BUILDING DESTROYED

Chronicle (Levin), 22 November 1946, Page 5

BUILDING DESTROYED

BOMB EXPLODES IN JERUSALEM J.OXDOX, Nov. 20. An explosion 1 ii St. Louis ltuad, in the cenlrt' of Jerusalem. today, destroy (»d tho enliie building housing Ihe in-i-oiiie tux and J'ress rensorsliip authori tios. Tho rorrespondent of the Asso ciated Press says that the stalfs wero evaruuted tou minutes hot'oro tlu* blast following a telephunir warning. The police stated that the explosive was placed in the building at "2.30 p.m.. loctil ti ino, I'.v a .lew dressed as an Arali, who wheeled ti sinai 1 rart into the lialluay and theii lled. The poliee pulled the cjirt into the roaihvay and detonated it witli ntle lire. When the warning was received. sirens were sounded and trattie and pedestrians ordeted to halt. Later ihe ull-eloar was sonndeil. The atea was cordoned oll\ liut se\eral persoiis were injured bv the Idast . The correspondent of the British rnited Press says that ininiediately the warning' was reeeisred the eity liecante like ;i luittle area. witli sirens wuiling and ei\ ilians taking eover from interlnittent shooting, apparently l»v police 011 the trail of the terrorisls. The correspondeiit says he sa w two nien and a girl nnniing in the direction of the Mamillah ceinetery. in the centre of the eity, l'roin ihe direction of the rnined building, vvith Pritish poliee in Itot pursuit. He also saw at least four wottnded brought out of the building. The authorities beiieve that onlv oue lionili was used and are pu/zied to know liow the terrorists came 1 »y sueh a jiowerl'ul explosive. The warning' eall canie from someone who said he was a meiitlier of the Irgun Zvai Lettmi. The buildiiig' Vas two-storeyed and situated in the heart of the so-called Hritish forlress area. The building was shattered to jiieees. The explosiou sent up ti tdwer of smoke 1'hJ yards high, and windows within a radius of two niiles weri' bruken, A Jewish puliecninn, clubbed hv the terrorists, w'as unaide to get out of the area, and he was seriously injured by the explosion. A Hritish otlieer was eut by llying glass. Tlie jioliee said tiiey lutd niisealcubiteil the cliarge when tliey detonated it by ritie lire.