Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01
From tho ondon Daily News Correspondence
Destruc ton of Russian Docks.
CAMP. SEBNsropoL. Dec

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"'''t! " Inns; tn.'''.'insou'iy feIuc'I tHG
n',,r . .'Dip i'''' iu''''' anu confused
"'H VI stones
-" s'I."n.S anu men On '"'lSu'' gong
'"' '"o wv" ,'l "'"'' were carry IN the
'u'l"'nH s'PPeN at the heuah ana u''e,
tu'n',! cornon o' 7tn'rl'S was draWh r'u 10
~ l'I'l"V otnTGi' H' an! person rom APP
'oto"!IH "it"lu tne ~ s"o'rno'4 OF the
IF dancer fr',n ~. '', ny,I"nn
turned out Lnwo,..r .i.., ,'.. ~
rroyel unnncass,rv far ,La ,,,inr'. 'C"u.'o,,S
iid that tho 49, 81 49,; | VIZ 80
confined to a vnr, Ii,ui+o,l "'''
The dock selected bv ,h. Fra,,,I, i,".
for demolition on this ocrasi.,n yeas a..
rMced to tie west Of the lock fhron,,b ,sr;'t'
vessels formerly entered int, the grr1t b1.in
la addition to this dock. the French haze, +,
destroy another dry dock on tn. East .ijo If
the entrance lock. the lock itself which win
it, sides and foundation, of cut na.nrrr and
MAGNIFICENT n9odrates has rI, o,,,o,r,..-' -,
another dock. ana half the basin II is nm.
lrr-teol that the cn,inaerru,, orar.ti,u. ar.
completed for the demolition Of the wlol, #
ties, structures. and that the oli.rt in de-.
moli,hing one portion only ,u. :, to., tho
accuracy OF certain ctl.glati,us win re,,,rl
to the quantity of rnnpoyder necessary far
cr,ctin, the desired rc.ult. Tina ou,i.titv
actually emplovcd Is said to have been =. mi.
over 1000 rounds English, or 1000 French
kilocrammes.
The French engineers have r,llowe1 a soma .
what different plan from the English or,i.
neers for the destruction Of the docks They
have trusted PRINCIPALLY TO galleries carried
across and beneath the bottom Of the dock
They have also, however, parallel with each
side, a horizontal gallery. 10 blov ont tho
foundation and lower part of each side wall
In the docks to be DESTROYED by the English
perpendicular shafts have been sunk at fra.
quent intervals alOn. the sides for the rur-
bose of blowing the whole of the side! in.
ward. Latterlv also. galleries have h..,
constructed beneath tbe f,und,,inn. or ,In
hottom nf each dnck ga that ,to;r dan, Il;
r;,n must be very ef.,tuaI Ar,an ,o,na,',s
h,ya haen made fnr fr;n, rho Fn,I;sb -
Lv vnI,oir batterv ria Trornb ,,,;,o. ,,,.a
Gr,J nv mean. of trains or L,iJ ,nnno ~i,r
and f,,scs
mo renort If tba exuIos;,,,
maors land Jt was baart in c,,,,
.,an.r,Ilv sunrosad ~ Ia ,bo L,,r.,;a. 8
soma ortbs Rnsstan nr,;.,,;Ias or
buiIdin,s of the town Nearer ~ tbs 1,o,,.,
nf the exnlosinn tremplnns agi,at;nn os ,ho
,,romnd ,ras f.t and ,'as r,I,r'J b., ,L E' ,'''
rnlinr compressed sonnI--pore fto H.
rumhlinr of distant tbundnr Than tbo rsu,I
reunrt of cunrowder fired from witb;n mail
,yLich nc.n,nn,n,as snI,nrr,naa,. T'
,barrss Simultaneous with thn'n,,iya',r 49,,
Ll,stir, tina air ov.r the .i,,n,;,n - 49,,
5nrk hsr,me fIIod Win smote s,n,os o,I
rubbish '''0
Inr,o ouantitv a,n,n., uji,b ,r,r.
masses of copt,Ierlhie size ms. rsrro,iicn
lrIv unyarJ wbiIa ot ,L. s.,na , ,;,,,,
.b,yar nr n,,,op,, ,,,s Ibid rn't'.,'i, -
inward and curyin, t1w.,rd ,t.n ,.",,, TH
',isar.r r,r,i,n ~ thas. 49,, .'.i c.'.,.
mcnts of stone ,rns,rrJ n ali JownwITl
into the vacant ,nace of the dock scarcely
any ,,.r, Observed to ly far beyond lis liuit;
icnsr cloud of smoke filled and rested AYR
IN, Mace of ruin, and this continued bnnrin,,
over it for considerable time. f.r there wa,
no breeze to wait it away. 10 sooner had
the explosion occurred. the crash orthc fall.
in. masonry had scarcely died away from, tb,
ears, when the sharp reports of several shell,
haout the d cks and mrigAhorin. building,
told that the enemy lad been no upyNs,ryan
spectators Of the scene.
they hoped 10 hit some of the troops whom
,L.v su,rrct.j :, be in rl. r.i thtr,n.l A.