The Washington times., 1911-04-24

twisted the rear wall of a big steel
building out Of shape, and did other
damage at Cleveland, Ohio. Fourteen
sticks of dynamite, unexploded. were
found later with burned fuses at
tached.
The evening of June 15, 1908.
a charge of dynamite exploded under
pile of material used in the con-
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road at Somerset. Mass, entailing
loss of about $1,000.
Two charges of dynamite were ex-
ploded on the bridge of the Lehigh
Valley railroad at Buffalo, N. Y. the
structure and cause a loss of $1,000.
Many Bridges Endangered.
The Illinois Central railroad bridge
in Chicago was dynamited on August
l6.
The same night the Harrison avenue
viaduct at Louisville, KY, was dam
aged by either dynamite or nitro
glycerine.
Two charges Of dynamite were ex-
ploded on the Eighteenth street bridge
in st. Louis. Mo-. on the morning Of
August 8, 1908.
An attempt was made on October Is,
1908, to destroy a bridge at Holyoke.
Mass. Two watchmen found the burn
ing fuse and put it out before any dam
age was done.
A charge of dynamite wrecked a por-
, ton of a bridge at Cleveland, Ohio, on
November 30. 1908. The damage was
$500
Dynamite wrecked a building in Kan
sas City, Mo-, on December "a, 1908.
A loss of $500 wns caused at Indiana
Har Dor, Ind, on March IS, 1909, when a
car of steel was dynamited.
During the same month, at the same
place, two packages of dynamite with
| a fuse attached were thrown from
| Lake Shore freight train. No damage
was done.
The southeast side of the new opera
house at Boston, Mass, was destroyed
by dynamite March q. 1853.
A part of viaduct at Hoboken, n. j.,
| and considerable surrounding property
was damaged on March 80, 1909. Several
persons had narrow escapes, five or six
being injured.
derrick car doing construction work
at Kansas City, Mo, was dynamited on
April %, 1909.
The Cincinnati Southern bridge at
| Cincinnati was damaged by dynamite
| the next month.
Another attempt was made to wreck
| the same bridge on May "a, 1893. two
! charges OF dynamite being exploded.
! Considerable damage was done on June
Z. 1909. to the New York Central rail-
/ roads bridge across East Ferry street
Buffalo, n. Y.
A loss Of 5000 was caused by the dy-
namiting Of material awaiting delivery
June 26, 1909. for the Pennsylvania rail-
road bridge at Steubenville. Ohio.
Big Damage in Indianapolis.
The same night the Main street via
duct at Kansas City. Mo-. Under con-
struction. was dynamlted.
J A suitcase. containing guncotton was
exploded under a pile Of steel girders ir
the yard of the Whitehead and Kales
plant at Detroit. Mich, on June Q, 1909.
A third attempt to wreck the Cincin'
natl Southern viaduct was made August
u. 1909. The dynamite caused 800 dam
| age.
J Dynamite partly wrecked a railroad
! bridge in New York city, August IS, 1909
| A month later dynamite destroyed g
derrick used In the construction of 9
viaduct over the New York Central rail
road tracks at Buffalo, n. Y.
Another attempt on the same vtaduct
was made on october 6, 1909.
Four buildings under construction by
Albert Won Speck elsen in Indianapolis
were damaged on October "a, 1909. The
total estimated loss was $4,000. The
buildings were a telephone exchange, a
library building. Mr.. Won Speckelsen's
planning mill, and his barn.
| A crane being used IN the construction
of a bridge near Cleveland. Ohio. was
dynamited on November 4. 1909. causing
loss of $4,000. A watchnan wa.
| buried under the debris and narrowly
escaped death.
A bomb was exploded under four carr
of structural steel In a Michigan South
ern sidetrack in Chicago on January
e. 1910 1t Is estimated that the damage
was 5000.
Dynamite was exploded at the factor,
of the Pan-American Bridge Company
Newcastle, Ind. on April 5. 1910. Tht
damage was estimated at $500.
The plant Of the Pacific Coast and
Lumber Company. Oakland. Cal, wal
wrecked by dynamite during the sum
rner of 1910. 1t was the fourth time II
two years that the mill had been wreck
ed.
An office building being erected IL
Seattle Wash. was destroyed by dyna
mite in September 1910.