Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-10 | Page 8 | Blast Breaks School Glass

BLAST BREAKS d SCHOOL GLASS GLASS' j j Win Windows ws Wrecked as Dyna mite Charge Is Exploded ed- ed edat at Provo PROVO Vandals V att attempted toi dynamite the south outside stairway stairway leading to the thc entrance of the gym on the main building of Provo high school Sunday at 9 p. p m m. m Thirty Thirty- five panes of glass in seven windoW windows were shattered and one Iron window frame demolished Damages were estimated es t mated by Police Chief John E. E ERa ris at 25 The stairway itself con of cement and brick was U ur dama damaged ed except for a small piece of all i cement cornice blown off art W Chief Harris rushed from his home honi just across the street from the high school when he heard the blast an and arrived to see a car drive from thel back of ot the building into the road and antl disappear at a 1 high rate of speed spee He estimated only one and not more more than two sticks of dynamite had be ben n n used It had merely been laid under the stairway and set off oil with no tunneling or placement jj Suspicion that it might be a trIci I Ito to draw local officers to the sp spot t while a burglary was attempted some some lome other place in iii the city led to orders orders' ord ri to patrol the city The theory was advanced that some some youth or youths were trying to dela delays delaI I opening of school in the building on Monday morning but this W wa was 13 c con considered con n unlikely by b- Chief Harris Harri It If the vandals were really trying toi tD destroy property the dynamite was WM handled in such a way as to Indicate lack of experience with it he said 3