The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-25

"What are you doing here, sirl" said
Gen. Newton to a reporter for The Sun, when
he returned to the Point after the explosion.
The reporter had hidden In a house In which
the dynamite had been loaded into the COPPER
primers, and thus got within 800 feet of the
mine, awaiting the explosion. Heard at that
distance the explosion was not stimuli
taneous, but rather prolonged, dull,
underground report heaviest in the CEN
tre-a erescendo TO forte, then a diminuendo.
The shock was suficent to throw a man
down, and caused feeling OF nausea that last
ed more than an hour. The sbiver OF the earth,
however. had no resemblance to that OF an
earthquake, but was sudden Jerk. as though
the earth was pulled quickly under the feet and
pushed back In the same second. This Jerk, fell
before the duh rumbng sound was heard.
shook the russell leaves of the trees unset sew.
eral fowls some distance of, and made A COW
close by sink to her knees. The first effect of
the explosion at that distance WAS an cleo
trlc udsh, instantnneously followed by a
jerking OF the earth and rumhling sound
and then the upheaying OF all the water
oyer the reet TO height OF about ten feet
From that upraised aqueous mass not simulta
neousy, but In quick success on. sprane rocket
IKE Jets, ana then large, uhdeiached bodies Of
water. ike Inverted iccles shot into the air
Then sheet Of muddy water seemingly Almost
IA black as Ink covered the point and was
thrown much higher than the disturbed masses
already mentioned, and from this arose the
rock and Golfer dam. One, and the only large
rock, ascended from the roof OF the heading over
No :, and must have weighed about sixty tons.
strange as 1t may seem, even this did not IN lie
rapid ascent. hut gently went up from 25 to 10
feet. and then as slowly descended ard disap-
peared. The smaller rock and the debris went
to a distance Of more than IS feet.
A reporter for The Sun was the first person
on the end Of the Point, which he reached
about one minute after the explosion. The sur
face Of the troubled water was covered with
bright orange tint shaped IN dincrent cuiOrs hy
the uneasy movement OF the troubled waves
The air was filled with "A strong sulphurous
stencil. Around the Point. at a radius Of 40
feet, the water boiled and hubhlod, foaning In
a thousand eddies that caught the light wood of
the Golfer dam two pieces Of which
held together-aud twisted and spun them
round Ike sraws Ii was fully "A two minutes
struggle for supremacy between the force of the
explosion on the water and the heavy tide
linen the eddies became inuistinct and the sur
face OF the water calm. only dotted with mum.
berless air bubbles, breaking as they rose to
view, until only the ripples OF the tide disturbed
the serenity OF the stream, and down toward
Blackwell's Island noated together the sulphur
tint aud the spnters OF the shattered Golfer
dam. The success OF the blast was proved
10y tho continued unbrokeD sheet OF water
that speeded past Hallotts Point. About two
minutes after the explosion MIR. Arthur MRille-
fert, son OF Prof. Maiiefeti, arrived at the Point
and, few minutes later, Sir. II. W. Reboui
rowed over the exploded reef. with the excep-
tion OF the little Offce over tho shaft. none II
the buildings were In any way damaged, the
window glasses, though strongly Sd ken being
uninjured. The little office wa, however. raised
from the ground about two or three Inches, and
then tipped over.