88 Years Ago Today

At 12:01, September 16, 1920, a horse cart packed with dynamite blew up outside 23 Wall Street, which was the headquarters of J.P. Morgan. Thirty-eight people were killed and 400 were injured. Pockmarks from the blast can still be seen on the building and the company has said that it will never been repaired. No one was ever charged.

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on September 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

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