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dynamite explosion. SHAKES THE CITY. MANY LIVES LOST. Press As»ociation —By Tel. —CopyrjgrU NEW YORK, Feb. 1. An oxplosion of several boxes of dynamite in tho dock caused much damage and alarmed all New York. Received 12.10 a.m., Feb. 3rd. NEW YORK, Feb. 2. By a dynamito explosion at a Nt*w York suburban pier soven men woro killed, sevon fatally injured, and fifteen arc unaccounted for. Tho whole ti'.y wru shaken. # The lighter loading tho explosiro vanished utterly. A socjiu) lighter sank, and two , men wsre drowned. A British barquentine v:ia stripped of her ringing, and tho Bailors woro killed on deck. A second tar filled with dynamite had tho roof olo«v:i off, but the dynamito was not exploded. A hundred foot of tho p'cr end was demolished. An cngiaodrivor was blown off his foot-plate, ai.d was killed by the fall. Several men were blown into tho harbour, but wore rescued.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14359, 3 February 1911, Page 5
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