Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-01-02 | Page 9 | Dynamite is Used

I DYNAMITE IS USED Ep10 ivQ Applied to Break Ice Jam iu Cononcticut IlarLiojd Conn Jan IFol the first time In the history oftho Connecticut Connecti-cut river an attempt is being made to blow up jiu Ice jam The brjdzje between be-tween thin city and East Hartford is In danger of heIng swept away by the lcd that extends to the river bottom It a Hood should carry It away Twenty L pounds of dynamite arc used I at each blast A hole one foot In dlajn ctcr IH cut with chisels In the ice and 1 the I dynamite In bas Is lowered with a Lenfoot pole Vhen It Is discharged I Ice cakes arc thrown 300 feet In the air