The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-15

Inf rLoop nouk rNplI.-lN
Az Immense trHwd OnttoN ieW the hf'
pisslof- H. Atismpt Regarded ~
Eusssssfui ~ he fsriueefs
Buiia'uus intsetlty Hnsh-
81 b. tte shoes,

tailed mean lhs srsna uf nction, 800 OF
whom were zoe. r.d on ghp EAF. isIyer
front. BlackRel'a island eon-Hu.l a
81 othufs wafa On du'F Fi
Ward Island. An hul'Nug
on tbeuofth euo az ll.ackvei4s Island
were cleared uI ~ m ttsf, incluaLs .-u
alua 4uurg, work house aud InHti t
asvl NJ, who wGru mhsstd on iiH
Lawn q . safe distance ron me tA-
Mo z lu, and carefully lusrdeu IA tAF
Ieril-utialy ILn coll doors Wo.e
THROWN o. sud tho prisoner eoa-
due Ell so TO Lafs. tho pro4h "AH
ku5ruurtd nV police hile alhrfQ lufte
W.. stsu,u,I among the oohf.c'' g.
puV.nt rfrsgu Or T'u's und 20 FIt9 tii
~ Vas 'CuLl necessary 10 Ieaah -So
All points on to- shoro from which
Boo rock could lv a'tui were tfnse-
J. pssttd Win people. Tho police
Woo busy keeping tho crowd OUTSIDE
tf tho dauEtr liuG. Ropes had been
I'to.cttG scIOss tr5 rlv1r above sad
b dysr tho plato 81 explosion mo
: launches from the navy ara patTolled
.lo river o. sec thNt NO vessels Al
Zen uitd 80 pass through. TIE tell IN
tho tower ot ST. AnM's school building
rtiurk the hour Of IL, and
bO,1A people waited eSpertshtl'
10. the explosion, which wsa gdvef-
tis,d g. be- on hand 90 tAt6 hnur, Dut ~
fbft moment ftCgo wore SIN num-
Dersops on Wood Rex, A few nil
ntas IaJtr, however, u tuF took them
~ M mn toe fpect stHrs prepared
Iron ttIVea Tor the expected shock.
Jaoitg ana gentlemen ~ carriages
oud up0. fhe Gu -hions md ievcled
Jroir opcra CLOSES iowsTua mo is.snd.
. hush oil exp sotENcy tell upon the
s-y1et. cro.n who werg almcs. afraid %
T, bTsaibn 10, fear tie act would dis.
turb tbsir vlew OF the explosion
sboulJ A. occur st that moment.
The riysr IN the vicinity o! FLOOD
Rock sd u.l's po!ut was nov CinsI
of vessels. Scores al excursion steam
9rs ~ = r.suec-Rble distance, hove
syer1. tltir drrks black with people,
Va III. uFs ard. cvan sound bucr,
tyaite u for I4a ptessiug oi tho electric
, ntton.
TIE Explosion.
Atmetlr.Is 1913 O'clock tho earth
tam Is ed I'D the bosom OF tho rive
y,sa :Irrc.,t win u Inighty uphesvel
ofroclts aud tiuhers. Up, up, went
the ,riItteCirs mgaseN Of water until T.
,,een,od 90 IN Troy would never
e,op, Al heiahC Of ECO feet ihs
uulif,Id ysters, paused aud foil beck
.gHrg r.. y Us
e. non the air, hun crcd6 OF feet in 6sch
%iIs6,ia,s. vsI iiiied with ths whits
t,so,s II erSrkiug water. tho srscta-
ga bavnrd exuf asien.
H. \ .,l,nn. the ll.year-olc d,,igh-
~, t..,r-J Nev,ton (wbo e. chief
,,'gira -. I'D no copducted the sper-
s.i,n,s u,IiiGato since tho atsrt),
toucfI.ti The button that seC
- ,lsrtri, rurrapt thes aY.
ol1Sssh rho sub,osrine rnlnes snd
sj.ffs,.d tho Ipcuntain ot
81, Ii,,i,o q, ovt of tho sen q, d crush
,,,s, y in,S a million trsgments. It
i;ttia sserv Newton who. when q
80 bah1-- ,o;,ched off the first Hell
q To sx,,jnsjon TOW feet rom the
Soint =, bers sbe stood today. The
. SIaol ~ The c0Ilgpse was fels orly
.iioSIl,1 "a, rho Astoria shore, and the
ncIsa reserntlsd far blatant SUMTER.
S.s,'sa, ,brudar. Where Flood Rock
10 liftad ira strong back mGss Of
Erotan mol, VS. seen upon TOP of 10
N The ~ rorl; that had been left
t,.,se 80 Tururd over ON its side, a
i,ro,,e, ,nSss. 4 huge tank that had
len i, Fl. et the IN d OF the Island still
GOD IN ID piace, u!ted over little rs
10 &C., TX omen In, down with the
~ hru 80 ion, ina AERIAL flight,
80 ,ii,,,5,, sffa1 tho exoIosien a fire
IL on, IA tho wreck and burned
'stii,, w s,noD., the caters. -Four in
Hsrrs ,,hotearaybs were taken
~ rfiicers al he rorpg OF engineers
X ~, tne aying mini, Astoria.
60 % H. u0Ysials 10
ii,Sao f,rr, tho nosition aud
1nnesrance of lso wreck, the explo-
Pp ~ Loo ba.,, an eutite success.
4t. vn So ~, ,,ro,ert iba yioinitv OF
AZ b7aetod Tocis viii h. 1rors DANGER
c ome w. re- ~ re,oiore until Inc week
Sas baa,, ys,noved,
Tbe ebocl v,gs felt to slight extent
in IN c,Eu n zss feit disJinctly in
~, c;,,> Nj boildinr. and the siruc-
~ ~ m1iad for tfe gpaca OF five
SECONDS A. he county court house
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