San Francisco, Oct. 29—Apprehension and indignation stirred residents of this city Italian quarter tonight as a result of the bombing early this morning of the church of St. Peter and Paul, a recently constructed place of worship which raises its two stately spires in the heart of San Francisco’s “Little Italy.”
It was the third time within 10 months that an attempt has been made to destroy the building by the use of a dynamite bomb. The damage is estimated at $3,000, shattering windows with a wide radius and sending scores of persons fleeing from their homes into the streets.
Six priests were in the church but they were uninjured.
Editor's Note: People today often are unaware of the dislike of Italians and Catholic churches in 1926.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1926
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