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Lexington Avenue explosion

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1914 damage detail, N.Y. house wrecked by Caron bomb LCCN2014696452 (cropped)
1914 damage detail, N.Y. house wrecked by Caron bomb LCCN2014696452 (cropped)

The Lexington Avenue explosion was the July 4, 1914, explosion of a terrorist bomb in an apartment at 1626 Lexington Avenue in New York City. Members of the Lettish section of the Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) were constructing a bomb in a seven-story tenement when the group's large supply of dynamite exploded prematurely. The blast destroyed most of the top three floors of the building, killing three conspirators and another renter who was not part of the bomb plot, as well as injuring dozens more.

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Lexington Avenue explosion
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1914 damage detail, N.Y. house wrecked by Caron bomb LCCN2014696452 (cropped)
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