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

Tho motor bombs which the repeller
was now discharging wero Of the largest
cize and greatest power. and o dozen
more Of them were discharged at inter
walls Of few minutes. Tho promontory
On which tho Notifications had stood
was annihilatcd, ard tho waters of the
bay swept over its foundations. Soon
afterward tho head Of the bay seemed
madly rushing out to sea, but quickly
eurged back to fill tho chas1n which
yawned ct the spot wnero the village
had been.
Tho dense clouds were now upheaved
&c ouch short intervals that the scene of
devastation was completely shut out
from the observers On the hills, but every
fe'v minutes they felt s;cEening shocl;,
ard heard q moInentary and horrible
crash end hiss which cecmed to fill all
tho air. The instantaneous motor bombs
were tearing up the seabcard, and grind
ing it to atoms.
1t vas not yet noon when the BON.
ba-dment ceased. No moro pufrs Of
black smoke camo up from tho distant
repcl!cr. and tho vast spreading mass Of
clouds moved seward, dropping down
upon st. Georges channel in o rain Of
stone Gust. Then ti1s repel!er steamed
shorcTard. end when she was within
three or four miles Of the coast she ran
up large white flag in token that hez
task was ended.
This sign that the bombardment had
ceased vas accepted In good faith, end
as somo Of the military and naval men
had carefully noted that each puff from
the repeller was accompanied By o
shock, it was considered certain that all
tho bombs which had been discharged
had acted. and that, consequently, no
further danger was to DO apprehenGed
from them. In spite Of this announce
ment many Of the spectators would nos
leave their position on tho hills, but q
hundred OF moro Of curious and courage.
Gus men ecntured down into the plain.
That Part Of tho sea coast where Cacr-
daft had been was new country, about
which men wandered slowly and cau-
tiously with sudden EXPLANATIONS Of
amazement and awe. There wero Ec
longer promontorics ju:ting out into The
sea; there were NO hilloc.ls and rocky
terraces rising inland. In vast plain,
shaver and eho-n down to Q common
level Of SCARED and pallid rocl:. there
:ay IN immense chasM two miles end O
:ials long, half c mile wide, and SO deep
that shuddcrinG men could stand and
!coI down upon tho rent aid riycn
rocks upon which had rested that po--
zion Of tho Welsh coast which had now
blown out TO sea.
An officer Of the Royal engineers stood
on the eeaward edge Of this yawning
abyss: then he walked over to the almost
circular body of water which occupied
the place where tho fishing village had
been. and into which tho waters Of the
bay had flowed. When this officer 70
turned to London he wrote o report to
the effect that ship canal, less than an
eighth OF o milo long. leading from the
newly formed lake at the head Of the
bay would make Of this chasm. when
filed by the sea. the finest and most
thoroughly protected inland basin for
ships of oil sizes on the British coast.
But before this report received due off,
cial consideration the idea had been sug-
gested and elaborated in Q dozen news
papers.
Accounts and reports Of oil kinds
describing the destruction Of Caerdaff,
and Of tho place in which it had stood,
filed the newspapers Of the world.
Photographs and pictures Of Caerdaff Us
it had been and as it then was were pro-
duccd. with marvellous rapidly, and the
earthquake bomb Of the American war
syndicate was the subject Of excited con-
versation in every civilized country.