Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-31

neither Il nor any OF the other oc-
cupants were hurt.
Mr.. and Mira. Frank Simmons live
Mt 1893 East Fourteenth street, They
are fully a block from tho railroad
bridge. but 4 window In the front Of
the house wac demolished and the
whole building was shaken other
houses In this row on the north side
OF the street were rocked on their
foundations. but not otherwise dam
aged.
Shock Felt ut Distant Points.
The report OF the blast was plainly
heard over wide area. One railroad
engineer living Mt Twenty-sixsh and
Market streets stated today that he
had heard It distinctly. Residents on
tho east side OF town were aroused
from sleep by the noise and some OF
them declared their homes trembled
from tho force OF the blast. In all
that section beyond Eleventh stree.
bridge the shock was greatest. but rs
far as could he learned none OF the
buildings was damaged any more than
would result from their trembling
upon their foundations. Many persons
thought powder mill had blown up.
so loud was the report OF the blast
and so severe It's effect.
When II occurred the railroad po-
lcemen who were at the tower at
Vandever avenue hurried TO the scene
They were quickly joined by some of
the city police. who also had been In
the neighborhood. A report OF what
had occurred was Immediately sent to
| police headquarters and every avail
| able officer was hurried to the scene
under command OF Sergeant Andrew
Devinney.
| on tile scene within three minutes
after the explosion occurred and all
Immediately started search OF the
entire neighborhood in an effort to
capture the person or persons re-
sponsible for the deed. but no one could
be located, Nothing was found on or
under the bridge that would furnish a
clue as TO what had been used. Cap
tain Ward of the railroad police was
summoned and stationed men 10 guard
| the property. He was unable TO make
any statement about the affair this
morning or 10 tell what the railroad
company's plans are relative TO snfe-
guarding their property from such a
thing in the future.
Police Hunt Source Of Explosive.
Superintendent OF Police George
Black stated this morning that he has
plain clothes men working on the
case and he also instructed the uni
formed police to do everything within
their power TO run down the perpetra-
tors OF the explosion. The police are
trying 10 locate the source OF the
dynamite which was used. They are
endeavoring 10 determine IL Il hac
been purchased In this city and IL q,
by whom. They are handicapped b,
the fact that the blast completed,
wiped out all trace of any bomb OF
container in which the dynamite ma,
have been placed. II a time bomb
they figure il must have been held II
! something, and II fuse bomb thel
; there must have been fuse and cap
/ to detonate the main charge and the
2 want to know where these were &c
2 cured None OF the quarries repor
l the loss of any such explosives.
One Of the strange freaks OF the ex
T. plosion is the fact that the blast di
q not damage the arc light which wa
e burning at Fourteenth and Bower
? streets. There We're also two sma
e electric lights under the bridge TO 8
- illuminate the sidewalk there One
n these WAS damaged and extinguishe
d The other was found intact later. TT
{ arc light remained burning after III
It explosion and the wreckage was plair
II ly evident in It's bright glare. TT
p corner was by no means dark through
|. out the night and this adds to n
e mystery as TO who placed tho bonn
v when they did It and how they did
\ without attracting attention or bein
g discovered in the act. 1t was the bell
v this morning that the person WI
placed the charge climbed up from II
g street, crawled along the canopy und,
h the bridge 10 the abutment, otherwi.
V anyone on the tracks could have bee
q seen by the officers at the tower ,
g Nandever avenue.
l. With the exception OF the damas
II done 10 the bridge none OF the raj
road companys equipment ws
e affected by the blast Trains wei
h running this morning without della
d or interruption.