Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-17
WORK OF THE VESUvIUS.
MUCH PREJUDICE AGAINST DYNAMITE.


MN"u sue fWlNN NNhNf NA INC TAWNINNN
larbor flruncauons Monday night
with three NJ her giant shells. Army
and navy men are talking about her aF
ryorcntiy aa 10 she were some ihlng
supernatural Citizsna generally COM
pared her with Ericcf1ns monitor and
aii she Do hundred times more de-
truCuvU.
d. borden wilmoi Us the roprcacnil-
dive of the Pneumatic Torpedo and
Construction company ~ Nfw York
which dnsIrn0d aud built the cruiser
Nesuylus and sold her 10 the United
5nios government after she had un.
l,rrlnc u series " severe illts
THE Vesuv.us" said Mt Wilmot
hIH q battery of three pusumntt
suns. mounted ln the bow Of nn angle
If "a degrees The guns are nfty-nVD
.ert long. 10 inches hIrH and built Rig
.lly into ihe vessel From nil ! have
road about Mouday's trial VITA ;hrcc
h1tr. ! am convinced that she has not
H1uWn hair NJ her uullIfN.
what can she d11 She can drop
900 pounds NJ nltrl-r.llunp nearly w."
miles away with accuracy She can
repeat thIH feat ~ times BOZ Ten min
utas. That means 90 tons ~ hirh tN-
plnHlvo thrown on the Epiuish ships ur
forts ur whatever the object NJ attack
may hU.
"rhc destructive. power NJ such
hrnldHlde lH aim~' beyond c1mputn-
iI1n. ~ iH enough 90 destroy a city. To-
wlpH 10 m the face uf the earth and
eliminate ivory trace NJ rs existence.
The nltro.gclatlne L. half a. stronE
again as dynamite. Imagine the cffect
nj 3h tons ~ o.
"Tho moral cnect " a b1mbardment
by tho Noauvlua must be- tremendous
hy way NJ illustration. let mo tell you
one fact. The dynamite cruiser Me
thrruy put an end iu The late brazilian
revolution without firing shot Her
mere presence was enough. Dom IT,.
drn. the emperor uf rrhkil. sent M
mlrnl Slldomn d. CANA. ~ the IRA
sllllu navy up here o. md out how
The pneumatic dynamite gun worked
The admiral was deeply Impressed.
ia rather be- with that gun than
against o. he remarked % me. stand.
INK beside the gun on the proving
grounds az Fort Hamilton. whore he
witnessed ~ range, accuracy and de-
structlve power Within a short tlme
Dom Pedro abdlcatsd, republican
form u government was set up and
Molln began his revolution. Admiral
DC Cana was his chief fighter.
The Nrualllun government ntted up
ihr Nicthrrny In New York with one
small dynamite KUN. Her coming was
reported. by telegraph a. she APP
preached the brazilian coast she
steamed Into RIO Jnnciro harbor
cleared FOR action. There was nothing
90 IRE NJ. The mere news ~ her adj.
vent put De CANA ana nll his men 10
hight They abandoned nil their ahlpa
Ihit ended the revolution. The NeHu.
vluH has not one small KUN. hut she
hhn three large ones. Their cillhor ia
]. lnr hNH. ! can give you a suggestion
" their force. There are three is.inrh
dynamite guns az the Preside. near
san Francisco. A. n test one of thoas
guns sent pruisctlic containing 900
pounds of nltrn-Eolttinr across the
Golden cate into one 81 the mountains.
one mile away The explosion vi this
h'H jug crater In the solid rock IS
i""t deep ana 81 fopt In diameter. ar
course u must not be- forgotten that
lhr NesuviuH II using KUN cotton IN her
llulerillrH. Gun cotton b. only one
nfth a. strong ns nitro-Eelntinr
Whrtr shell strikes from one OF
we suns OF the NrHuNiuH tho havoc h.
awful ono u her projectllcs dropped
lh lhg midst " "a regiment would oiimI.
nate % from the war n any man ip
the regiment was not torn 10 bIta he
would not Doc M Tor nHhtlnr
'AgAluHt chip tho NrHuviua yynutd
he deadly. ono vi hef hIg rhplhdrnp-
ping ON The deck would crush throurh
ihr hrmor and. vNpll ding ln vital
port, would Hhlttrr the shin. II one
nf these shells exploded In inc 1ir nv
in ihe water within nfty foot uf "a shin
" war, v Will render hrr uaplras fnr
hEhi.url fur The drtoniatinn win thrnv,
ihr bearings ~ her engines nehrIy am
OF llne, diHlocntt tho shaft. or lam ths
h'Aly hll'i iAtiH Thus The ship Will
became mere helpless TARGET"
Many leading artIllfrist- in the army
arc ln favor 10 the use ~ hlrh es.
ploalNca, and IN their Official cunmuni-
| cations O. th1 war department nav.
advocated lts moro extensive uss m.
only thing that has worried Thorn il
lhg absence VI convenient ne VOL aa
q hitting means ~ nrlng u. The rraat
dynamite guns at Fort Hancock and
the Preside are 10 a certain extent re.
gnrdei IN the Hight " sNpefImsnts
i"hh T. Holland Inventor Of tho sub
marine boat which bears his name yas
enthusiastic over the favorable reports
received of the practical test N mo
dynamite cruiser NHsuvlus, iic s1Iis
NOW, perhaps they viii give VaHuyl-
~ n chance, There always has noon
the strongest Kind ~ prejudice against
her To- tho navy iuHt ns thor. b.
against my boat now. She never VIVA
given any sort ~ q real trst ana was
utterly condemned boy naval officers IN
] no reason az an II was only after the
.
DruWUut could Doe Induced to build nor
ana thyn she was step-chid. and wns
/ blamed with everything About four or
i've years ago the board In Warrington
concluded she was useless. and decided
/ 90 tear out her dynamite guns and turn
her Into little glnhnlt
Fortunately they had mo- money
/ available with which 90 dismHntIa ana
reui hUr, and she lay around awaiting
destruction until the war broke nuf ana
] There was such demand for vessels nf
In kinds that she had 20 De- put into
/ commission. I hear that oven after
her arrival az Santiago her
commander had On beg o. be-
[ allowed tn have shot 40 the span.
Nrda, nnd no was finally permitted IN
nre lust three shots one from each
I NJ her guns, The results seem a. have
/ boon remarkably successful / be-
Hove she VIII create 70 revolution in
naval warfare, 40 least with regard a.
{ vessels NJ her size ana kind"
chief Engineer Albert A.. Dixon of
/ the naval auxiliary board. who is now
| loo this city examining yachts ANA TUGS
fpr the coast defense noot served for
I several months nu tho NesuvIua.
Most naval officers" said no.. have