The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-05-04
SEVENTY GASES Of DYNAN|nNG N
LAST FEN YEARS.; LIST Of OU1RAGES
Railroads the Chief Suf- Scarcely any Part of the
ferers--Many Build Country Free From
ings Wrecked Damaee

road at Buena Park, Chicago, was dy-
namited.
During the same month a charge of
dynamite was placed on a drawbridge
at Perth Amboy, N. j., causing ST.
500 loss.
A bridge near Bradshaw, Md, was
damaged the same night.
A hosting crane used in the con-
struction Of the Chelsea piers, New
| York, was damaged to the extent Of
$1,000 the night of April 5, 1908.
A loss Of $1,000 was caused on April
13, 1908, when dynamite was placed
under material prepared for the Phila-
delphia Elevated railroad
An explosion of dynamite caused a
loss Of $4,000 April 26, 1908, at bridge
at Fall River, Mass.
Dynamite caused a loss on May 8,
1908, to the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton railroads Miami river bridge
at Dayton, O. Much Of the material
had to be replaced.
103 Sticks Of Explosive Found.
May Fl, 1908, to destroy a drawbridge
over the Bronx river of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad A
Waterman was assaulted, and his cries
caused the would be perpetrators to
flee. The men discarded a suit case
in their fight containing 1O3 sticks Of
dynamite and two coils Of fuse.
A bridge of the same company at
Baychester, N. Y, was damaged to the
extent Of $500 early the next morn
ing.
An apparent attempt was made the
night Of May "a, 1908, to destroy a
Baltimore and Ohio bridge at Aiken,
Md. A Waterman pursued man who
was lettering about the bridge, and the
fugitive tripped over a guy wire. The
next morning five sticks of dynamite
were found where he fell.
An attempt was made June 2. 1908
to dynamite a Baltimore and Ohio
bridge at Perryville, Md. Four men
approached the bridge, but were fright
ened away by a Waterman, leaving dy-
Mantle behind them.
The same night an explosion of dy-
Mantle wrecked steel derrick, twist
ed the rear wall Of a big steel build
ing out Of shape and did other damage
at Cleveland, O. Fourteen sticks of
dynamite unexploded were found later
with burned fuses attached.
The evening of June Is, 1908, a
charge Of dynamite exploded under a
pile of material used in the construc-
ton Of a bridge for the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad at
Somerset, Mass, entailing a 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
night of July I, 1908, weakening the
structure and causing loss Of $780,
The Illinois Central railroad bridge
in Chicago was dynamited on Aug: 6.
The same night the Harrison avenue
viaduct at Louisville, KY, was dam
aged by either dynamite or nitroglyc-
erin.
Two charges Of dynamite were ex-
ploded on the Eighteenth street bridge
in st. Louis, Mo-, on the morning of
Aug. 9, 1908.
An attempt was made on Oct. 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 por.
ton Of a bridge at Cleveland, O., on
Nov. 80, 1908. The damage was $500.
Dynamite wrecked a building in
Kansas City, Mo-, on Dec. "a, 1908.
A loss of $500 was caused at Indiana
Harbor, Ind, on March IS, 1909, wher
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 a
Lake Shore freight train. No damage
was done.
Opera House Destroyed.
The southeast side of the new opera
house at Boston was destroyed by dy-
Mantle March q, 1909.
A part of a viaduct at Hoboken, N.
j., and considerable surrounding prop
erty were damaged by dynamite on
March 30, 1909. Several persons had
narrow escapes, five or six being in
jured.
A derrick car doing construction
work at Kansas City, Mo-, was dyna-
mited on April 20, 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, 1909, two
charges Of dynamite being exploded.
Considerable damage was done on
June Z, 1909, to the New York Central
railroads bridge across East Ferry
street, Buffalo, N. Y.
A loss of $4,000 was caused by the
dynamittng of material awaiting de-
livery June 26, 1909, for the Pennsyl-
vania railroad bridge at Steuben.
vile, o.