New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-11
FIREWORKS on THE BRIDGE.
TWO CITIES BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED.
GREAT CROWDS VIEW THE 1LLUMiNATloNs
FROM THE ROOFS or HIGH BUILDINGS
TIE EAST RIVER AGLow With
THE LIGHTS OF VESSELS.

FROM THE ROOFS OF HlNt BolhDl-"0
THE EAST RIVER AcLow With
THE LIGHTS OF VESSELS.
Whom daylight waned and the darkened dome
-, ricb. orchcd over the twin cities the pyro-
,ccbnio artists who had taken their stand upon
tho Rrool,lyn Bridge let loose all tie imprisoned
snirits Of light in their control. Up, up TO the
biphcst cloud, loud steamed the Kissing sprlteS
and for an hour the heavens showed lorth the
Glory of Columbus On the towers AT either cnd
Of the main span tons OF colorrd Ire oil every
hue was SET Of. Beginning with the rich. red
Glow Of an Italian sunset. il turned to green ana
back again to crimson. Then a fierce. white lsht
burst forth ~ though new sun had risen IN
the east and all the delicate hcew0rK OF the
western span stood revealed. Behind, all was
blaclincss, and the deep shadows thrown to either
side below tie level Of the tower top made
it look az though it were the archod gateway
Of some city Of the olden world. whose rampars
st.ctchcd away on either side Tie Ncw-lork
sran was the dIawbridsc that stretched across
a vast mote before the walls. behind wn->c bat
Element brow. the fcr," flames lcapod and
nckerod Nothing was laciin1 but the silhouette
Of a Nero hddling 10 the dancing flames 10 take
one bacl, from the world Columbus discovered
10 an age that dreamed not of America of
the Brooklyn Bridge.
Az ARSENAL or EXPLOSIVES.
Down upon the roadway Of the central span
small army OF fire fcnds ran hlther ana thlthcr
about their arsenal OF explosives, one mo-
mcnt sharply revealed in the glare of some grCtt
deplay, then lost TO view in the darkness of It's
total ccpsr Whole batteries Of mortarS sent
forth booms that went huTtling 10 the fnrth"st
depths of the ovcrarching blaclincss, and then
burst with distant and retarded report showcTing
npon an cxpcctant world masses of shining twink
ling cvcrchanGng light, like the tlnscl and
spanclcs on a Christmas tree.
Sometimes il was a cornucopia Of sparkling
coins descending upon the land Of plenty. Some
times there were mere formlcss, hay clouds oe
elittcrins star dust. Again, great shcaf of fire
shot into the air, burst its encrcng band and
fell back 10 the Garth in reckless disordcrcd pro-
fusion The colors shifted from alNnthc green
TO violet from red to blue, from sapphire to gold'
nom orange to the purcst white.
While the heavens were sc1mcd with the merry
trails of unnumLcrcd rushing rockets, unoDtfnsIVe
little gas balloons were liberated to sail OIL to The
west, leaving curious little scrpentine tails OF
smoke behind that shOnc like webs Of COS amer
against the background Of the stars. When the
balloons collapsed they dropped LOT of pyrocchnc
ycrtcbratcs each Joint Of which was oi different
hue. For few moments they wrigelcd around III
the darkness like 50 many variesaied cltcrpiIdr'
i'm the sky, and then burst into The gorgeous
butterfly Of dying display
4 battery of Roman candles along the Bridge
parapct threw mp an endless succession OF mag
ncsium stars as though thousand Jngglcis were
tossing balls Of fire from hand TO hand. y great
Gust Of rockets lit up the whole river with It's fiery
radiance, which, shining upon the windows OF The
tall Office BUILDINGS of the city, made them ! Ok
like so many seething furnaces of flame, de>ert'd
bv the hrcmen and left to their fate
SEARCH LIGHTS ADD 10 THE DISPLAY.
Two O. the. search lqhts on ships AM buildings
throw their cones of light about the harbor and
the adjacent shores, adding the uncanny ehect
NJ their misty rays to the general spectacle. The
rivor with tens of thousands OF floating lights.
go1c the behOldcr's eye the impression OF great
stream Of sparkling Stag, arrested in IT, flow but
still cleaning into epcckled light with the heat of
It's pent-up iircs
When the last football Of five had been kicked
of the Bridge by the energetic demons VINO Were
RUNNING the show and the last weeping willow ol
olimmering light Lad disappeared into nothIns-
nos. when the set pieces of Columbus and his
.bi, had spluttcrcd ana farcd and faded. Niagara
was let loose A lid sheet of liam" fell from IN"
orcI,inn floor Of the Bridge 10 the hissin- waters
beneath ON, OIL in ccasel'ss How the bhreh' o'
fir. rolled downward toward the sea Ihe great
q ,Il, of observation boat which had been only
,,is,inou.hahe by their lights now stood forth "a
.I,rnlv defined as in the light of day.
hundred whistles reared out their hoarsc
clo,us of appause There was a noise like that