Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-14


n was twenty minutes after the hour ut
which the mines had been framed to explode
when the last parcel burst; but we waited
another quarter of an hour to make sure that
it was tho last, during all which time the
growing and roaring noises deep down con-
tinued, as If there was battle Of o thousand
lions raging in the vaults and hollows under
meath The smoke had been settled away by
the wind, and the prospect was clear. We
ran below to see to the FIRE and receive nve
minutes Of heat into our chilled bodies, and
then returned to view the scene.
looked frstlover the starboard side, and
saw the great split that had happened In the
night torn in places into immense yawns and
CULTS by the fall Of vast masses Of rock out
Of its sides, but what most delighted me was
the hollow sound OF washing water. lifted
my hand and listened.
"Tis the swell Of the seq flowing into the
opening!n exclaimed
"That means" said Tassard, "that this side
Of the block is dislocated from the main"
YES" cried i; "and II the powder ahead
Of the bows has done its work, the heave Of
the ocean will do the rest.r
We made our way on to the forecastle over
q deep bed Of splinters Of ice, lying like
wood shavings upon the deck; and took
notice as walked that every glorious crystal
Penuant thae haa peiore ADORNED the yaros,
rigging and spars had been shaken OIL. l
had expected to see wonderful spectacle Of
havoc In the Ice where the barrels OF gun
powder had been poised; but saving many
scores OF cracks where none was before, and
vast ragged gashes in the mouths of the
crevices down which the barrels had been
lowered the scene was much as heretofore.
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