A DASTARDLY PLOT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 5

A DASTARDLY PLOT

ATTE&EPT TO WREGE A TRAIN. MAIN TRUE EXPRESS. TWELVE PMJGS OP GELIGNII'Ef ON THE LINE. GHASTLY TRACEQY AVERTED. (:iJ.y Tcl«eraTili,-*Pfeeß Assentation.) AMCklarid, November 14, A delibcrato attempt was made on. Thursday evening to wreck tho south" wafd Main Trunk ospireiss train, by the: uso of gelignite-, between Eilie.relio and Gxconluub. By a fortunate .accident the plot wits discovered, and the explosives .removed from the line a few moments before the train, passed over tho spot. Twelve plugs of gelignite were used. to carry out the plan, nud when. lie explosive was discovered, the detonators were in position in tlio plugs* The ehargo was hpnnd together in a hand, and this was laid upon one of toe rails. Had tiro locomotive passed over the ox.(jlosiva it must havo been wrecked, aiiil a ghastly tragedy caused) ' : " There is auiplo evidence that a, plan was deliberately desigued eitlier to wreck tlio express, or to uso it as art instrument to destroy railway communication with tho south. Credit for the prevention of its fullilmeut is 3ue to aii okleii.y man, whose" identity has not been disclosed. He bad fravelled to Groeiilano by a traiji which iesivos the city quartp.f of an hour ahead 'of tho cxpess. He fl'as walking along tlie railway and approaching the racecourse platform w-lioji ho saw in the moohliglit a dark object alongside the liivc, sow.o distances ahead, A's i» a.pproaelie.d ■• ho. jefceived that this object fas a ma'u, \ylia sprang to his "feet, 'raji dow.ii the embankment aiiddisappoared. fortunately tho pefestriaiis's euspibions wero aroused. Ho hurried along tjl<( lino eloseiy oxaminiiig the fd,iis.. To lij-ii asto.ui.s'litiwflt lift saw that some.tliiiig lay upon tho I'iglit-hatld rail. At that moment the express, travelling fast oji tho down grade, was only a few yards behind' him., but, with great presence of miml ho kicked the object aside. The train passed safely hy. Then the njan liad aii opportunity to exattiiiQ tlie orystruetion, afid'. foitnd that his " feiirs were justified, for ho repogiiised that-,it wasi a heavy charge, of gfefigujto ,, fitted with detonators;. ' . ... Ki6 ma* who ma.de the discovery took tto osplosivo to hfe home, and ' early this morning took .it tod iris story i& tli© District t T.ra% Miflager. i!ho laltef iramediatoly informed' the jwlice,, and aTrajigeftcnts wero at onc : e conii pleted to guard the railways, Adequate measures have now hccii taken, it wag stated this eVfinma to jjrowct the travelling public. 'Mb %es' : a!ro being, patrollei, afld Special precautions aiff being taken by drivers- 'of tFflin.s. . i