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Show DYNAMITE IS USED ' . TO; BREAK ICE JAM ganger to Brldg at; Hartford When - the Connecticut Slyer Start. V' ":" ;' ""id Blse. '.' . ' ' o y .-.': 1 ':-; : v. .. , HARTFORD, Conn.V Jan.' L-For the first time in the history of the Connecticut Connecti-cut river an attempt is being made to blow up . an ice Jam. . The bridge between be-tween this city and East Hartford is in danger of being swept away by the ice that extands.to the river bottom, if a flood should carry it away;- ,' " ' Twenty pounds of dynamite are used at each blast. A hole one foot in diameter diam-eter is cut with chisels in the Ice and the dynamite in bags is lowered with a ten-foot. pole. When it Is discharged lce cakes are thrown aoo feet in the air |