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Show ARE BL0YN TO ATOMS FORTY PERSONS INJURED BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. City of Mount Vernon, New York, Plungsd Into Mourn'ng and Much Property Destroyed by Terrific Explosion. Tho explosion of over n ton of dyna-mlto dyna-mlto under tho P.ond street brldgo nt Mount Vormon, N. V on Wednesday, shook tho elty and tho surrounding country within a radius of llvo mllo3, probably killed nt least ono person nnd Injured npnrly forly others, two of whom may die. Tho man supposed sup-posed to have boon killed was an Italian In chargo of tho dvmmlto. Ho was fiocn nt his post of duty Just before be-fore tho explosion, nnd no trace of lit in has flnco been found. Thero wcro 2,1100 pounds of dynamite dyna-mite stored nt tho sldo of tho dcop rock cut running from tho western limits of tho city to tho Now York, Now Hnvon Si Hartford railroad station sta-tion which wa3 used for blasting a path for nddltlonnl tracks. The explosion toro n holo In tho ground eighty foot deep that Is now full of water from n hidden spring, wrecked tho Hond street brldgo over tho railway tracks nnd broke nil tho windows within a quarter 0f a mile. A heavy train, bound from New York, wnH Just pulling out of tho Mount Vernon Btntlon when tho explosion explo-sion occurred, nnd tho engineer stopped until tho track was cleared. In nnother mlniita tho train would havo roached tho brldgo. Most of tho persons Injured wero caught by falling ceilings nnd walls In tho houses nearby. Stoves In stores nnd dwell'ng3 woro overturned nnd many fires wero Rtnrted, but in each enso tho IIamo3 woro quickly extinguished. ex-tinguished. Th3 whob pollco force nnd tho lire department wcro called out. |