DEATH & DESTRUCTION ON WALL STREET
New York City (JFK+50) At 12:01 p.m. on September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded at Wall and Broad Streets across from J.P. Morgan bank headquarters here in New York City.
The explosion came from inside a horse-drawn carriage which contained 100 pounds of dynamite and 500 pounds of cast iron sash weights. Thirty people, "street workers, vendors and clerks," were killed instantly with as many as ten more dying later from their wounds. Hundreds were injured.
Authorities suspected radical leftist groups were responsible but were never able to bring forth a conviction. The bomb explosion resulted in over $2 million in damage.
The Washington Post called the bombing an "act of war." The incident led to greater efforts to track activities of radical groups.
SOURCE
"New York's worst terror attack before 9/11 was 100 years ago. No one was ever convicted," by Jeff Glor, CBS News, September 12, 2020, www.cbsnews.com/
Wall Street Bombing
September 16, 1920
