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Show EXPLOSION IN TUNNEL One Killed, Another Perishes, Per-ishes, Five are Seriously Seri-ously Injured Chicago, Ian 1 5 One man was killed, anolher Is reported to have perished, and five were seriously injured in-jured by an explosion In a ritv water tunnel at Last Seventy-second street and Cottage drov e avenue today. Vbraham Lerrian's bodv was taken from the tunnel several hours after the explosion It was the second blast in the tunnel in six hours, three- men having been seriously burned In an explosion late last night Both blasts are believed to have been caused by fumes which gathered in the tunnel foIlowInK the discharge or dynamite used in blasting rock in the construction of the bore The tunnel Is being constructed 'o connect the South Cork pumping station sta-tion at Fifty-eighth street with tlie it.s water tunnel at Seventy-third street. |