Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-22
EVENING STAR.
The Mine Under Hell cate.

FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS OF NITRO
SUNDAY.
AT nine minutes 90 three On Sunday artar-
noon, september "a, the fifty Thousand or
more pounds OF explosives, PACKED Ia the
IA ne eenssin the rocks At Hell Gate, VIII
oe nrec. The tide viii st that moment be al
lts hlenest, and IL Is thought the river less
crowded by vessels on their way out or into
gray OF the dawn yesterday the LAST 81 re
dynamite reached the government whsrf.
and, long before the men came 20 work. Mr.
Boyle, with the assistance or the watchmen
and help from the canal boat, had the dan.
seTous cargo unloaded aud Distributed 70
different places. The explosives received in
pounds, which brought the total of expio-
sives of all kinds In the reef 10 be exploded
ON Sunday, At nine minutes before three
o'clock, TO about nfty thousand pounds.
with wires TO the battery were already
In their places, ready 70 bs primed,
last week, but then the work was again
seemed too thick or the pillars too stout. IL
was cor cluded 10 put In extra charges OF dyn-
snyte. These extra charges, 7fT In number,
tavation entirely ready Tor the dangerous
tat K OF printing, which will be com mencet
early this morning. In addition 20 these
Custom iorsS oI xh iSon Will n. explode by con-
long and three inches In diameter, each
loaded with thirty i've pounds OF d-na,,,,.
nase oeSn put u nA Galleries along the roof
les where the reef Is thickest. These will
be connected with the extra charges 20 De
exploded by conclusion. The cartridges OF
dy Mantle, the most sensitive, and couse.
Qnently dangerous OF all the high explosives
Lext TO The pore pitro glycerine, which are
put In as the extra charges, project out OF the
drilled holes about two feet, ready Co be
struck by the frst falling rock, or affected
pipes are held up In their places by wooden
uprishts, and are plugged at the ends by
heavy wooden plugs, over which are drawn
fectly watertight. 1t Is thought that these
Iron pipes VIII be very effective In the work
OF destruction.
e,ly gentleman at the saloon outside the gate
81 was employed on the works about seven
years ago. 1 am not afraid, but my wife,
IKE many others In the village, has taken
up the carpets. I suppose she would take
down the ceiling and the chimney n she
could and put them In the back yard. There
That Is the back OF the reef, out of water.
even at high tide Now, In my opinion
that's going TO go sky high and take with it
the dam, and 1 amt quite certain where It's
going TO fall. When the fifteen pounds OF
dynamite exploded and killed poor Doyle i
was sitting In my parior, fourteen hundred
feet from the shaft, and IL shook me and my
that there will be 1000 pounds OF explosives
hid In that rock, and wnen measure the
distance between fifteen pounds and 20 900,
my ininu uOn lccl Qulse easy, and Il don't
banker to drink my beer Just here. / think
we will take trip TO Hobokep that day,
capt Wood, of tue Astoria police, will be
assisted on Sunday In keeping intact the
Gordon around the works by a detachment
OF United States troops sent from the forts
In the harbor. In addition to this force
Capt. Wood will make a request of General
Smith, OF the metropolitan police, for a de-
taehment OF detectives. In complisnce with
Gen. Aewton's advice, the Astorians will
probably leave open their windows and doors
when the explosion takes place, and IL is
feared that the hght-hngered gentry of this
city may endeavor 10 reap harvest OF spoil
from the exposed dwellings-N y Sun, 2lN