The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16
COLLISION OF VEHICLES PROBABLE E CAUSE OF CATASTROPHE; LOSS
 OF PROPERTY OVER MILLION

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (by Associated Press).-One of the accidents that shocked this great city, the country happened in the financial district today Just lin front of the office of J. P Morgan Co.'s banking insti uon Wall street, occurred explosion that killed thirty people according the latest estimates and wounded two hundred and Women Of the dead, three girls evidently clerks stenographers the Wall street offices whose bodies were terribly initiated
 The whole city rocked with the force of the explosion and great excihent prevailed everywhere Never all the history of this city has such excited crowds of people tonged the streets. The crowds and the excitement which pre- vailed in New York Annistce Day in 1918 the nearest approacn to the condition of the muudes today only the excitement of and menacng natue rather than iubian and enthusiastic
 The great stock exchanges immediately suspending ness the curb exchange following. The whole of lower New York closed it's offices and hurried to the of the disaster
 The first people the attended the wounded who scattered everywhere within radius of block along the streets each side of the banking house. general fire alarm sent in and the fire apparatus and ambunces dashed through the streets of the financial district reckless speed which was not relaxed because of the i'm mense crowds centering towards Wall street.
 For blocks the streets of the district covered with shattered glass; and the broken remains of and horses The whole financial district presents of demo ton Not pane of glass remains in any of the buildings near the Shattered bricks mortar and granite from the buildings themselves and the many sky scrapers have ugly holes in the bases of the buildings where the and bricks have been torn out by the force of the explosion
 The white marble of of the buildings is decorated with ghasty spotches of blood As the police serves could be mobized in the district of the accident the streets cleared of spectators and cordon of uniformed buecoats thrown around it. The number of dead is being in creased First reports made Fifteen minutes after the tragedy the police reported that they had uncovered fifteen bodies in the debris Twenty minutes later the list of dead had grown to thirty.
 The Unted States sub-treasury with billion and half in gold, silver and currency within its vaus is located inn nedaey opposite the of the explosion and the first faction of the police after attending the dead and injured to place heavy guard around the budng The soldiers
 oveors Island sent for and responded fast boats could bring them, and the infantry parolling the whole district with loaded guns and fixed bayonets.
 Nothing definite has been learned the cause of the explosion There evidence the fast that an auto mobile, containing two men, to approach the J. P Morgan bank where they aghe and then threw dropped la bombA The police theory that wagon bearing load E N T. must have coded with automobile other wagon y accident The city fire marshal has expressed an opinion that judging from the nature of the damage the explosion was caused by dynamite
 The federal authorities in Washington have decided to probe the affair and William J. Flynn head of the bureau of investigation, has left his office in Washington and is expect ed to arrive the scene shortly.
 Frank Francisco of the abest investigators for the department o justice said that the collision of vehicles bomb plot caused the explosion The damage the Nor gan building estimated at about $50OO and the total iperfS loss will run over $1 100000