A mysterious explosion, which shook a large part of the town and practically demolished the interior of the Peerless Bakery and seriously damaged the Wright Jewelry Shoppe on one side of the bakery and less seriously damaged the Quality Grocery Store on the other side, all on Front Street, occurred at 5:40 o'clock last night. The explosion, according to experts, was caused by the discharge of a large quantity of dynamite or black powder placed by someone with criminal intent beneath the floor of the Peerless Bakery.

The charge, it is believed, had been placed during high tide by someone apparently with malicious intent. One section of an iron I beam, uncovered by a gaping hole in the wood floor by the blast, was visibly bent on top and bottom. This beam, with several concrete pillars form the supports for the two electric ovens in the Peerless Bakery room to the rear of the sales room.

A large double door connecting the sales room with the bake-shop was blown inward toward the former room and holes were blown in the sky-light, which is about 15 feet above the floor level. Where Charge Was Placed The heavy wooden beams beneath the building and the piling which they connect were slightly scarred and because of their powder scorched appearance plainly showed that the charge was placed close beneath the flooring. This flooring had just recently been laid according to the proprietors.

Henry Meier, part owner of the building and Peerless Bakery, with Oscar Hagstead, driver of the company's truck, were standing in the sales room at the time of the explosion. Both were thrown several feet, the latter falling to the floor. Other employees of the Bakery had left the building shortly after 5 o'clock. Windows Shattered Heavy plate glass windows in the front of the bakery and Wright's Jewelry Shoppe were broken and forced outward toward the street. Fire Department on Scene The fire department, summoned by an alarm, in charge of Fire Chief J. L. Gray, too control of the situation. Members extinguished a fire which started in a large piece of vanvas used as a cover for a bread rack standing near the place of the explosion. Others began an investigation beneath the floor, reaching the water level by means of a ladder lowered through the hole. The only evidence found last night was a short piece of charred rope.

Both Henry Meier and Theodor Heyder, owners of the Peerless Bakery say that they know of no enemies who would perpetrate such a crime against them, but it is significant the explosive was planted where it would likely blow up the two electric ovens in their shop.

A crowd gathered in the street and because of the immediate danger a rope was stretched across the (Continued on Page Two.)

A mysterious explosion, which shook a large part of the town and practically demolished the interior of the Peerless Bakery and seriously damaged the Wright Jewelry Shoppe on one side of the bakery and less seriously damaged the Quality Grocery Store on the other side, all on Front Street, occurred at 5:40 o'clock last night. The explosion, according to experts, was caused by the discharge of a large quantity of dynamite or black powder placed by someone with criminal intent beneath the floor of the Peerless Bakery.

The charge, it is believed, had been placed during high tide by someone apparently with malicious intent. One section of an iron I beam, uncovered by a gaping hole in the wood floor by the blast, was visibly bent on top and bottom. This beam, with several concrete pillars form the supports for the two electric ovens in the Peerless Bakery room to the rear of the sales room.

A large double door connecting the sales room with the bake-shop was blown inward toward the former room and holes were blown in the sky-light, which is about 15 feet above the floor level. Where Charge Was Placed The heavy wooden beams beneath the building and the piling which they connect were slightly scarred and because of their powder scorched appearance plainly showed that the charge was placed close beneath the flooring. This flooring had just recently been laid according to the proprietors.

Henry Meier, part owner of the building and Peerless Bakery, with Oscar Hagstead, driver of the company's truck, were standing in the sales room at the time of the explosion. Both were thrown several feet, the latter falling to the floor. Other employees of the Bakery had left the building shortly after 5 o'clock. Windows Shattered Heavy plate glass windows in the front of the bakery and Wright's Jewelry Shoppe were broken and forced outward toward the street. Fire Department on Scene The fire department, summoned by an alarm, in charge of Fire Chief J. L. Gray, too control of the situation. Members extinguished a fire which started in a large piece of vanvas used as a cover for a bread rack standing near the place of the explosion. Others began an investigation beneath the floor, reaching the water level by means of a ladder lowered through the hole. The only evidence found last night was a short piece of charred rope.

Both Henry Meier and Theodor Heyder, owners of the Peerless Bakery say that they know of no enemies who would perpetrate such a crime against them, but it is significant the explosive was planted where it would likely blow up the two electric ovens in their shop.

A crowd gathered in the street and because of the immediate danger a rope was stretched across the (Continued on Page Two.)

A mysterious explosion, which shook a large part of the town and practically demolished the interior of the Peerless Bakery and seriously damaged the Wright Jewelry Shoppe on one side of the bakery and less seriously damaged the Quality Grocery Store on the other side, all on Front Street, occurred at 5:40 o'clock last night. The explosion, according to experts, was caused by the discharge of a large quantity of dynamite or black powder placed by someone with criminal intent beneath the floor of the Peerless Bakery.

The charge, it is believed, had been placed during high tide by someone apparently with malicious intent. One section of an iron I beam, uncovered by a gaping hole in the wood floor by the blast, was visibly bent on top and bottom. This beam, with several concrete pillars form the supports for the two electric ovens in the Peerless Bakery room to the rear of the sales room.

A large double door connecting the sales room with the bake-shop was blown inward toward the former room and holes were blown in the sky-light, which is about 15 feet above the floor level. Where Charge Was Placed The heavy wooden beams beneath the building and the piling which they connect were slightly scarred and because of their powder scorched appearance plainly showed that the charge was placed close beneath the flooring. This flooring had just recently been laid according to the proprietors.

Henry Meier, part owner of the building and Peerless Bakery, with Oscar Hagstead, driver of the company's truck, were standing in the sales room at the time of the explosion. Both were thrown several feet, the latter falling to the floor. Other employees of the Bakery had left the building shortly after 5 o'clock. Windows Shattered Heavy plate glass windows in the front of the bakery and Wright's Jewelry Shoppe were broken and forced outward toward the street. Fire Department on Scene The fire department, summoned by an alarm, in charge of Fire Chief J. L. Gray, too control of the situation. Members extinguished a fire which started in a large piece of vanvas used as a cover for a bread rack standing near the place of the explosion. Others began an investigation beneath the floor, reaching the water level by means of a ladder lowered through the hole. The only evidence found last night was a short piece of charred rope.

Both Henry Meier and Theodor Heyder, owners of the Peerless Bakery say that they know of no enemies who would perpetrate such a crime against them, but it is significant the explosive was planted where it would likely blow up the two electric ovens in their shop.

A crowd gathered in the street and because of the immediate danger a rope was stretched across the (Continued on Page Two.)

A mysterious explosion, which shook a large part of the town and practically demolished the interior of the Peerless Bakery and seriously damaged the Wright Jewelry Shoppe on one side of the bakery and less seriously damaged the Quality Grocery Store on the other side, all on Front Street, occurred at 5:40 o'clock last night. The explosion, according to experts, was caused by the discharge of a large quantity of dynamite or black powder placed by someone with criminal intent beneath the floor of the Peerless Bakery.

The charge, it is believed, had been placed during high tide by someone apparently with malicious intent. One section of an iron I beam, uncovered by a gaping hole in the wood floor by the blast, was visibly bent on top and bottom. This beam, with several concrete pillars form the supports for the two electric ovens in the Peerless Bakery room to the rear of the sales room.

A large double door connecting the sales room with the bake-shop was blown inward toward the former room and holes were blown in the sky-light, which is about 15 feet above the floor level. Where Charge Was Placed The heavy wooden beams beneath the building and the piling which they connect were slightly scarred and because of their powder scorched appearance plainly showed that the charge was placed close beneath the flooring. This flooring had just recently been laid according to the proprietors.

Henry Meier, part owner of the building and Peerless Bakery, with Oscar Hagstead, driver of the company's truck, were standing in the sales room at the time of the explosion. Both were thrown several feet, the latter falling to the floor. Other employees of the Bakery had left the building shortly after 5 o'clock. Windows Shattered Heavy plate glass windows in the front of the bakery and Wright's Jewelry Shoppe were broken and forced outward toward the street. Fire Department on Scene The fire department, summoned by an alarm, in charge of Fire Chief J. L. Gray, too control of the situation. Members extinguished a fire which started in a large piece of vanvas used as a cover for a bread rack standing near the place of the explosion. Others began an investigation beneath the floor, reaching the water level by means of a ladder lowered through the hole. The only evidence found last night was a short piece of charred rope.

Both Henry Meier and Theodor Heyder, owners of the Peerless Bakery say that they know of no enemies who would perpetrate such a crime against them, but it is significant the explosive was planted where it would likely blow up the two electric ovens in their shop.

A crowd gathered in the street and because of the immediate danger a rope was stretched across the (Continued on Page Two.)

A mysterious explosion, which shook a large part of the town and practically demolished the interior of the Peerless Bakery and seriously damaged the Wright Jewelry Shoppe on one side of the bakery and less seriously damaged the Quality Grocery Store on the other side, all on Front Street, occurred at 5:40 o'clock last night. The explosion, according to experts, was caused by the discharge of a large quantity of dynamite or black powder placed by someone with criminal intent beneath the floor of the Peerless Bakery.

The charge, it is believed, had been placed during high tide by someone apparently with malicious intent. One section of an iron I beam, uncovered by a gaping hole in the wood floor by the blast, was visibly bent on top and bottom. This beam, with several concrete pillars form the supports for the two electric ovens in the Peerless Bakery room to the rear of the sales room.

A large double door connecting the sales room with the bake-shop was blown inward toward the former room and holes were blown in the sky-light, which is about 15 feet above the floor level. Where Charge Was Placed The heavy wooden beams beneath the building and the piling which they connect were slightly scarred and because of their powder scorched appearance plainly showed that the charge was placed close beneath the flooring. This flooring had just recently been laid according to the proprietors.

Henry Meier, part owner of the building and Peerless Bakery, with Oscar Hagstead, driver of the company's truck, were standing in the sales room at the time of the explosion. Both were thrown several feet, the latter falling to the floor. Other employees of the Bakery had left the building shortly after 5 o'clock. Windows Shattered Heavy plate glass windows in the front of the bakery and Wright's Jewelry Shoppe were broken and forced outward toward the street. Fire Department on Scene The fire department, summoned by an alarm, in charge of Fire Chief J. L. Gray, too control of the situation. Members extinguished a fire which started in a large piece of vanvas used as a cover for a bread rack standing near the place of the explosion. Others began an investigation beneath the floor, reaching the water level by means of a ladder lowered through the hole. The only evidence found last night was a short piece of charred rope.

Both Henry Meier and Theodor Heyder, owners of the Peerless Bakery say that they know of no enemies who would perpetrate such a crime against them, but it is significant the explosive was planted where it would likely blow up the two electric ovens in their shop.

A crowd gathered in the street and because of the immediate danger a rope was stretched across the (Continued on Page Two.)