The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-17
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aew rans, w iohaf 10 The most ln'
,tasa excitement sslsisd In This eli1 this
morning % aeeonal oi lhs afeai es'
possn st Hell 0ale, whereby Flood H,eh
whs 10 10 removed A. slevsa o'clock
Thousands II tlmld, bai nhtlous spec
iiion wefc huffylng forward 10 wlinesa
IN efeal event Horse cars on The East
sIdc we're niled 10 thelf utmost capaeiiy,
taiclualiy blocksdlaa the fouies, owing
10 the inability Of the horses 70 draw The
heavy weight Brooklyn bridge rapidly
flled With thousand Of people curIous
10 see "somelhlaq," Jot fearful Of dsm'
ages that might occur Al towers or
auch0raeas. Every available spacc on
house tops Of convenient altitude was
secured Tor the purpose of Witnessing
the Anal work. The explosion took
place at II ~, vibrations being felt In
New York and llro0klyn. II Is csllma,-
cd that the progress Of The vibration was
al The rate Of seventeen hundred feet per
second. In the neighborhood Of tho
post.oiIico vibration was felt Az llilb
Brooklyn Bridge was nlled with people,
from brooklyn and New York, aud, for
wonder, tho police did not inter.
fcre. As viewed from this
point there was q vast cloud
OF vapor, which was soon waited away
by the wind. Steam launches from the
BROOKLYN Navy Yard guarded all ap.
proachcs TO the terrible dynamite mine
A HUNDRED men In bright uniforms OF the
United States Engineer Corps guarded
the river front on the Long Is
land shore, while great many
Of the Metropolitan police were stationed
at Intervals along tho New York
shore 10 keep yenturcsome slght-socrs
out Of danger The beautiful weather
and clcarncss OF the atmosphere brought
the doomed rock within the vision Of
thousands gathered at din rent points
for miles around There was potceptlble
excitement among the inmates Of the
great public Institutions on Wards aud
Backwcll's Islands, where II was feared
the shock OF the explosion might cause
about q thousand feet away from tho
niue. At IL ,l2 precisely one OF The party
touched the little key Of tho battery.
Instantly II, ,2s6 dynamite cartridges, pro
trudIng from that many holes drilled In
the mine were exploded, and the 2t0, ,00C
pounds OF rack rock packed back OF the
dynamite cartridges went up q second
later. Flood Rock went up TOO.
The report was not as loud as was cx
pected. Three pieces OF heavy ordnance
discharged simultaneously might max,
as loud noise. But second before thu
report was heard, persons lookln.
toward He'll Gate saw q rare and gran'
picture. A great mass OF foam, white Al
snow went Into the air TO distance o
perhaps Two hundred feet falling back II
wild confusion, 10 be met by swollen up
hesvals that came with aud after the dul
report that shook the biggest building
In town. Big pieces oi rock went Int
the air In perfect shower, but wcr
covered aud almost hidden from vie W b.
the great mountain Of foam. A yapo
covered the trouble waters immediatcl
after the explosion, but the walchlu
thousands coulS discern plainly tina
Flood Rock was no more. All New Yorh
from Harlem 10 the Battery south
aud north 10 Bronx River, fcl
shocks, for there were three OF them
lasting over one minute. Tho current q
electricity let loose by a touch on th
] little battery went over single wlr
under the river TO q heavy blchromat
: battery on the rock, which dlffused cuI
0 rents through twenty.four independer
circuits into the mine. The Inner end
, Of those wires were united by a brlds
q Of fne platinum wire. The heat commit
o incatcd 10 this war made the first erpls
sion In tho mine. Mary Newton, daughts
OF General Ne wton, aged eleven, closed u
, key which sent the current through u
!. wires and fred the mine. General New
" ton Was slightly injured In tho neck |
" the explosion Of illuminate torpedo
y lie claimed the honor oi being the on
man hurt. The daughter of Gener
II Newton, who pressed the button, 10 II
y same one whose baby fingers broug
!, about the great explosion oi nine yea
ls ago. j..
Vt when the water subsidized Il was OF
peculiar yellowlsh color, aud 1n odor
4 carbollc acid llllcd tho air, which VI
10 unpleasant 10 lnhnls. The crowd on lat
= aud water cheered wildly and was'
= their hats, aud The steamers blew The
y whistles. Nothing was left Of Flood Ro
=, save a little pile OF fragments aud ston,
y on which rested q solitary defrlc
/. wrestcd from It's position and alme
VI covered with ruins. Scarcely had I
scething massof ysllowish sea beesI
n. calm before steamers, tugs aud rowbo'
y made for the scene In an attempt 10
nrst TO cross the placa where mln'
NJ beiore lay one of tho most dangoro
Nv reefs 10 these waters. A stalwart oa
\, man In little red boat was the hrst
=. reach tho spot. Al Flood Rock, VIII
h. previously there was only from four
fvc feet Of water, now ls found fr
4. four 10 slr fathoms. II was intended
~ buoy the place, but Captain Somers,
IN the Lighthouse boat John lso.s
found no necessity for so doing. aud '
'rt sells eau now safely pass.