Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-03-18
DemoIltlon. OF Ford Nlololns.


IN Y. Coar. and Eng. /
Demolition Of Fort Nicholas.
CAMP BEFoRE SRyAsToPoL, FebE 5,h..-E
Yesterday afternoon. at half-pas, one, For,
Nicholas. which is supposed 10 havu been
originally armed with 1879 guns In three
Tiers, was totally and most successfully de.
slroycd by the French engineers, by me ans
ot several Charges, amounting In oil TO o..
600 ki'ogrammes Ct powder, or. in English
calculation, nearly 1l9,500 pounds. The
mines made use Of on The occasion, were
mostly those iha. had been previously sunk
by the Russians before .he 9.h Of Seplem.
ber for the purpose OF blowing up this bat.
terry In as complete q monner as they did
Fort Paul, mourning 80 guns in three Tiers
on the afternoon OF the 9Th, OF nbou, four
o'clock. Amough the destruction Of For
Nicholos was kept by the French au,hor.
Ties as dark as possible, still il oozed Oh,
that their engineers had had weeks notice
10 prepare. and BY eleven yesterday morn.
ing large portion Of the allied a, my 10 the
ircnt Of duty, in addition TO the staff at tho
two general headquarters, knew thar the ex.
plosion was 10 come off al one. Marshal
Peissier, in his open carriage and lour, al
Tended by large slaf and strong escort Of
the Chasseurs 'dA(rique, ,ook up his position
near the old siege depot, in iron, Of the Lgh,
Division. The SarGinian headquaner siaff
was slightly in advance down the hill. Sir
William Codringlon was an observer from
the right Of ,he Redau. Generais Barnard
and Crawford were near Pelissier with q
large number OF English officers and sol.
diers belonging TO the Ligb, Division. The
iparnpeIs Of the trenches right attack 21 gun
Battery, and 8 gun Batteries and Redan
were covered with officers and men anxious
10 witness The last .o this noble masonry
casemaied tort. The cascade OF The While
Buildings or terrace tucing tho sea in from
| Of The barracks, and likewise the Mamplon
and para2e,s around bul moi inside The Ma.
lakof, appeared 10 have b,en selected by
differen, groups for viewing this grand sight
| Al about one o'clock lhe enemy fred
from their batteries on the north side. par.
,cularly Fou Michael, several Shots ant
shel, their attention having been drawn, III
na,urall supposed, 10 the crowds both OF
horseback and on. foot covering The higl
spots Of ground looking down into Sevas.o
pol and consequently on Fou Nicholas
The charges ,ha, first wen, off were ,hos,
, on the left ooding out 10 sea. OF the fort
then the right, or orillion followed; and las,
ly, afcr lapse OF a few mihu,es, the Who'll,
Of the centre appeared 10 crumble in. Th'
whole demolition, scarcely second 10 ,ha
Of Fort Paul in engineering success; tool
a, leas, six minutes; This delav was caused
by the fuse de Bickford, or Bck(ord' fuse
| no, burning regularly, which is often III,
= case in ,nmping. After the grea, volume
S OF smoke had cleared off the town-for III
!. wind blew from the norlh-,he Russian
: lined their parapets TO have look a, tn
' damage, Su, they fired no shot or shell 70
= al least five minutes, when they commence
4 10 burst a few shells over thu lswn and owe
S the Redan and Malakof. The explo
p sion was audible in the various camps
y bu, not at Balaklaya; clearly sht wing ,hu
The quantity Of powder exploded by acci
dent on the 18Th of November was fa
d greater than yesterday. On the 18Th G
C Nov,mbe several windows at headquarier
J. and Baaklava were broken. and the cor
a cussion was felt Of the Sanlorium or CAST
u Hospital loi a. least Two minutes The d
l. ference in effect canno. be- entirely accoun
Is ed Tor bv the difference between Forl Mel
IS olus and tho Powder Mill, or any o.her ca
d cula,on, excpp, larger amoun, OF combu
s. ,ible muuer; but the French try 10 nuke ol
s. that The quantity Of powder exploded yel
:; lerlay was nearly double that on the 15,l
:. Our engineers. now thu, lhe docks o.
q entirely destroyed, are ordered 10 blow in III
j. quays nlong The Dockyord Creek, and ha,
: lily dcmoIish The barrack and hospital builc
" iugs, terrace wall, and dockyards and worl
g. shops, The Freach are To blow up Qua
:, anime Battery, and all the principal built
% ines in Sevaslopol proper. such as .he Lee
" lure Foom-or, as lis called by many, II
n Thealer-SuiIor's Home. &c. In the bn
y ruck buildings our engineers have found.
!! Sigh, experiments. ,ba, every foot Of foul
10 dalioD ln length will require h. OF powde
s. or 100 lbs TO 100 feet. Immediately aG
D. the destruction Of Fort Nlcholas--in whic
N during the seige, after The fire became ,c
hot, Generals Os.e1. Sacken and To,lebe
D. used 10 live, with most Of he engineers az
" staff officers--a shave go, about thai INTEL
De gencs had been received at head quartz
s. that The Queen had declared peace in Il
n House OF Lords; but do no, think ,h
D. these continued explosions although veI
D necessary and advisable, will ieEd 10 increa
n ths Russian friendship. "a
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