Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1909 — BLASTING AT NIAGARA [ARTICLE]

BLASTING AT NIAGARA

Ice Interferes With Power Plants— Thousands View the Spectacle. Buffalo, Feb. 19.—The ice jam In the Niagara river has become so serl ous that the power companies have re sorted to blasting in the hope*-of in creasing the flow of water Thousands of visitors view the Ice spectacle daily at Niagara Falls.

Woman Burns Herself to Death. Beloit, Wis.. Feb. 19. —Mrs. George M. Allen sei fire to her clothing while insane and died from her burns.