Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-04 | Page 12 | Ingenious Device Employing Electric Toaster Used to Blow up Building

Ingenious Device Employing Electric Toaster Used to Blow Up Building CHICAGO July 4 UP Firemen UP-Firemen Firemen discovered d covered in ill a wrecked building toda to to- da day what they said was one of the most ingenious us home made time bombs of their e experience In an attic of the building they found an electric toaster to plugged into a light socket The person responsible respond bI ble for forth the e explosion was believed to have placed an au open container of som om explosive e liquid as benzine o ori top of the toaster toMter He then probably left the building authorities said and allowed time for vapors pors from the liquid to fill the attic The toaster apparently was turned on by Jerking a n. string more than feet long and leading from the light socket switch to a street door Heat from the toaster caused the vapors to explode and the force of the e explosion tipped Upped over the thc container con tamer of liquid The liquid caught fire from the toaster and added to the damage Several stores and a meeting h hall hallin hallin ll llIn in the thc building were damaged Thomas Fennessy a 0 wat watchman man was arrested today