Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-18
SEVENTY GASES Of
LAST FEW YEARS..
Railroads the Chief Suf-
ferers--- Many Build
ings Wrecked

! SSASNS - OOSA AACO
from dynamite outrages during
the last few years. In nearly
all cases there was a careful prepare
ton, showing that the outrages were
planned and executed by men who
knew their business.
Many Of the outrages entailed a loss
Of life, and all caused considerable
financial losses. Contractors in some
cases have been driven into bankrupt
cy because of the lack Of confidence in
their ability to construct without dis
aster, aud some contractors have been
compelled to put their work in other
hands.
Planning Of a professional nature has
been a striking feature of all the out
RACES. In numerous instances clocks
operating the explosives we're set to
cause explosions in different parts of
the country at exactly the same min
ute. Homes have been endangered. al
though in most cases the bombs failed
either to explode or were found in
time to prevent disaster.
A list of seventy of these outrages,
attributed by the National Erectors'
association to labor troubles, follows:
One Of the earliest of the attacks was
in the summer Of 1905, when a watch
man In a bridge under construction for
the Central Vermont railroad at Mil
ler's Falls, Mass. was assaulted. The
following morning the foreman found
thirteen sticks of dynamite on the
bridge. The fuse had been lighted.
but had become extinguished.
During the same summer an engi-
neer found dynamite in the fire box Of
a hosting engine used in the construc-
ton Of the Kimberley avenue bridge.
over the West river. for the city of
New Haven. Conn.
Attempt on Cleveland Hotel.
An attempt was made on March -,
1906, to dynamite the Hotel Frankfort.
Cleveland. o.. where a number Of EN-.
ployees Of q bridge construction COM
pany were boarding. The dynamite
exploded, but the wrecked part Of the
building was reached in time to pre-
vent destruction by fire.
Three sticks of dynamite were dis
covered in the fire box of a hosting
engine used in the construction Of the
Arcade building in Cleveland on April
2, 1906. The fuse had been attached
and. it appeared, had been lighted.
An attempt was made one month
later to wreck a derrick used in con-
structing a bridge on the Buffalo and
Susquehanna railroad. The attempt
was frustrated.
A derrick used in the construction of
the Central Railroad Of New Jersey
was dynamited and destroyed on May
81, 1906.
Dynamite was found on a derrick
used in the construction Of a Nickel
Plate viaduct on Sept. %, 1905. A
time clock was found also. The infer
nal machine probably had been drop
ped from a passing train, as the pack
age had been broken open and the
dynamite scattered.
During the construction of a viaduct
for the p, V. and G. railroad near
Clarion, Pa, a derrick car was dyna-
mited. The outrage was committed
on Oct. IL. 1906. A Waterman was
decoyed away from the place and as
saulted.
Dynamite exploded under a bascule
bridge over the Cuyahoga river at
Whisky island. near Cleveland. O., on
Dec. 80, 1906. The damage was slight.
In September, 1907, a hosting engine
used at the plant of the American Steel
and Wire company, Cleveland, was dy-
namited and destroyed. The dynamit.
ing was done at night.
Early in the morning of Oct. 80,
1907, an attempt was made to wreck
the Baltimore and Ohio bridge at
Youngstown, o. The dynamite explod-
ed, but the bridge was not wrecked.
Railroad Bridge D%ynamited.
Two months later dynamite was
placed under a railroad bridge on the
Newark branch of the Erie railroad
near Harrison, N. j. The dynamite
damaged one of the Orders and blew
out Lnlrly-SlX square IeeC OIL Uuchle
plate. The damage was $4,000.
Two tons Of material which was to
have been used on the Parma road
bridge on the Cleveland Short Line
was damaged to such an extent on
Dec. 81, 1907. that it had to be re-
placed. There was a loss of $500.
On the same night ten tons of mate
rial for the construction of the L. E.
and P. railroads Mill creek viaduct
was damaged. and a loss Of $1,000 re-
suited.
Several Orders for the Eagle avenue
bridge, Cleveland, were dynamited the
night Of Jan. II, 1908, and considera.
BILE surrounding property vas dam
aged.
Thirty sticks Of dynamite were
found in various parts Of a derrick ca
used in the construction Of a Chicago
and Northwestern railroad bridge over
the Mississippi river at CLIFTON, Ia, or
Feb. 16, 1908. Only a small part Of
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