Durn’d Blacklegs At It Again

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September 1, 1927
Our Water Supply

Claude Van Norman knew he might run into a truculent possum once in a while—maybe he’d turn it into a bear, make a better story for the boys down at the saloon—but when the superintendent of the Lone Pine division of the Aqueduct was making his rounds, and kicked a box of gelatin complete with coiled fuse and caps, he probably thought, I didn’t sign up for this.

boom!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now why in heaven would anyone carelessly leave that dynamite lying around?