The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-08-28


are not permitted TO receive nor dis
/ charge PASSENGERS uearer than quar-
ter Il 3 mile 81 the town,
The aspect 81 the city itself IS i'm
p0eS>iye beyond measure. Especially
within the radius Of danger not s
soul l. seen in the deserted Sud silent
streets. Doors and windows of shops
Sni dwelhus-hOuseS alike. through
au the streets, are closed, and the
{ blinds Sre shut. aud the stiffness 81
death pervaisS the avenues that in
1 the morning were SwSrmiug with
life, liz j. not the silence al city
long aEO Destroyed. or SbSn3Oued 70
E is fate. Sud that i crumbling in ruins.
I Il i the stiffness OF S uobUsJ and beau
. tiful person. in the full tide Of life and
strength, suddenly struck into the 81
( leucs OF death, but still standing As
erect sud IS perfect and besutiful as
. when the currents CouTSed in strong
. life through its veins.
Every stree. opening upon the dam
. SsT-EOne il guarded by two, four or
six Civil. Guards in their bright snd
picturesque costumes, and no one Is
Showed 70 crOsS those limits who does
NOT hold = pass
The members Of the IRE department,
with additional engines and material
loaned for the occasion from neighhcr-
ing towns; companies Of SSpperS and
miners. under military eommSnd,
with their picks sud sNes and Shovels;
Snd smoulSncsS perfectly equipped
for serious work, are strategicSlly
piSCsG. and are ready 10 answer st a
moments notice, Sni companies Of
infantry snd cavalry gusrd the city st
sll points
The authorities, both civil Sud mill
tsry, are CHARTERED on the wharf just
beyond the danger limit, ana in full
view Of the site Of the wreck. With
them are representatives Of the press,
delegates from ueiShboriug cities, rep
pre>zn5aiiveS Oi the trade and indus
tries Of the city. aud = few other
prominent citizens.
These headquarters have telephone
connections with the corps OF experts
who, from bomb-proOt shed near
the wreck. conduct the operations Of
the dsy sud direct Geographic con-
nectiou with the office OF the Minister
Of the Interior ST Madrid. BuglerS
are stationed az intervals on the main
streets Of the city, who are 70 give
warning by bugle call 3 minute or two
before the explosion, and this will be
repeated from bugler 10 bugisr out TO
the suburbs
Mounted messengers are also on
hand 70 carry the news OF the results
% the explosion 10 given points in the
suburbs, from which il will be quickly
given 10 the anxious watchers and
yz-oT-l~S On all the hill sides
A. la>t the hour strikes. Two tor
pedoss, eScl charged with fifty
pounds Of dynamite, are placed in the
hull ot the wreck. At half past nine
s report i hea0i like the boom Of S
distant cannon, the ground trembles
slightly and s. lSrZe white dome Of
water rises with q central jet shout
thirty feet in height, with which Is
mingled pieces OF timber and iron
which. however. f2ll again into the
water. Il i plsiu TO the nearest Oh
server that even the dock i without
injury. ami telephone reports are in
q moment received from the districts
where the houses were most exposed
u isuGE- from the cOucuSSSiOn OF air
within which i our mission house,
announcing them intact The swift
riders take tie news q the people on
the suburban hills Sui the Governor
t-i-g-srEs u 10 the Minister Of the
Interior 81 Madrid.
In g. tlau haI sn hour the Minis
ter replies, cOngratulztiug the Gov
eruor aud the city, saying that Na-
Gsid and al Spain follow the course Of
events with avid interest, and exhOrt-
ing tbs Governor not 10 stay his hand
until every vestige Of danger has dis
appeared.
The mrs: explosion was made st $50
In tn morning, auHl they were cOntin-
Ued a. l0:Sl, 1870 Il:tQ. l2:+5, +:l5,
-. 4 few minutes after the last
torpedo was fired the bugle sounded
attention. sud home sgainn and all
clz bells. led by that OF the Cathedral,
Fealei the Gloria the signal that
al who wanted 10 might return to
-Ceir homes for the night. As the
night was clear and mild. besides the
hundred, Of welI-tO DO citizens who
preferred 20 spend the night in the
~sriirero hotels thousands OF the
. poorer classes csmp=i out IN the tents
and the eNtemp0TiL5d sheds.
I took g room on the third floor Of
SD hotel fsciug the bay, shout so
yards .rom the wreck. and command
ing & perfect view OF the scene Of ac-
tS0u-Uut the hotel was Just within
the radius Of danger a. marked by the
Government.
There are but few guests here. and
suong them the three members OF the
Government commission Of experts,
experimenting the operations Of de-
str0yiug the wreck. aud though the
orders Tor yesterday were 10 hold
good for today. the commissioners in
formed me that, on their responsible
( lily. I might remsin IN The hotel dur
ing the day, If I wished % to do. 50
here I have sat st the large window
writing this letter. ] rsise my eyes
from the paper and see my friends,
the engineers on the dock and in the
steam launch, sinking the torpedOes
into the wreck. When the bugle
calls. Ioos, and see them withdraw
ing from the spot. and the next mo-
meut 3 bIllOwy mass 81 foam rises
from ten 10 fifteen feet into the air,
followed someti = by s sharp report,
s. Of d cannon fired nearby, and 81
Others by s muffled boom, as OF 8
mine sprung in the hills far away.
TEenty-one torpedOes were fired
this dzy, shout half Of which were