The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-20
THUNDER OF MANY GUNS.
HOW the Big Spi,nres WIN Hark ~,
tho 27th,


NEW YORK, April 13.-Some idea Of
inc tremendous thunderburst of war
guns in New York harbor on the 40
caslon of the coming grand Columbian
event OF the current month NAV be
gained by reading the following half.
column from the New York Times:
Final orders from Admiral Gherardi
just issued, direct that on April 81. the
day Of the great Columbian Naval Re-
view, there shall be fired in national
salntes alone no less than 1850 guns.
AS many of the cannon which will he
brought in to play are of heavy calibre,
there is promised IN upr0ar and con
cussion the like of which New York
city has probably never witnessed.
The PRESIDENT, according to the ord
ers, will pass through the lines, formed
by 40 war ships. He will he on board
the dispatch vessel Dolphin. When
the Dolphin on the morning OF the 9th
! obtains word that the fleet is ready TO
receive the President, she will immed-
| lately trip her anchor. The moment
| her anchor has left the bottom and the
vessel forges ahead she will fire a sig
nal gun. For fully twenty minutes
| before the solitary gun of the Dolphin
is Tired an officer with his hand on an
| electric bulb connection will be stand
Ing in turret of the big double-turret-
ed monitor MiantOnom0h. At the mo-
lnent that this officer sees the flash
| from the DOlphin's gun his hand will
crush the bulb. Those who are then
watching the Miantonomoh will see at
that instant column of llame hurl it.
sell fully 100 feet out into space, fol-
lowed instantaneously by roar which
Will threaten to shake down every
building along the city's water front.
Ihe oVerpoWering column Of flame
which will be seen to leap from the
Miantonomoh' turret wi IL come from
one OF the vessels monster ten inch
guns. 1t will be caused by charge of
powder weighing, roughly, 25O pounds.
For the first time in New York waters
the M1antonomoh will fire one of her
huge main battery guns. Its roar will
be the signal to every vessel in The Co.
lumbia fleet that the President is ap.
preaching.
1t is not often that occasion arises
for forty war ships to be assembled at
one time with all their crews at quar-
terS, but on this occasion when the
PRESIDENT passes up between the lines
the crews of every man war in port
will be either at the guns or aloft and
standing upon the yards. AS each ship
Will fire twenty guns, there will be
discharged at the outside $40 guns.
lnasmuch as the total number Of
guns will not be engaged at the same
instant in firing the first dis charge, the
spectators must wait for the diSum-
barking Of the President before look
ing forward to the uproar which $40
guns tired in unison will create.
Following the passage of the Dol
phin up the lines and her arrival at the
upper end Of the fleet, the President
will receive Admiral Gherardi and all
the captains and flag officers aboard the
Dolphin. After a short levee the Pres
ident vii be prepared to disembark,
put fifteen minutes before he steps in
to the barge which will convey him to
the shore the Dolphin will fly signal
flag. AS the President steps into the
barge the Dolphin Will give the signal,
and for second time the yards and
rails of every war ship in port will be
manned.
1t IS at this latter moment that the
grand cannonading of the daY will be
heard. Each ship will commerce and
continue until ended, the national sd
Lutte. This means that each war ship
must fire before closing twenty one
guns.