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on her side, unconscious. I dragged
her out and then we stumbled into
| police and firemen with flashlights"
The entire New York Police De-
partment. consisting of approximately
| $4,000 men, was modified at full
| strength today by Police Commits
| sioner Warren and guard thrown
| around all public buildings, subway
and elevated stations.
Specific places, in addition to rail-
! road terminals and public centers,
| ordered guarded by the commissions
Municipal Building, the Stock Ex-
change. banks. Public Library and
| metropolitan Museum.
Miss Helen Fhelan, b. M. T. agent
at Broadway and Twenty-eighth
street narrowly escaped death when
the interior of the station was wrecked
by Il bomb.
The booth, with Miss Phelan inside,
was hurled onto the tracks. Miss
Phelan's dress, shawl and shoes were
blown off and at first it was believed
she had been blown to bits. Police
found her later, however. and she
was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Thomas Buckley. ticket agent at
avenue and Twenty-eghth street,
whose booth was blown to pieces by
the bomb, escaped with q few minor
bruises.
II was in my booth when suddenly
everything went black" he said, in
relating his experience. Il did not
hear the explosion and l did not see
any flare-up. The first thing | knew
was when this blackness came down."
An eyewitness today described how
Sidewalks rose in the air" under the
blasts Of the subway bomb explosions.
Capt. William A. Mcintyre of the
16oth Infantry, with two companions.
was walking along Twenty eighth
street near Fourth avenue. when the
explosion occurred.
Sidewalks Rose in Air.
"The sidewalks actually rose in the
air." he said, land we ran to the sub.
way under shower Of falling glass
from windows two stories above the
street.
ION the northbound tracks of the
subway we found man and carried
him to the street, where he was given
first aid by Capt. Reilly. medical Off
Ger of the list Regiment
I'VE then re-entered the subway
and searched through the washroom
and the ticket booth for other persons
who might be there. 1t was pitch
dark and we had to grope our way
over piles of loose tile and rocks and
plaster which covered the platform.
"At the north end of the station we
found two cigar boxes wrapped in
newspapers, and we thought it might
be another bomb. An unknown fire.
man grabbed the box and took it out
of the station. He certainly deserves
cl edit for the chance he took.
while we were searching the sta
ton, a train pulled in and we assist
ed hysterical passengers to the street.
The telephone booth at the north end
Of the station had been ripped from
it's place by the force Of the explosion
and the weighing machine had been
torn apart. We came up from the
subway after going thoroughly over
both platforms and the tracks"
Police Assign No Motive.
Police declined to assign any mo-
tive for the bombinEs, and Thomas +.
Brophy, chief fire marshal, in charge
of the fire departments investigation,
would merely say the blasts probably
were caused by Internal machines.
A. r. Merritt, superintendent OF
transportation of the Interborough
Co. however, said he was confident
the explosions were set off in SYM
pathy for Sacco and VanZetti.
The explosion at the Broadway and
Twenty-eighth street station Of tho
b. M. r. caused the greatest damage.
The bomb, discharged in the mems
layatory on the south side OF the sta
ton, blasted away the 15-inch concrete
and tile wall of the room, demonsheo
the turnstiles and change booth and
threw debris across the four tracks.
The bomb at the Interborough sta
ton at Fourth avenue and twenty
eighth street appeared to nave Deen
placed at a point near the high power
cable compartment along the sou'h
side of the northbound platform.
Passengers Flee to Street.
Police believe the bombs exploded
prematurely, having been planned TO
go off while trains were in the sta
tions. A moment after the blast IN
the Broadway station a southbound
local train pulled in. The motorman
stopped the train, however. when ne
ran into the cloud Of choking dust ana
smoke and trainmen sought to calm
the frightened passengers. Motormen
of two other approaching trains also
stopped when they saw the ciouo OF
smoke and dust.
The explosion was so violent that
1t was felt at the Thirty-fourth street
station, the first station north or the
scene of the blast. A moment after
the roar was heard, clouds or heaVy
smoke rolled through the tunnel and
passengers waiting at Thirty-fourth
street fled to the street.
Windows in buildings on both sides
of Broadway were shattered for a dis
tance of two blocks and varied as
sortment of clothing. dummies, shoes
and lingerie from store windows was
strewn about the streets. Hotel Bres'
lin. at Twenty-ninth street, was