Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04

EA r AcTlcALLY no part of the
y Uniied states has been free
II from dynamite outraees during
t'e last few years In nearly
an case there was a careful prepara-
ton. showing that the outrages we're
pli nned and executed BY men who
knew their business.
lie ~ of the outrages entailed loss
of life. and all caused considerable
dnancial losses. Contractors ia some
cases have been driven into bankrupt
cy because of the lack of confidence in
their ability to construct without dis
ester, and some contractors have been
compelled to put their work in other
hands
Planning OF professional nature has
been striking feature of all the out
ages. In numerous instances clocks
cpeyatimg the explosives were set to
cluSe explosions in different parts CT
tie country at exactly the same min
ute. Homes have been endangered. al
though IN most cases the bombs failed
either 10 explode or We're found in
time to prevent disaster
\ lisi of seventy of these outrages.
attrib IT d by the National Erectors'
association to labor troubles. follows:
One OF the earliest of the attacks was
IN the summer of 1905, when watch
man III bridge under construction for
the Ce ltl-ai Vermont railroad at Mil
lei's f; lis Mass. was assaulted. The
following morning the foreman found
thirteen sticks Of dynamite on the
bridge. The fuse had been lighted.
but had become extinel.ished.
DnrinG he same summer an enei-
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
Attersps on Cleveland Hotel.
An attempt was made on March T..
1906, TO dy lamite the Hotel Frankfort
Cleveland. o.. Where a number of enl-
ployees of bridge construction com
pany We're boarding. The dynamite
exploded, but the wrecked part of the
building was reached in time to pre-
vent des rllction by fire
Three sticks Of dynamite We're dis
covered in the fire box of 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 derrick used in con
structing 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 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 passing train, as the pack
age had been broken open and the
dynamite scattered.
During the construction of viaduct
for the p, V. and G. railroad near
Charlton, Pa. a derrick car was dyna-
mited The outrage was committed
on Oct. -. 1906. A watchman 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 Chic bridge al
Youngstown, o. The dynamite eXplod
ed, but the bridge was not wrecked
Railroad Bridge Dynamited
Two months later dynamite was
placed under railroad bridge on the
Newark branch of the Erie railroad
near Harrison. N. j. The dynamite
damaged one of the girders and blew
out thirty-si square feet of buckle
plate The damage was $1,000.
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 1t had to be re
placed. There was loss of $2OJ.
On the same night ten tons Of mate