Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-04-18

CeIC8lO way 6UU0x00 I1Om the manner ID
which tho battle In the channel had been
conducted. Every newspaper urged that
Il the repeller carried guns capable of
throwing the bombs which the syndicate
proposed 70 use there was no reason why
every ship In the British Aeet should not
have l,een destroyed. BIT a. the repeller
had not fred q single shot at tho feet, and
a tho battle had been fought entirely
By the crabs, there was every reason to
believe that II there werc such things a.
motor guns their range was very short,
no. 60 great a. tina: Of the ordinary dyn:-
miso cannon. The great risk rum by ono
Of tho crahs In order to disable q dyrc-
mite gsmboas seemed an additional proof
Of this.
Il was urged that the explosions in tho
water might have been produced by tor.
pe6oes; that the torpedo boat which had
been destroyed was 90 near the repeller
that an ordinary ahell was sufficient to
accomplish the damage that had been
n 1insay these assumptions was i'm.
p9S1tso on the syndicatc's forces. To
63n,l Gtablish tho prestige o: tho In.
motor vas tho obiect Of the
M Cabs were Of but temporary ses-
vice. Any nation could build vessels
IKE them. and there were many means
OF destroying chem. Tho spring armor
vas complete defense against ordinary
artillery. bu: it was not o defense against
cubmasine torpedocs. Tho Claims of the
syndicate could b Grmly based on moth
ing bus tho powers Of c5colute annihila-
ton possessed b. tho instantaneous mo.
tor bomb.
Atou: 9 O'Clock on tEoeppointcd morn.
lnS ceccllez No. III much to tho surprise
Of tho spectators On tho high grounds
with field glasses and telescopes, steamed
away from Caeytaf. What this meant
nobody knew. bu: tho naval militar5 OBJ
servers Immediately suspected that tho
syncicato's vessel had concentrated attcn.
ton upon CScrdaif in order to 60 over to
ireland to- do some sort Of mischief there.
I: w:s presumed tina: the crabs accom-.
pasted her. but Is they were now at their
tighrin: depth !: was impossible to see
them :s so great distance.
But it was soon perceived that Repel-
Ter No. IL had no intention OF running
away. nor Of going over to ireland.
FroE, slowly cruising about four or five
miles OF shore she had steamed west
wa-d until ehc had reached point
which. according to the calculations of
her scientifc corps. was nine marine
miles from CaerdaR. There she lay to
against q strong breeze from the east.
It was not yet l0o'clock when the ofi-
Ger in charge Of the starboard gun re-
marked to the director that he supposed
that Il would not be necessary to give
the smoke signals, as had been done in
the channel. a. now all the crabs were
lying near them The director reflected
. moment. and then ordered that the
signal should be given at every discharge
Of the gun. and that the columns of black
sinoke should he shot up to their Creates
height
At precisely 10 O'Clock. up rose from
Releller No II two tall jets Of black
smoke. Up rose from the promontory
of Cacrdaff. heavy gray cloud. like an
immense lalloou. and then the people
on the hill tops and highlands felt
sharp shock Of the ground and rocks BE-
meath them. and heard the sound Of a
terrible hut mon,cntary grinding crush.9
AS the cloud began to settle, it was
h'rnr out to sea by the wind. and then it
was revealed that the Notifications Of
Cacr'la:f had disappeared
In ten minutes there was another
smoke signal. and a great cloud over the
castel'atcsi structure on the other side of
tl," hay Tho cloud passed away, leav-
ing Il vacant space on the other side of
the hay.
The second shock sent panic through
the crowd OF spectators. The next earth.
quake bomb might strike among them.
Down the eastern slopes ran hundreds Of
them. leaving only few Of the bravest
civilians. the reporters Of the press, and
the naval and military men.
The next motor bomb descended into
the fishing village. the comminuted par
ticles Of which, being mostly of light
material. 1oated far out to sea
The detachment of artiilerists who had
been deputed to man the guns on the
heights which commanded the bay, had
been ordered to fall back 10 the noun
tains As soon as it had been seen that it
was not the intention Of the repeller to
send boats on shore. The most courage
Gus OF the spectators treinbled little !
when the fourth bomb was discharged, |
for it came farther inland, and struck
The height on which the battery had
been placed. removing all vestiges of the
guns, caissons, a,.L TIE ledge Of rock On
Which they had stood. |