Grave Hunter L.A. Times 1910 Tragedy Location: Hollywood Forever On 1st October, 1910, a bomb exploded by the side of the Los Angeles Times building. The blast weakened the second floor and it came down on the office workers below. Fire erupted and spread quickly through the three-story building. By the time the fire brigade had put out the fire, twenty-one of the people working for the newspaper had died and several more were seriously wounded.