Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-29

-. ;-,.,d;,. EXPLOSION. Finally. ct .
.s,o.S <a minntes and 30 SECONDS. q fosI
;,1 ,e,erbersting sound Was nsy
rery nslnable vibration Of the eafsa ,o.,o~
~ .st;nc about two seconds. s,renm y,
49, o., snddsniv shot up at Halleees rom.
~ 49, ~ Jortv feet in height. and was
sncceeded by Q massive column o. "a,
vater full OF stones. loose rocx anu ILL.,,
vhich rose 10 the height OF ten OK n'soe.
feat many pieces OF rock being tnrown
seventy feet high There was no parsD Ing
shock no stunning or tremendous uc.ona
tion. no earthquake commission. anu i".d
OF the spectators experienced the giaa All
terrifying spectacle they bad expecIsu. n
was over inside of three secorcs, anu -
waterspouts subsidized, huge wave q, os
muddy water rolled from Hsiiett nee. ~
wards the New York snore. Do. it - the
was soon spent. and before it reached tne
shore i, was incapable Of damage % sur
nrised vera the spectators at the apparently
insignificant results that MANY we're inciin-
ed to believe that only portion OF inc 'e:
rible dynamite had exploded, and tnat tnen
ears would yet be stunned BY the dealenlns
REPORTS Of q greater explosion. But no 'ul
Their noise was heard. The mine nau ~
deed been fred. and the work oil seven yee.s
had eliminated The elect Of the explosion
was felt bu; very slightly on the steamers
and tugs. /. was as if they had struck
log and experienced a triaing shock. Un
Wards and B!ackwell's Islands. where the
city officials and invited guests were assem-
bled, the shock was very distinctly ieis' ou'
no damage was done.
From East river at the loot OF Ninety
second street. the spectators saw q ions
ridge Of seething foam suddenly rise' anu
| i. s tar Qgcfnteu
TO a heieh, ysriously estimated from iofty
IN seventy feet. which was almost immedi-
ately followed by still larger mass OF
water .intermingled with fragments ofrocK'
shattered timber and mud. The Jar to the
ground was distinct, but not 50 severe as %
cause any alarm. In fact, from the hrst 10
the last, the whole affair passed OH so saieiy
and with so little Of the outward elements
of danger, that the spectators were aston
ished. and so expressed themselves. As
heard from the city, the explosion sounded
something like volley OF musketry at a
considerable distance. No commotion OF
the atmosphere was felt. A slight tremor
of the earth, which was most prominently
marked on the high ground. was expert
enced.
In Brooklyn the explosion was heard but
very family, resembling thunder at q con-
ulStdOCc- 1uc
heard more distinctly. simultaneously with
the explosion a very palpable tremor oil the
earth was observed, lasting fully two sec
onds and shaking the entire city. At VIII
liamsburg the explosion was heard islntly
and at the same instant there WAS slight
vibration of the earth.
At Newark, N. j., the shock was felt but
the explosion was not heard.
ITS RESULTS As TO NAVIGATION.
NEw YoRK, Sept. 25.-Pilot Commission
or Blunt was interviewed to-day regarding
the results of yesterdays explosion, and
stated that over two hundred feet Of shore
line had been swept away thus aiding more
width for the current to move In. The TIL
angular reef had been destroyed for over
$50 feet, thereby diminishing the
velocity of the current By increasing
its width. The present channeI be-
tween Flood Rock and Haliett's Point is
about six hundred feet wide. General
Newton proposes to clear away Flood Rock +,
which will widen the channel to 200 feet.
The blowing up OF Hallett's Point had in
creased the depth Of water over Coenties
reef to twenty-four feet at low tide. so a.
TO permit the passage Of the largest
vessel which now goes over the bar. The
water on Diamond reef Is now only nine
teen feet deep, but it is proposed to blow
this away so a. also to give depth OF
twenty-four feet at this point.