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Show , FOSTCFFICE EOE'ED 4l ROCKLANO, Mae, May 11 Tha post-office post-office at American Falls waa robbed , Wednesday morning at I tO o'clock. The safe -aa wrecked by a heavy charge of . nitroglycerine, both door being blown off aad hurled across th room. The robbers failed to gala entrance ta the vault and obtained only a email amount of money, probably not more Uian ISO, and a couple of checks. The sevmp drawer waa broken Into, but noth-Intr noth-Intr wa taken. Postmaster Barber waa railed at I 49 e'etook by the telephone central and Informed that the poet of . flea waa oa fir. He reached the office tn a very few minutes and oa entering the room found It flooded by a water pipe which had been broken by the door of the safe, aad two ar three hundred dotiar worth af atampe and postage euruiie Injured by water. 1 it only Are waa a smouldering sack of papers, but a groat deal of damage other-win was done, the lock hoaea on the north std being smashed. All ths windows la the building war dmoilhd. Entrance waa gained through th cabinet cabi-net door hy mean af a Jimmy. At the rear of the building were found a large atedara hammer aad a brace aad punch, ail of which were taken from a Vack-amhh Vack-amhh shop la town. A hole wa drilled through th top of th safe aad a large quantity of aitro-giyrerine aitro-giyrerine poured lata . the aaf and totached off. Poatoffloe Iaapector Nell, estimate that dose to half a pint ef the explosive must hav been need. Judging from the amount of damage done. |