The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-17

Ahirty-One persons were kfll-
 ed, more than POO were injured,
 the banking house of J. F. Morgan
 & Co., the subtreasury and the as-
 say office were partially wrecked
 and property damage estimated in
 excess of $I.O00.OO0 was caused by
 the blast.
 Thomas ". Lamont of the J. P. Nor gan firm expressed the belief, however. that the explosion was purely an ac- cident caused by collision between an explosive e-laGen wagon and another ve- hicle. The firm had received no threats or any kind, a5 said, and there was no real reason for the planting of bomb outside | he firms office
 The noon hour mad struck and an end less stream of office workers had just started pouring into the streets from buildings in the neighborhood. Sud- denly, clouds or yellowish. black smoke and piercing jet of flame leaped from the street outside the Morgan office.
 Then came ceafening blast. A mo- ment later scoressof men, women and children were lying prostrate an the ground and the streets were covered with debris from thousands of broken windows and the torn facade of adja- cent buildings. Two minutes later tn, stock and curb exchanges, the financial pulse of the world, had closed Panic and confusion reigned in the heart of New York's financial district. ' THOUSANDS FLEE IN TERROR
 Thousands of clerks and stenogra- pners fled in terror from adjoining structures. Scores faintec fell and were trampled on in the rush.. Mean while, the noise of the explosion. which was heard throughout Lower Manhat- tan and across the river in Brooklyn ,, brought thousands Of the curious tD tho scene. sss
 The few police on duty in the distrlc, were unable to cope with the crowds and a hurried call for police reserves was sent to all downtown police sta- tions.
 Subtreasury officials fearing an at tempt might be made to rob the build ing, all the windows of which were broken, requested assistance of the military authorities at Governors Is- land and company of soldiers was sent to guard the institution.
 Hurry calls were also sent to all hospitals in the downtown section of New York and scores of ambulancas were soon speeding through the nar- tow streets. Dressing stations were established in the Hobbies of the build ings nearby, where the less seriously injured were given immediate treat ment
 THE KNOWN DEAD
 A partial list of the dead in today's explosion follows:
 William T. Joyce. clerk of J. P. Nor gan ,& Go.
 Thomas Osprey, Is, Brooklyn,
 Jerome H. McKean, chauffer.
 Rudolph Portong, bank teller, Ja- nnaica, N. Y.
 Col. Charles Neville U. s. A.. New York city. Alfred Mayer, New York Mildred Alexander, New York. Benjamin Soloway, 16, Brooklyn. E. A. Sweet, address unknown. Mir. McArthurs, address unknown MT. Ellsworth. Brooklyn. A man about 30, feet, inches. A man about 40, five feet, brown hair. man thought to be either E. G. Barnes or Joseph C. Cranberry. Robert Westday, Is. messenger boy, 1 New York Bernard J. Kennedy, 30, messenger. Miss Carolyn N. Dickinson, 10, Elm hurst, N. Y. Colin B. Mcclure. 25. Yonkers, NY William Furman Hutchinson, about l %, insurance broker. Garden City, N. J. John Johnson, 56. porter. employed 1 ct Bank of America. Joseph Schmitt. 30. clerk, Bayside | New York.
 Joseph Aurehury, 27. New York.
 L. L. Roberts. New York. Bartholomew Flannery. New York
 Reginald Ellsworth. West Orange. | New Jersey.
 Joseph Aresberg Brooklyn.
 Alexander Leith. New York.
 Charles Lindrothe.
 Mrs. Margaret Drury.
 Raymond Miller. address unknown. tha ;v,i, urhn utSid Ia Qf Greater New York are. Worth Degley. Washington. D. C.. Arthur G. Cole, North Arlington, N. J., condition serious; Leo K. Drury, Washington, D. C.; A. B. Jessup and John Markle, Jeddo, Pa; Lewis K. Smith. New York.
 BELIEVE BOMB CAUSE
 Evidence tending to confirm the theory that the explosion was caused i ky q bomb or some other internal chine came from several sources.
 Chief Police Inspector Lahey report ed fate today he had found evidence | to justify the conclusion that the ex- plosion was caused by huge bomb loaded with TNT--triniterotoiuol-- :nforced with iron slugs fashioned from from window weight bars. Pieces of these sluRs were found in several adjacent structures. This type of these weight bars, a close inspection by | police and department of justice agents disclosed is not used in any building l. within a radius of several hundred feet of the scene of the explosion.
 Warning that radicals planned a re- newal of bombing outrages were sent less than a month ago to all eastern 1 clients of the William J. Burns Detec- tive Agency according to statement 1 by Mfr. Burns, who said he was con vinced today's explosion was a pre- meditated attack and was not acci- dental.
 Mfr. Burns who said he had been engaged by the Morgan firm to make an investigation of the accident, stated that his personal investigation con vinced him wagon containing a bomb or bombs was left in front of the sub treasury building with timing de-
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