Explosion wrecks Morgan building and subtreasury in Wall Street blast
The Morgan Bank building and the adjacent subtreasury suffered major damage from the Wall Street explosion. Windows shattered, glass domes broken, and marble interiors scorched. Eyewitnesses reported injured people, including three girls, and ambulances and troops assisted in the recovery.
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J. P. Morgan & Company
Sub
Treasury
Morgan
Morgan Bank
Italy
Black Tom Island
United States
Wall Street
Bomb Blast Rocks New York Financial District at Noon
At noon a massive explosion in the heart of lower Manhattan killed 29 and wounded about 200. Troops guarded the sub treasury after windows were shattered and crowds surged through streets as hospitals activated dressing stations. Police and Burns agency officials linked the blast to a timed bomb with iron slugs and a wagon driver missing.
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The
Stock Exchange
Thomas W. Lamont
Henry P. Davison
Morgan
Junius Spencer Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Lamont
William Joyce
Thomas ‘W. Joyce
Broad Street
Exchange
Battery Ferry
K Company
22D
U. S. Infantry
Fort Jay
Governor’s Island
New York Financial District
New York
Financial District
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Sub-Treasury
Lahey
William J. Burns Detective Agency
Burns
Sub
Morgan Bank
Made Street A Shambles in New York
A dramatic Associated Press report describes a sudden explosion in New York City’s financial district turning the busy street into a shambles. Eyewitness accounts say death and hundreds of injuries sent people fleeing to shelters as officials begin investigations.
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New, York
Associated Press
Yelagy
America
Financial Center
New York
Wall Street Explosion Describes a City in Turmoil
A witness recalls the Wall Street blast near Broadway and Nassau Street. He describes a mushroom cloud from the Morgan Bank area, shattered windows, burning wreckage, and numerous casualties as police restrain crowds outside the ruined finance district.
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Wall
Broadway
River Tubes
Wall Street
Wal
Nassau
Broad
Wallstreet
Sub-Treasury
J.P. Morgan & Co
Partial Dead and Injured List Tally From Major Incident
A partial list enumerates the dead and injured in New York and New Jersey. Names include William T. Joyce of J. P. Morgan & Co and Jerome H. McKean, with dozens of others across Brooklyn Queens and neighboring states listed with ages and addresses. Victims span clerks, stenographers, bankers, and insurance workers, with injuries ranging from lacerations to burns and head injuries.
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New York
William T. Joyce
J. P. Morgan & Co
Jerome H. McKean
Ludolph Portong
McCauley Avenue
Jamaica
N. Y
Mr .Ellsworth
Gerard Street
Brooklyn
Hattover “Street
Elmhurst
Charles Landrothe
John Schmitt
Bayside
Joseph Aurebury
Sherman Avenue
New York City
Raymond Miller
Bernard J. Kennedy
Broad Street
Carolyn N. Dickinson
L. I
Colin B. McClure
Yonkers
Mark Drury
Charles Londrod
William Furman Hutchison
Garden City
John Johnson
Porter
Bank of America
Wall Street
Lewis K. Smith
Long Island
Albert Siegel
Glendale
Fred W. Thompson
Goodhaven
George Watt
Somerville
N. J
John Markle
Jeddo
Penn
A. B. Jessup
Worth Begley
Washington, D.C
Arthur J. C. Cole
North Arlington
Arthur Gathersole
Frank Stoba
Bergen Field
Raymond Reddington
New Monmouth
J. W. Riege
Or Ridge
Mt. Vernon
Martin Ellis
West New York
James L. Robertson
Bayonne
Harry McQuire
Jersey City
Paul Darkin
Hoboken
Jesse B. Baer
Burlington
M. J
William Folden
Freeport
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Morgan Building
Jerome H. McKeen
Nelson Avenue
Bronx
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of
D. S. Belden
South Third Street
South Orange
Hiram David
W. 5
Pearce
David
Morgan Buildig
Road Street
French High Commission
Commission
Arnaud
Maurice Casengue
Casenave
West 92d Street
Charles Matthews
Lincoln Read
Lamont
Matthews
Richard Campbell
Morgan's
Broad and
Wall Streets
Charles Neville
West 44Th Street
Alfred Mayer
West 138Th Street
E. A. Sweet
McArthurs
G. B. Barnes
Joseph G. Cranberry
Robert Westday
West 24Th Street
Leo K. Drury
Washington, DC
Reginald Ellsworthy
W. Orange
William Foley
Englewood
Floyd Johnson
John Kunkle
Crawford
George Luhrs
Ray McQuade
Elmer Diamond
Passaic
John G. Brownlow
Hillsdale
James Butts
Sam Diamond
Walter Dickinson
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