New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-06
new Y0Rk'S entire POLICE FORCE Modified
To PROTECT SUbWAYS AND PUBLIC uILD|NGS,
FOLLOWING DISASTROUS UNDERGROUND BLASTS
Sacco- Vanzetti Sympathizers Blamed For Blow
ing up Of Station at 18th street and Broadway
and Another at 4th Avenue Injured =
Force Of Explosions Rip Out Walls and Does
Great Damage.

New York, Aug. 6 LP-The entire
New York police department con-
sisting of approximately $4,000 men
was modified at full strength today
by Police Commissioner Warren and
a guard thrown around all public
buildings, subway and elevated sta
tons.
Specific places. In addition to rail.
road terminals and public centerA
ordered guarded by the commission
er were: City hall, court houses,
municipal building. the stock ex-
change. banks, public library. and
Metropolitan museum.
Action was taken following the
double explosion in the subways
shortly before midnight which in
lured a score of persons. wrecked
two stations and shattered store
! fronts over a wide area.
When details OF the New York ex-
blossoms first became known. Tho
track walking detail also was. augu-
mented.
1t was reported that while the
company felt no apprehension that
an attempt would be made at terror
! ism here. it would seek to protect IT.
self and its riders against all posi-
| bilities. The guard was to stay on
duty throughout the day, when. 1t
was expected a further announce
ment would be forthcoming.
Two Bomb Explosions
The two bomb explosions-attrib-
uted by traction official to Sacco-
Nanzetti sympathizers shortly
before midnight, wrecked a station
on each Of New Yorks trunk line
subways. At least a score OF persons
We're injured, two of them seriously,
hundreds on trains outside the inn
mediate area of danger were thrown
into confusion in the darkened,
fume-filled tunnels, and window
fronts for blocks in the streets
above were shattered.
The explosions occurred within
about 10 minutes of each other, the
first demolishing the northbound
station of the Brooklyn Manhattan
Transit company at 2Sth street and
Broadway and the second the north
bound station of the PETERBOROUGH
Rapid Transit company at 2Sth
street and Fourth avenue.
At the scene of the first blast four
persons were injured sufficiently to
require medical attention. one OF
them an unidentified man being
thrown from the platform to the
tracks. He was taken to a hospital in
serious condition. At least II per-
sons were injured at the scene Of
the second explosion.
Police declined to assign any mo-
tive for the bombing. and Thomas
P. Brophy, chief fire marshal in
charge of the fire departments in
vestigation. would merely say the
blasts probably were caused by in
fernal machines"
Blames Sacco Sympathy
z. r. Merritt, superintendent Of
transportation of the marlborough
company, however, said he was con-
fident the explosions were set of in
sympathy for Sacco and Vanzetti.
radicals sentenced to death in Bos-
ton for murder. He said he was GER
tain that they were not planned as
a labor reprisal to the recent strike.
Police Commissioner Joseph A.
Warren personally took charge Of
the situation and Immediately order
ed all policemen on vacations recall
ed and all impending vacations can
celled.
Damage Extensive
The explosion at the Broadway
and 2Sth street station of the B. NJ.
T. caused the greatest damage. Tho
bomb, discharged in the mems lava
tory on the south side of the station
blasted away the IS inch tile wall
of the room. demolished the turn
stiles and change booth and threw
debris across the four tracks.
The bomb at the Interborough
station at Fourth avenue and 2Sth
street appeared to have been placed
at point near the high power cable
compartment. The wall was blown
out. the sidewalks above ripped up
! and all the glass in the kiosks
smashed.
Police believe the bombs exploded
prematurely, having been planned
to go off while trains were in the sta
tons. A moment after the blast in
the Broadway station, a south bound
local train pulled in. The motorman
stopped the train, however. when he
; ran into the cloud of choking dust
and smoke and trainmen sought to
: calm the frightened passengers Mo-
tormen of two other approaching
2 trains also stopped when they saw
. the cloud of smoke and dust.
:. Heard at Next Station
l The explosion was so violent that
r it was felt at the saith street station.
: the first station north of the scene
3 of the blast. A moment after the
. roar was heard. clouds of heavy
smoke rolled through the tunnel and
+ passenger waiting at saith fed to the
=. streets.
Windows in buildings on both
~ sides of Broadway were shattered
. for distance of two blocks and
varied assortments OF clothing, dunn
Z mics. shoes and lingerie from store
:. windows was strewn about the
u street.
: Hotel Breslin Rocked
Hotel Breslin. at c9th street, waa
rocked and guests in their room,
across the tracks from the scene Of
II pedestrians scurried from sidewalks
y into doorways and Railways to -
l. cape the falling glass.