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BLAST NARROWLY AVERTED ["Ottawa Evening Herald," 09 Oct 1903, page 1, column 4] Frank Sweet, engineer at the ice plant, narrowly escaped being killed this morning by a large stick of dynamite. Mr. Sweet was shoveling coal into the furnace when he suddendly discovered a stick of dynamite among the cola ready to be thrown into the fire. he thought the weight somewhat heavier than usual and stopped to examine the shovel full. He found what he at first thought to be an old oyster can but closer examination proved it to be dynamite. Mr. Sweet dropped the shovel and hastened to the adjoining room. When he had sufficiently recovered from the shock, he resumed his usual routine of work. The stick is about six inches long and two and one-half inches in diameter. Part of the fuse was borken off, yet enough remained to have done deadly work. No satisfactory explanation can be offered for the appearance of the explosive in the coal, but it is supposed to have been shipped with a car load of coal which arrived about three weeks ago. Whether or not the dynamite was used by coal miners in mining, or was the weapon of coal strikers, remains a mystery. The stock contained powder enough to have demolished the ice plant. Shortly after the plant was erected the workmen found the remains of a baby in a car of coal. Mr. Sweet had just finished breaking coal with a pick, near the place where the
dynamite lay concealed among the coal. ["Ottawa Evening Herald," 07 Oct 1903, page 5, colun 1] A new machine that gives an electric shock in return for a coin dropped in the slot, is one of the new and popular devices for separating the public from its money. |
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