The Archive · 1927

Whole Potice Force Mobilized

Later.

In consequence of the explosions' which occurred last night the entire police-force of' New York, totalling.

900 officers and men, has been srily mobilized. Large forces are' guarding public buildings, stations, the mu 18 and the Stock' Exchange.

'A double patrol has been placed the trams in Boston, where heavy, reinforcements axe guarding the} homes of offelals and State bull-

The trains. in the subways were stopped by safety devices.

It is believed that a bomb equipped with a time-fuse was placed in a telephone-booth but exploded pre~ maturely and thus failed to wreck two approaching trains, The police formed. a cordon to control the! pinic-stricken crowds of weeping women and screaming children.

"The explosion occurred immmediately beneath the corner where the Corn Exchange Bank has its offices.

The low ensualty Li due to fact that the explosions occurred Just prior to the homeward rush of the crowds from the theatres.

"The severest damage occurred on Broadway, between 28th and 30th Streets, where hotel and store windows were smashed and goods thrown out on the pavements.

The police, apparently, were not taken entirely by surprise. They] quickly formed cordons and searched suspected persons.

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