New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-11
MOOD ROCK In FRAGMENTS.
Continued from First PagoJ

the reef, however but alongside 0, it
was the barge General Humphreys. 1t
was past eleven o'clock when the barge took the work
mon on board and brought them 10 tie Old steam
boat landing.
els everything all right 2" called ont General Abbott
Eyes, everything" shouted back somebody OF board
the boat e aud the sooner yOu fire her the better
II was only a few seconds from then till the cxUo-
sion, but TO the crowd the wharf it seemed much
longer -Four cameras stood 10 the north Of the wooden
house by the rivers edge pointing toward Flood
Rock-one apparatus being an automatic one Jctcd
with the key that send the electric current spin
ming out the hidden cartridges so as to
take photograph at the moment the mine was fired,
the others being manI by hand, but arranged TO
take the view ouecuth and one-twcntieth part Of a
second after the explosion occurred The photographers
on the roofs shanties their in rcad
ness and looked like queer animals they buried
their in the cloths that covered the tops Of their
apparatus.
Mrs. Newton whc-haircd and dressed in black silk
got behind Of Government photographers, with
her son by her side General Newton, dressed In black
and wearing a high silk hat, stood by General Abbott
who held his hand the telegraph keyboard from
which the wires ran the NINE TO the automatic cam
eras, the semoscoplc instruments ana TO the DINER
observatores Little Miss Newton with her father
She dressed in dark-bue dress over which was
sacque, While from beneath wIde-brimmed hat her
yellow hair flowed in tresses down her back nearly 10
her waist Twelve years olO she seemed fully to realize
the importance OF the occasion, though when her h'ie
fingers put upon the key for the first time by her
fathers hand she but a baby. General Hancock
stood a little back of tie rope that kept the
active operators free from intrusion among
half hundred guests ana re-
poIters. Every one soldier and citizen stood mouoness
and almost breathess General Abbott holding the CIR
cult closer in his hand stopped down to bring within
reach of the little maiden 1t about Ills a. H. when
he broke the circuit the tiny fingers OF his little as
TN lfft Ike
instrument and the message OF electricity was sent TO
the suOterranean mines where the relay battery re-
sponded with orders the cartridges TO do Their
work A sharp shock-barcly seeming TO be
1remor-was felt beneath the Observers feet and in
stantly white line of water broke Thy the reef rosen
a wall of white that cut Wards Island from view and
in half minute the great explosion was thing OF the
past As the suphurous tint OF the gases that hnhmed
ND after of the water faded away cheers ana
hand-clapping broke out every hand, and General
Newton for could DO nothing but receive
CONCENTRATIONS.
when the wall of water had settled back to its level
General Newton walked over to his wife a sparkle in
his eyes and a bcGming smile upon his face "Im the
only one who has been hurt he said, calling attention
10 slight abrasion of the skin the right side Of his
neck from which blood Oozing. He explained the
hurt by saying piece of the fuse used TO break the
string held place the of the lens OF one OF
the cameras had struck him when ii exploded.
"Was it successful Mrs. Newton asked
Certainly" he replied pointing to the wrecked rock.
at shows for itself that 1t a success"
General Hancock 1t was tiLc.'
Colonel Mercur There's nothing to be smd except
Chat tits all right" 49,
General Abbott I've cannot tell for three years
whether all the cartridges exploded or not We VIII
have to dredge the broken rock before know
We found that all had exploded IN the AllcIs Point
The Engineer Battalion detailed to assist The police in
guarding the hrng-I9nt consisted ol 10 men rom
Captain Price and Lieutenant Kuhn. General
A6bots assistants il the electrical work were
Warner Captain knight made the sei~uon"i lc o0>rr-
VatlUs while Captain Bailey hat charge OF the portable
chrOnOMeters Tue PHOTOGRAPHIC OF the explosion was
under the charge of Lieutenant L.sh, assisted 10y ser
geants sotncn and ster, The work done II Patch
ogue observing ld recording tine instant OF arrival.
duration and mature OF the earth uemor was
Lieutenant linn. The work at BY shore d. charge
OF Lieutenant, Ltushtt AMI @ai. rlau aE 3 at -ruH--
Point Ii uteuauts Cuittculen and Taylor TOOK sr'.ao
metric o",er;a loIs al TIE A'jIpIpiur ''r eifH''y
and L'cut"nants Gillette and slDtrt al the Aollrdo
Laboratory.
telegiaphed TO Cenr.A al Ao'olt iI'n Lhc ih-u.. Ia
lion that lie had marked the urmor s't"h- AFTER Inc
explosion, ana Lieutenant spencer t-ir-Fdptl IRON
Patcbosue that Il, hal marked 10 twcntyoIc AM htt
T,r ytct time l,loreaD OF the explosion was -
hours 30 minutes, 233l seconds as taken by LcGtcp-
Bailey. OF % IL H. New-lorh unr' rs Near rs
When the explosion took place the water about H,-
lets Point Was INST Sut@eu away, ah. "Hri tAc great
The low glOuud iu wave five feet high, which
ToIcO IN and tossed about great rocks, ana bore in 20
hal ooep hurried up FROM tucr h'm'' l, Tie holo"S
nbout Flood Rock aad Killed hy the ucu .ulols concs-
boats gathered hundreds OF them and took them
home. The mAAh'2nt' OF 'Ar h'u,r' ON ID" si,ee,7
said that they felt shock about like that o. the earth
police force in charge Of sergeant Darcy, acting
captain Of the Long Island Police.