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Show t ATTEMPT TO WRECK BIG TUNNEL AT X NIAGARA FALLS. f -r Nlajrara Tails, N, Y., April 26. -f f As tho night shift went to -t- -f- work Inst evenlnir In the tunnel 4- of tho Canadian Vower com- -f f rany, discovery nas made of an -f f attempt to wreck tho tunnel and kill tho men, thirty In number,- -f bet, working 160 feet below ba -f surface of tho earth. -f Tho shaft leading down to the -f -f tunnel Is 10 feet deep. From -f tho bottom ot the rhaft the tun- -f nel runs north and south, nnd -f f men are working at both 'lead- f liigH. Tho blasts nro dlschnrfied -f f by means of batteries, which uro f operated nt tho foot of the -f f shaft, the wires extending to the headings, Orui ot tho "Nipper" boys dls- -f t covrrtd that ono of the batteries had been cut and a cartridge cap f connected and placed In a Btlck of dynamite, letting seventy-flvo -f -f pounds of tho material down to tho cap. Had the explosion oc- -f eurred the Imvoo wrought would have been fearful. No motive f can be ascribed for the plot, -f -- 4--- -r -- |