New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-06
SIDEWALKS Blown
right Up IN AIR
Eve Witnesses to New York Elk.
plosion Describe Scene
TWO SUSPECTS ARE FREED

Police Satisfied that Men Arrested in
Trackwalkers' Dugout Had Moth
ing to do With Blowing up OF
Subway Stations.
New York, Aug. 6 lP-An eye
witness today told how the sidewalks
rose in the air by the force Of the
blasts OF the explosions in the sub
way last night.
Captain William A. Mcintyre of
the 169th Infantry. with two COM
panions, was walking in With street,
near Fourth avenue, when the explo-
sion occurred.
Rose In the Air
1.-The sidewalks actually rose in
the air." he said. "and we ran to the
subway under a shower Of falling
glass from windows two stories
above the street.
"On the northbound tracks Of the
subway We found man and carried
him to the street where he was given
first aid by Captain Reilly. medical
officer of the list regiment.
I'VE then reentered the subway
and searched through the wash room
an dtheti cket booth for other per-
sons 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 plat
! form.
AT the north end of the station
we found two cigar boxes wrapped
in newspapers, and we thought it
might be another bomb. An I'M
! known fireman grabbed the box and
/ took it out of the station. He GER
! tainly deserves credit for the chance
| he took.
while we were searching the sta
ton guards assisted historical pas
sengers to the street. The telephone
! booth at the north end of the sta
| ton had been ripped from its place
/ by the force of the explosion and
the weighing machine had been torn
apart. We came up from the sub
way aftergoing thoroughly over
! both platforms and the tracks"
Suspects Freed
Two men found in the east side
subway of the Interboreugh cont
pany were taken into custody today.
One of the men. who gave his name
as Stanley luke. 81. was found by Il
motorman in q trackwalkers' dug
out, recess In the walls. The mo-
torman stopped his train and took
Kim to the platform where he was
Joined by companion, Chester Cab
lowsy, also 81. He said they
were residents of Scanton. Pa luke
said his hat had blown off while
waiting for train and he had step
ped onto the track to retrive it.
luke and Gablowsk3 were releas-
ed after being questioned two hours
by members of the bomb squad. Po-
lice said they were satisfied they
had nothing to do with the explo-
sions.
Ticket Agents Story
Thomas Buckley. ticket agent at
the Interborough station at Fourth
avenue and 2Sth street, whose booth
was blown to pieces by the bomb
that wrecked the station last night,
escaped with few minor bruises
1T was in my booth when sud
denly everything went black" he
said. Il did not see any flare-up.
The first thing l knew was when this
blackness came down. l guess I was
knocked out for a time by the force
of the thing, but whatever happen
ed, l know that 1 was on the floor
when l came to my senses"
Another Version
| Oscar Teifer, who was standing on
the opposite platform on the B. NJ.
7. station at Broadway and 2Sth
street from where the explosion at
midnight occurred, said 'it seemed
like the whole town was falling on
him.
Il was waiting for a tlain and was
walking up and down the PLATFORM -
he said. My wife had gone to the
rest room. I did not see any men
run from the other side of the sta
ton where the bomb went off, but
before l knew what had happened
there was a flash, and l was fiat on
my face. 1t seemed like the whole
town was falling on me. There
were bricks and pieces of mortar
I remember breathing some of the
dust and trying to get up to find my
wife. Then I lost consciousness.
when 1 woke up, the station was
black. Not light. l CROPPED to
the rest room and found my wife
lying on her side, unconscious.
dragged her out and then We
! stumbled into police and fsemen
with flashlights.