grim ex
a4bition.
sThrough curtain of dust ant
rs smoke rising 20 great height Owe
F fkeS scene OF the disaster same DO
Ifremen with clubs drawn The,
ss49s Started TO wrestle with the panic
stricken populace. More than 3o
dsAlers and brokers OF the curb mar
.,sSs,; & tft had fed toward the lower en-.
ss Sft broadway ans other avenues a
fast as they could make their way
No one seemed TO know VIVA, terrible
sJ thing had happened.