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El Paso Herald
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
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German officer Werner Van Horn blew up a span of the St. Croix River railroad bridge between Maine, USA, and New Brunswick, Canada, on Feb. 2, aiming to harm Canada amid war with Britain. He was arrested after admitting the act.
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Vanceboro, Me., Feb. 2. - An attempt to destroy the railroad bridge spanning the St. Croix river which forms the international boundary line between eastern Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, was made early today.
One of the three spans of the structure was blown up by dynamite.
The attack on the bridge caused great excitement on the New Brunswick side, where rumors of a German plot spread rapidly and resulted in an immediate investigation by the provincial authorities.
Inquiry was also begun on this side and this led to the arrest of a man who gave his name as Werner Van Horn.
According to the police, the prisoner said he was an officer in the service of Germany, and admitted he exploded the dynamite under a section of the bridge.
Asked why he had dynamited the bridge, the prisoner, the police say, made the simple explanation that his country was at war with Great Britain and that Canada was a part of the enemy's country.
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Vanceboro, Me., And New Brunswick, Canada
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Feb. 2
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one of the three spans of the bridge blown up by dynamite; werner van horn arrested
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An attempt to destroy the railroad bridge spanning the St. Croix river between eastern Maine and New Brunswick was made early today. One span was blown up by dynamite, causing excitement and rumors of a German plot in New Brunswick, leading to investigations. Werner Van Horn was arrested and admitted to being a German officer who exploded the dynamite to injure Canada, as it was part of the enemy during war with Great Britain.