New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-29
OLYMPIA'S NIGHT SALUTE
crvrvrrrv GINS FIRED AMID GLARE
OF RED LIGHT IN THE BAY
TWO THOUSAND ELECTRIC TORCHES oN
PAVILION HILL. STATEN ISLAND
HARBOR AND CITY BRILL
IANT WITH LIGHT


IANT WITH LIGHT.
Lights. from the cloud piercing seareh"sn' ~
the dim. Pickering candle light, Illuminated Wv
waters Of the harbor last night FROM 'Ne ~
sodas 70 Staten Island from Hell Gate 10 fort
Hamilton, mulucolored lights plazeu ou'
welcome 70 the Admiral Red lights. search
lights from boats and buildings, ana hsn's vi
piers and along the shores OF New YIN "''0
Nev-Jersev all shone in honor OF Dewey
A. the rattery and along the shore large
a,nor,, ~ red fire was burned the Illumination
being especially beautiful at the Aquarium ana
piar 4 The crowds were even larger than IN
tho dav and there were many hundreds Of per-
sons scattered through the Park ana alo"s ''''
Battery wall until long after midnight.
ror over an hour all Of Staten Island seemed
20 no ahlaze with fiery redness. The north ana
oae. chores for a distance Of twelve miles were
Al unbrokon string Of fire. so numerous were
the Nominations Red fire was burner "l '"'
r,ors in the streets and on housetops huge
horeres we're also built Thousands Of staten
1s,anders and visitors thronged the shores out
the finest view Of the Nominations ol the mar
hor and Of the surrounding country was op-
,atnod from Pavilion Hin. TompkinsviHe'
Fuuv five thousand people gathered upon 'his
Doyev" on the Brooklyn Bridge and the bright
=. ,u,u,,rod ,carships yachts and other small
craft syrarming the Bay could be plainly seen
49,, er,,, tbis hill the crowning display OF the
night was given -
PAVILION HILL BRIGHT WITH I'i
Two thousand electric torches or req IRE WEI
cot off at q given signal, and IN an instant '''
name Of Dewey in twelve-foot letters was va
blazoned upon the hillside fronting 'H' N"'''
These torches had been placed IN the s'ou''"
and burned for fifteen minutes Illuminating
the surrounding country for miles AS the name
Dewey" burst into flame mighty cheeI Ill Use
from the assembled thousands. ana as '"e
searchlights OF the Olympia were turned uP'"
Tho hin the cheering became a deafening roar
which continued undated for several minutes
The Staten Island Yacht club. at Stapleton'
gave a superb display Of fireworks al the cIu'-
house. There were red fire displays at Fort
Wadeworth. and the terrace at the quarantine
boarding station was ablaze with electric lights.
Three thousand red. white and blue electric
bulbs were utilized in Illuminating the power
plant Of the New-York and Staten Ialand Elec-
tric Company. at Livingston. The lights were
fashioned into flags and shields. and colored
lamps were strung from top to bottom of the
in that part Of the island were bright as day
and the trolley cars were aba7e with red white
and blue lighte. The Examinations will be con-
tinued Friday and Saturday nights
Meanwhile as the fire burned IN the circle in
closing the Bay the displays Of fireworks on
land were beginning The Brooklyn shore APP
peared to be bombarding the feet with fire
works, and the air was full OF stars and fan
tastic figures in fire The Staten Island side
was responding I'm kind. and the hiss and boon
Of rockets were continual Colore1 fires Of al
kinds burned aloft. and fireworks wrigglet
and squirmed about In the air amid American
| flags pictures Of Dewey and the warships. Il
| was a sight that those who Witnessed wifi never
! forget. and exceeded the most enthusiastic an
| ucipatiOn.
/ at the yacht club at Bay Ridge. There Amerl
/ can flags had been placed on poles, and Tho
wind caused them 10 stand out straight an'
/ stiff Behind the line Of flags was an electrica
device. which showed the flags plainly from
all parts of the Bay.
TIE FLAGsHIPS BRILLIANT DISPLAY.
Perhaps one Of the most mpressivey beauti
fu features Of the fireworks last night was az
foIded to the thousands who lined the shor
front at ST. George. Tompkinsville and Staple
ton Staten Island when the olympia, at abou
While red fire from Lewis Nixon's househoat
the Loudoun. lighted up the side Of the cruiser
Thirty seconds before all was silent save for IN
occasional footing Of a river whistle. \ quic
fash from the port side OF the Olympia wa
followed by the heavy boom Of a cannon The
a gun on the other side followed while the sur
prised spectators began 10 count the poNde
su Okcs. Gun after gun pealed forth, ana thr
suddenly the red light showed the cruiser
do IN full rt.lip there
ing figures on deck. The belchlng Of the yeilo'
powder flash and the glare Of the RED Hoi
the Loudoun made sight so vera tHat III
thousands looked on I'm WOnderment ana slehc'
Nothing could more fOTCby remind the ID
holder Of the duel between the Spanlards an
the Americans on the early morning or Ma
1888 than this Here was the ONmpli
under the partial shadow Of darkness roarin
away with port and starboard guns. lmagina
/, ton and the Loudoun supplied the burning an
carnage which took place on the spans
cruisers on the fateful morning In May. ne
tho echo Of the seventeenth gun had died ava
the hashlight the forward deck OF u
cruiser was turned SO that the AdmlraI > Iou
starred flag at the peak was outlined against u
Look Oh. look exclaimed dozen voices
once There's the Admrars flag
And II was the Admirals salute, 100 d.
given under unusual circumstances. M
thousands crossed the river from jersey ~
81 ~ 500 the decorations and Nominations IN u
city and along the river. The incoming 'ot
= tra,ns in the early evening We're crowded.
,role1. cars arriving at the ferries carried
o. the messengers who could get aboard anu "
! fnrrvboats we're packed. The river 'front.'
Jersey CITY was deserted, as the only attIaG'io
the decorations on the ends OF the 'a Am
stations. piers and ferryhouses-were V's'o
- only from the river. g.. ,,.os rolsad
a. flag twenty-sx by forty feet was rai 80
K honor 81 Admiral Dewey on the cry i np (,,,
l. mole at Washington and Crane TIs.' 'nists;;od
= last night by Commissioner MOAN aSs'SN
| ChioF Engineer Van Keuren.
i FRIDGE BLAZES \ WELCOME
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