Boys Deliver Two Bombs in Boxes to Steel Building Paris, Sept. 12.
A tremendous explosion was heard here at 10 p.m. last night, when the quarters of the General Confederation of Employers in Rue de Pres-bourg was blown up while another explosion in Rue Boissiere badly damaged the building of the Steel Industries of the Paris area.
The right wing of the confederation building was completely destroyed, blocking the street with debris. It is believed that two policemen were buried in the ruins, There were no victims in the Rue Boissiere explosion, but considerable damage was done to the building An investigation revealed that the janitor of the confederation building had received a small box from a delivery-boy with instructions to hand it over to the Vice-President, Baron Petiet. The box, which was left on the ground floor exploded at 10 pin.
It is believed that a similar box was deposited by the delivery-boy in the elevator cage of the Rue Boissiere building.—Havas.
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