Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-17


 A mysterious explosion this noon in Wall street. near Broad. believed by trained department of justice and police investl-ators 10 have been caused by an .nferral machine. rocked the heart Of New Works financial district, leaving death and destruction in it's wake At least 29 persons were killed. more +rsn 900 were injured. the banking house of J. r. Morgan & Company the ,ua-t-casury and the assay office were r4l-i,lv wrecked and property damage estimated in excess of Sl,OoO,OVV was caused by the blast
 Thomas " Lamont, of the J. r. Nor gan firm. expressed the belief, however That the explosion was purely an accl- 5.-, caused by a collision between an .s7f,siys-la!cn wagon and another ve- r.ei.. The firm had received no threats rf any kind. he said. and there was no r.aI reason for the planting Of a pomo outside the firms office
 Tn, noon hour had struck and an end less stream of office workers hau' just started pourinc into the streets from bvIld.nrs in the neighborhood. Sudden i, a cloud of yellowish, black smoke ana piercing jet of flame learad from the street outside the Morgan offices.
 Blast Was Deafenlng. Then came deafening blast. A mo, rncnt later scores of men, women anu children were lying prostrate on the ground and the streets were covered with debris from thousands of broken windows and the torn facades of adJa- rrut buildings Two minutes later the stock and curb exchanges, the financial ruls- Of the world, had closed. Panic and confusion roigned in the heart ol New Works financial district Trougands of clerks and stenograph erz. many of them girls, fled in terror from adjoining structures. Scores 1aint ed. feH and were trampled on Tn the rush. Meanwhile, the noise of the eA rlosior which was heard throughou Lower Manhattan and across the rive in Brooklyn brought thousands ol 'n -urious To the scene.
 The few police on duty in the dlstrlc were unable Co cope with the crowd and hurry cail for police reserves wa s.nt 10 all down town police stations
 Soldiers sent For.
 Sub-treasury officials. fearing that a attempt might be made to TOD LII I-rf.n~ ali tho windows of which wer .-sts- requested assistance of the mill .s-v antiquities at Governors lslan and a company of soldiers was sent guard the structure Tfr-rv calls were also sent to all hos -r-ls in ,ha downtown section of Ne' v,-,. and scores of ambulances wer -o.- -ooeding through the narro' r,~eafs Dressing stations were estaf r.asJ io thc lobbics of buildings nearb ,.fara ih. less seriously injured wei -.,.r tr> diato treatment. EvidenC tending to conrm the theory that the e' YI,s.or was caused by bomb or son --bs- informal machine came from SCI eral sources.
 Partial List of Dead.
 ra-.al list of the dead follows:
 william T. Joyce, clerk of J. P Morga E co.
 IudoIph Portong. bank teller Jamaic N Y.
 Colonel Charles Neville, |. s. A, Ne York city.
 Mildred Alexander, New York city. E A. Sweet address unknown.
 Mir. - McArthurs, address U known
 air. Ellsworth, Brooklyn. Mss L. M Dickinson, stenographe Eimhurst. N. '.
 l.. l.. Roberts. New York city.
 Bartholomew F1annery. New York cit Rerinald Ellsworth, West Orange, J.
 Alexander Leith. New York city. Charles Landrothe, Brooklyn.
 An unidentified woman 55 years old Volunteer hospital
 A boy about 1e at Volunteer hospita A man. about 40, feet ten, brown ha at Volunteer hospital.
 n he either Barnes or Joseph c. Cranberry.
 Robert Westday, IS, messenger b' New York city.
 Remand J. Kennedy, 30, messenger, e ployed at 1i5 Broad street.
 Miss Carolyn \. Dickinson, 40 Ell hurst. l.. ].
 Colin B. Mcclure, 25. Yonkers, N. Miss Mari Drury, 2s, stenographer, Brooklyn.
 Charles Londroct, about 25, employ at 25 Broad street, address unknown. William Furman Hutchinson, about insurance broker, Garden City, N. Y. John Johnson, 55, porter employed Bank of America, A Wall street
 Joseph Schmitt, 90. clerk, Bayside. '.
 Joseph Aurebury, 27, married. New Y, city.
 Raymond Miller, address unknown.
 Lewis K. Smith, New York.
 Injured Living in Greater New York Among the injured who live in Grea New York are:
 Jesse F. Bser. Burlington, N. J.
 Worth BaEley. Washington, D. c.
 John C. Bronylow, Hillsdale, N. J.
 James Butts, Yonkers, N. '.
 Arthur J. C. Cole, North Arlington, ]. Condition serious.
 Joseph Dickman. Pladone. N. '.
 Paul DaSkin. Hoboken, J.
 NSsm Diamon. Jersey City, N. J.
 Walter Dickinson, Yonkers, N. Y.
 Leo K. Drury. Washington, D. C.
 Martin Ellis. West New York, N. J.
 Reginald Ellsworth, West OranPn, N
 William Foley, Englewood, N. J.
 Arthur Gathersole, North Arlington, J
 Floyd Johnson. Yonkers, N. Y.
 4. B. Jessup, Jeddo, Pr.
 John Kunkie. Cranford, x. J.
 George Luhrs, 75 Nassau street, P,