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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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A bomb addressed to New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt was discovered in the New York post office on April 9 when a porter struck it with a broom, causing it to sizzle; he extinguished the fuse by throwing it into water.
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NEW YORK, April 9.—A bomb made of short lengths of gas pipes filled with dynamite and addressed to Governor Franklin Roosevelt of New York was discovered in the New York postoffice today when the porter struck it with a broom. A sizzling noise and clouds of smoke followed, picking it up the porter threw it in a tub of water, thereby putting out the fuse.
Police later found the bomb fixed to explode by several matches arranged to strike against sandpaper, lighting the fuse. Police and postoffice inspectors refused to divulge the return address on the candy box containing the bomb.
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April 9
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A bomb made of gas pipes filled with dynamite, addressed to Governor Franklin Roosevelt, was discovered in the New York post office when a porter struck it with a broom, causing a sizzling noise and smoke; the porter threw it into a tub of water to extinguish the fuse. The bomb was set to explode using matches against sandpaper to light the fuse, and it was contained in a candy box with an undisclosed return address.