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Wall Street Bombing 1920 On September 16, 1920, a bomb detonated from within a horse-drawn carriage that was left abandoned on Wall Street in New York City. Thirty-eight people were killed and hundreds more were injured, but the NYPD failed to identify a suspect or motive.  Initially, they thought that the explosion had been a part of an attempt to rob the nearby sub-Treasury Building, where $900 million in gold bars was being transported that same day. But authorities made no arrests and the case remains unsolved to this day.  See the devastating photos and learn more about the baffling 1920 Wall Street bombing by clicking the link in our bio. The Wall Street bombing occurred at 12:01 pm on Thursday, September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The blast killed thirty people immediately, and another ten died later of wounds sustained in the blast. There were 143 seriously injured, and the total number of injured was in the hundreds The bombing was never s