The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-23
He'll Gur.e Made Wider.

New York S~pecial:-The nine acres of
roc comprising the famous Flood Rock is
land were shattered INTO fragments at fiji
teen minutes past IL Saturday morning
the 10th inst The 800, 900 pounds of ex-
plosives with which the tunnels were charged
went off simultaneously, and SO far as the
examinations hare shown, the roof was
completely destroyed. 1t is believed
now that a cleaf channei has been
| opened for steamers from the East river
into Long Island sound, and that the dan
gers that have besei the mariners in these
waters for centuries, and which caus-
| ed the old kniekerbockers OF early
New York to call the place Hell Gate
are nova "Reminiscences. No damage wts
caused to surrounding property by the ex-
plosion. Indeed, those who were within a
thousand feet felt little or no ,oommotion
either in the air or on the earth. At a
greater distance from the scene, however,
almost throughout the entire city a slight
termor was felt. In some places a de-
cided shake-up was observed. About
$4,000 people Witnessed the scene from the
surrounding shores. Miss Mary Newton,
| the young daughter OF Gen. Newton touched
| the electric button which set off the battery
and caused the explosion. 1t was she who
performed the same act nine years ago
for the Hallett Reef explosion. Gen
! Newton and Lieut.. Berry express themselves
| I'll EtttiSllti WIFI lilt tSulb III lUGlE
operations, and say that they will havethe
channel cleared OF the broken rock before
six months nave passed. 1t was precisely
HIS O'Clock when the people waiting to
see Flood rock 80 up in the air
heard a dull cracking noise as ii
q thunder cloud We're bursting in the
middle OF the earth. instead OF overhead.
There was nothing sharp aboutit, as the re-
port OF exploding dynamite usually is, nor
was the tremor OF the earth so great as to
cause alarm. 1t felt lnstasifanimmense ball
were rolling around underneath thesurfaee,
trying to find so,ne opening through which
to get out into the air. Onthespottow which
al! eyes we're directed. however, there was
quite q connection. An immense wall oil
frothina. seething water was rapidly rising,
apparently out OF the very rocks they had
just seen. First but Il thin column OF light
blush tint was outlined against the white,
sunny sky OF the morning. 1t rapidly in.
creased in yolmnn and in heighth, how
ever, and as it did so it became a purer
white. Another column and still another
shot up on either side OF the first one. but
the difference in time between their rising
was so short that the three shot up alnost
1 simultaneously. When they had reached 4
summit OF fully 800 feet the spectators i'm,
agined that they were gazing from
afar OF OF n short range OF snow.
capped mountains, whose white tops were
half hidden from view in a pale blue mist.
Reports from Weedsidc, Rosslyn, Coron.
ma and Port Washington state the shock
was felt at those places. many
dwellings being shaken aud the pas.
ter beiiig knocked from the ceilings
and walls. In that portion OF Long Island
City, which lies on the ridge Of rocks
running east and west from Hell Gase
and about II mile and n ialf from
Flood rock, the shock OF the explosion was
felt much more than in places near the
rock. The vibration was sufficient tc
cause bottles and glasses to fall from
I shelves.