Time clock bombs strike Wall Street in 1920s outrage
William J Burns, on the scene within minutes, alleges time clock bombs caused the Wall Street blast. A delivery wagon from the East Side triggered destruction near the Morgan offices, sub treasury, and stock exchange. Investigators and agents from Burns Morgans, Flynn, Price, and justice officials converge on the scene.
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New York
Wall Street
William J. Burns
Burns
Broadway
Nassau Street
Assay Office
Morgan
Sub-Treasury
Stock Exchange
Burne
Financial District
Morgan Office
United States
Morgans
William Flynn
United States Secret Service Forces
Washington
Pennsylvania
Davis J. Price
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
Sidelights on Big New York Explosion
A Wall Street explosion wrecked a touring car and shattered offices in Morgan and surrounding buildings. D S Belden of New Jersey claimed his car as ambulances, gas crews, and police managed a panic scene with hundreds of injured and terrified pedestrians.
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Wall Street
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
New York
D. S. Belden
South Orange
N. J
Great
Bank of England
Credit Lyonnaise
Paris
Financial District
Explosion Follows Red Squad Disbanding
New York reports that the blast occurred one day after the last members of the Red Squad were disbanded. The squad had hunted bomb plots since early in the war, according to DOJ investigator Frank Francisco.
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New York
Frank Francisco
Department of Justice
Department
Woman narrowly escapes as fire engulfs street side
Miss Ella Parry a 22 year old stenographer at A Iselin Co 36 Wall street narrowly avoids injury from glass and plaster as bodies burn on sidewalks near Morgan Co in New York on September 16 1900s?
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New York
Ella Parry
East 55Th Street
A. Iselin & Co
Wall Street
Morgan & Co
Aftermath of a devastating explosion at a city building
Eyewitness describes windows blown out and ceilings collapsing as the Sub-Treasury area is struck. Dozens die on Nassau Street and Morgan's front is wrecked while ambulances, fire engines, and panic fill the streets. Women flee the building as police restore order.
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Governor's Island
Red Cross
Sahara
Hylan
George Washington
Sub-Treasury
Bankers’ Trust
Nassau and
Wall Streets
United States Assay Office
Morgan
Wall Street
Nassau Street
Morgan's
Missing Girl Recaps Near Fatal Airshaft Collapse
A girl recounts a crumbling airshaft that dropped to the bottom. After speaking with her, Miss Parry phoned her mother to say she was safe, though the mother had not yet learned of the accident.
Explosion Mystery Prompts Federal Probe In New York
Washington moves six agencies to investigate a New York financial district blast amid warnings of a radical bomb plot. Attorney General Palmer orders inquiry. Flynn travels to New York. Treasury, Justice, Post Office and Agriculture officials coordinate. War time restrictions considered.
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Sub-Treasury
Washington
New York City
Financial
Metropolis
Department of Justice
Secret Service
The
Treasury
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Palmer
Port
New York
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Department
Houston
United States Sub-Treasury and Assay Office
Treasury Building
David J. Price
Bomb jacket found in boy’s body in New York blast
Dr Charles Norris declared the explosive was trinitrotoluol. A rickety wagon bearing the Du Pont de Nemours name, halted near the Morgan building minutes before the explosion, was blown to dust. The horse pulling it was killed.
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Jerome H. McKean
Nelson Avenue
The
Bronx
New York
Charles Norris
Morgan
du Pont de Nemours Company
Explosion Linked to Wagon Sightings Near Broadway
Police investigated a blast that killed Robert Westday. A trunk check issued by New York Central at Saranac Lake was found with the dead man. Witnesses reported a covered wagon marked explosives seen near Broadway and Vesey Street. Officials found bent wagon axle and steel tires, supporting a time fuse bomb theory.
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Saranac Lake
Washington, D. C
Norris
Robert Westday
Westday
John W. Muntch
Astoria
N. Y
Lower Broadway
Broadway
Vesey Street
John Street
Explosion Slug Remnants Found Nearby
Witnesses described metal wagon fragments and hundreds of feet away in the street. Slugs picked up after the blast were hot and carried strong chemical odors linked to explosive manufacture.
Attempts on Sage and Morgan Rec recalled
New York news recalls two renowned attacks: J P Morgan’s near fatal shooting at his Glen Cove summer home by Frank Holt later identified as Erich Muenter, and Russell Sage’s lower Broadway office bombing in 1891 by Henry F Norcross. Sage’s guard Walter Laidlaw saved him though injured for life.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Glen Cove
N. Y
Russell Sage
Lower Broadway
Morgan
Frank Holt
Erich Muenter
Cornell University
Harvard
Henry F. Norcross
Mr. Sage
Walter Laidlaw
Laidlaw
Explosions Mark New York’s Tumultuous Decades
A historical roundup recalls major New York explosions from 1910 to 1916. It notes the December 19 1910 wall collapse at the Lexington Avenue power house after a gas tank ignition, the December 1910 barge dynamite blast near Communipart, and the July 30 1916 Black Tom explosion that damaged Lower Manhattan with fatalities and extensive property loss.
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New York
New York Central
Lexington Avenue
New Jersey Central Terminal
Black Tom
Upper Bay
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Warning to Broker Revealed from Toronto Postcard
George W. Ketchledge a New York broker disclosed a postcard dated Toronto Sept 14 sent to him as a warning. The public posting in the financial district signals a possible alert tied to impending market actions or communications.
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New York
George W. Ketchledge
Financial
Toronto
Canada
Mysterious Card Warns Of Wall Street Attack
A postcard signed Ed Fisher warned of a Wall Street bust at 3 o clock on a Wednesday. Ketchledge says Fisher, a lawyer sidelined by paranoia, may have sent it as a joke or coincidence amid a recent explosion. officials dismissed the threat as absurd.
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Wall Street
Ketchledge
Ed Fisher
Thirty Detectives Guard Morgan Home In New York
Thirty detectives from West 30th Street station were assigned to surveil the Morgan home at Madison Avenue between 36th and 37th Streets. They patrolled doorways rooftops and vantage points ordering stops on any person or car giving the slightest reason for suspicion.
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New York
West 30Th Street
Morgan
36Th
37Th Streets
Madison Avenue
Extra guards protect Treasury after New York explosion
Washington Sept. 16 Extra guards and other protective measures will be placed about the United States Treasury until it is determined whether the New York explosion was an accident or part of a plot. Secretary Houston announced late today.
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Washington
United States Treasury
New York
Houston
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Iselin
Equitable
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