| Show ABE ARE BLOWN TO ATOMS ATOM FORTY PERSONS INJURED BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION city of 01 mount vernon new now york plunged into mourning end and much property destroyed Dec troyed by terrific explosion the explosion of over a ton of dynamite under the bond bridge at mount vemon Verr non N Y on wednesday shook the tle city and tho the surrounding Hur country within a radius of 0 five taliloa probably killed at least one person and injured nearly forty others two ot of hom may die dle the man supposed to have bave been killed was an italian tn in chargo charge of the dynamite ho ile was seen at hia his post rf rt duty lust just betor before tho the explosion and no trace of 0 him has since been found there were 2 2300 0 pounds ot of dynamite stored at tho the aldo aide of the deep rock cut running from the western limits of the city to the now york new haven hartford artford If railroad station which was used tor for blasting a pati path for additional track tracks the explosion tore a hole in the ground electy feet deep that la Is now full of water from a hidden spring wrecked the bond street bridge over ove r the railway tracks and broke all th window windows within a quarter of a mile A heavy train bound from ver nea york waa was just pulling out ot of the mount vernon station when the explosion occurred and the engineer stopped until uie the track was cleared in another v tho the train would have reached the bridge most of bf the persona persons injured were caught by falling ceilings and walla walls in the houses nearby stoves in stores and dwellings dwell nga were overturned and many atres were start started cd but in each case the flames were quickly extinguished the whole police force and the fire department were called out |
