Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-16
BOMB FOR J. p. MORGAN.
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Tho front, Of the Morgan building was
demolished and the Snbstrcaury also was
badly damaged. With the arrival Of
soldiersand police fly street cleaners were
put to work sweeping up to make possible
easier passage OF ambulanccs.
at 1.15 p. m. the police estimated the
number Of injured at 200.
The unofficial estimate OF dead at / 20
was 30.
After suspending trading in stocks for
the day the governing committee Of the
Exchange ordered that all deliveries Of
securities be deferred until Monday
except by mutual consent. The commit
tee called another meeting for later in the
day to take further measures in connection
with the effect Of the explosion on trading.
The call for soldiers from Governors
Island WAS sent by Martin Vogcl, Assist
ant Secretary of the Trcaury, who has
charge Of the Subtreasury. With all the
windows blasted out, Colonel William
Wiege1, chief Of staff ut the military post,
announced that 200 infantrymcn would
patrol the financial district with fixed
bayonets day and night with orders to
allow no one to approach government
property.
According To Charles Matthews OF
Brooklyn, salesman of typewriter
specialties, four persons, one n woman,
were killed while working in the bond de-
partment of J. p Morgan & Co.
Matthews said he was passing the office
Of MIR. Lamont when the explosion occur
red. Mr.. Lamont, he said, WAS debating n
letter Mt the time and apparently WAS un-
hurt.
The reported license number of the
wrecked automobile was that Of Dunham
Beldon, III South Third Street, South
Orange, N. J. BeIdon is manager Of n
pharmacy in Newark.
To check up on the story that a powder
wagon was struck by an utomobile
agents of the Department of Justice
asked the r.. |. du pont de Nemours Com
pany for a detailed report on the location
of all their wagons at the time of the
explosion.
Officials of the company, questioned by
newspaper men, asserted they were not
carrying explosives TO points in the vicin-
ity where excavations are being made.
II was said in Newark that Beldon
had left his pharmacy this morning TO go To
an office in Wall street.
Remains of the wrecked truck and its
horses found at the scene Of the explosion
were examined by the police who ques-
toned construction men as To whether
the wagon resembled the type u~d IN
hauling explosives Several construction
men expressed firm belief that the wreck
was that of a powder wagon.
Junius Spencer Morgan, son Of j. p.
Morgan and member of the firm, said he
was showered with broken glass but WAS
not hurt. When the explosion occurred,
he said, he was sitting in his Office on the
first floor of the building while other
men of the firm were at meeting on an
upper floor.
AT l.30 n. m. several representatives
from the district attorneys office arrived
on the scene TO start an investi0a ton.
About this time the exchange market
suspended business for the day because of
the explosion.
Ii was decided to keep the Cotton
Exchange open for the usual period.
All hospitals near the financial district
were crowded with injured and physicians
were summoned from all over the city
William j. Flynn, chief of the United
States Secret Service, left Washington
in special train for New York, this after
noon, according to word received at the
ocal offices of the Department of Justice.
Httshurg, Pa, Sept. 16-Directors Of
the Pittsbrrg Stock Exchange voted to
close following the closing of the New
York Exchange shortly after noon today.