Wall Street: 16th September 1920, 12:01 pm

"At approximately one minute after twelve o'clock, the abandoned wagon's
timer reached zero in the pleasant afternoon sun. A bomb consisting of
one hundred pounds of dynamite packed with five hundred pounds of
cast-iron slugs violently vomited red-hot shrapnel and destruction in
every direction. A number of passers-by were instantly vaporized by the
extreme heat and pressure. The blast sent a nearby automobile careening
through the air as countless jagged iron fragments ripped through the
crowd. The nearby structures trembled as the shock wave slammed into
their outer walls with tremendous force, shattering windows and turning
lobbies into lacerating hailstorms of glass. Many of the cloth awnings
which overlooked the street burst into flames. Within a half-mile
radius thousands of plate-glass windows burst in the city's tall
buildings, peppering the streets of Lower Manhattan with razor-sharp
glass shards."



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