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Show PREMATURE BLAST KILLS FIVE WORKMEN Explosion Occurs In New York Subway Being Constructed Under East River. NT5W YORK, March 24. Pour workmen work-men were killed and eleven seriously injured in-jured tonight by a premature blast of dynamite in a new subway being constructed con-structed under the Bast river, near Black-well's Black-well's island. At the point where the explosion ex-plosion occurred the men were at, work 135 feet below the river bed. The great Queensboro bridge spanfl the river near there. Inmates of the two hospitals, penitentiary peniten-tiary and workhouse on Black-well's island is-land were thrown into a panic by the ex- PlWUliam Reah, 49 years of age, Junior engineer of the publio service commission was one of. those injured. One o his arms was blown off. Re3fc died BOon atter hl6 arrival at hospirat. |