The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
THIRD ATTEMPT ID
 DYNAMITE |. & N.
 RAILWAY IS MADE
Freight Train Passes Over Dynamited Section of Track Ten Miles Out From
 Birmingham

Tracks of tho Louisville and Nash ville railroad were again dynamited. according to reports received at the sheriffs office yesterday. the latest attempt taking place Sunday morn ing between l and 2 o'clock. about 10 miles from Birmingham, when two rails were broken and cattle guard at that point blown up.
 Not being content with the crime of dynamiting the tracks. ". E Smith, superintendent of tho Louis vile and Nashville, declared that the telephone wires, the only means of summoning existence to train in the event 1t had been wrecked, were cut, 1t was learned when members of the train crew attempted to mo- tify the Boyles yards of, the dam aged track.
 One other report of telephone wires along the railroads being cut was made to the affice of Superintendent Smith yesterday, this being at Black Creek on the main line of the road, although no damage to the tracks was done at this poift.
 Although no damage to trains re- suited from the explosion, and no delay was caused. Superintendent Smith declared that the fact that an entire freight train had crossed the wrecked tracks, without any Of the cars leaving the rails. was nothing short of miracle. He accounted -.A rix,a nf freight remaining on the track, by a remnant of the two damaged rails remaining clamped to the ties. and which guided the wheels of the train. | Special Detectives Secared. Special detectives have been pro cured by the road in addition to the services rendered by the railroad po- lice force, county and United States authorities in their efforts to locate those guilty of the attempt at the destruction of the property. NO arrests had been made at late hour last night in connection with the case.
 In the official report, submitted to the superintendent of the road py investigators, 1t was stated that the dynamite charge had been placed be- tween the ball and base of the rails where two rails were joined together When the charge went off. the ball of the two rails for a distance of about two feet on the end of eacn rail, was blown off, leaving the ridge which saved the freight train from being wrecked as 1t passed over she tracks.
 Attempts were then made to ge. into communication with Boyles sta ton by members of the train crew. when 1t was found that this had been made impossible by cutting telephone wirea. Repairmen were soon sent 10 the scene and the damage mendcd prior to the arrival of other trains. Telephone connections were also re- stunned with the arrival of linemen upon the scene.
 This is the third attempt of this nature to occur on the Louisville ana Nashville tracks within the past two months, the most serious being al Turkey creek, where an attempt was made to blow up the bridge crossing the creek. The other attempts were made against the tracks, although no damage resulted from either of them.
 A resident at Green station. who operates a dairy. stated to the in- vestiEating officers that he was up with one of his cows at the time of the explosion, and that slag and rocks from the roadbed fell on top of his house. which is 500 feet from tho road. as result of the ex- plosion. No damage was done to the residence, however.