Time bomb explodes in U.S. Senate reception room 100 years ago this hour (July 2 1915)

(Friday, July 2, 1915, at approximately 11:40 p.m. EDT; during World War I) — A tremendous explosion caused by a time bomb wrecked the east reception room on the main floor of the Senate wing of the Capitol Building just before midnight tonight, causing considerable damage but hurting no one.