Show TOWN HELP HELD AT BAY BA BANDITS TERRORIZE TOWN NEA NEAR PORTLAND ORE made an unsuccessful attempt to blow up bank building 1 for two hours monday newburg ore was practically under control ot of a gang of bandits whose e jobje object ct was to blow up the building ot of the bank of newburg and loot the vault of the money on deposit though sev eral charges of dynamite were explode ed the steel vault failed to give way and tired of their attempt the ban aits finally departed on horseback the vault contained probably 20 and had the safe crackers sue ceedee in blowing open the vault their booty would have been a rich one at 3 0 clock the citizens of the town were awakened by a series of muffled ex plo the vigorous ringing of the town fire liell bell and occasional rifle re ports almost to a man they turned out to see what was the cause of the disturbance it was soon learned that robbers had taken possession of the bank and the crowd turned its at in that direction by dy the tims time the people reached the scene how ever the bandits had succeeded in getting away |