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Show DYNAMITE ON A CAR TRACK Second Attempt in a Month to Slow Up Portland, Or., Street Car Fails of Accomplishment. Ac-complishment. PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. IS A fiendish attempt to blow up an Alblna avenue electric car was discovered when a motor-man, motor-man, slowing his car up to take a switch, noticed a peculiar object lying in the frog" between the tracks. Examination disclosed a stick of dynamite four Inches lunr. capped at both ends. The approach of a car had shaken the explosive too deep In the fro for the wneel! to hit it. and thus a terrible explosion ex-plosion and probable heavy loss of life was frustrated. AN-.ut a month nfto a Urge Mt'k of dvnarr.i'e was placed on a St. .lohn's tra'k but it was .sh.-ikcn off by thf approach ap-proach of a heavy car. Detectives are at a l'iss to fix the crime and so far no tangible clue has been unearthed. |