The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-01

Who nIocl,cd the Ladder.
From .hc philadelphia Press
YORK oct 9-The details Of the
ns accident which occurred at
.. today viii be reported 10y the press
..rare. but there are some Incidental
81 This calamity that are worth
.r.r- Whether q is TO so on reoord
worst tragedy caused by accident
experience OF New York or not
ems probable az this writing that %
ark with some of the greater accl-
Ia the number destroyed probably
r7ri made by the IRE al the Brook.
r.slter. over go in al. will remain
.t abboush it seems certain this
noon that many lives we're lost In
eposion % this noon.
OF al. of the startling features
by those who were no; in tho
i.lta vicinity OF the catastrophe was
hidden panic which for little while
H.d throughout all Of New York
.ov Canal street Those who saw
rovds running this way and that
.. ,lcir hands 20 their faces that
th nsht shield thfmselyes from noS-
uulsa and blasts Nof hot air, received
OF what true panic would
New York unless IL were in
checked Everybody IN the lower
tnc city heard the several eNplo-
Tho first one suggested an aCci-
..I 300 auc OF the fireworks repositories.
rs because the detonatiou rcsembled
. U,ulosion o. bombs and partly be-
u. the direction whence the sound came
.a4 almost exactly Ia hne with the three
a- ,o1r shops that are now very actively
sreu.od 800 furnishing fireworks for cam
al.er professions.
T rao or three moments Ohere s. no
AMY ot accurately measuring the interval
between the nrst and succeeding eXplo-
..onsl violent dctonations like the dis
,Harre OF "a number Of big cannon one
after Tire other were heard But Il was
roi the hearing o. these explosions that
caused ths terror chat FOR "a few moments
.uoa lh soiutc possession Of the vast
eoala uron Broadway ard the adjo.n-
streets
swaycd the sky CrRpcrs.
They saw tho tan buildings shaken back
and forth o. though an earthquake were
moving Them The vibration in the lofty
syndicate Building each way seemed 20
.h, u.s.. 10 measure as much as two or
HHiff Hh4 NINiAhHAN AAN AtA AtAet'At't'aHa N'IN
distance WINS much less In addition 10
that those who were upon the sidewalk
were Violently shaken ~ they We're be-
tween Barclay street ana Canal. and be-
l1w that street the conclusion caused all
most tho same sensation that violent
erihquake does.
II was tho swayiug Of the tall buildings.
fne sense OF insecurity. unsteadiness cnus-
80 bv fhe Earring OF the streets, that for
NIl4H and with
.rr0r In addition 10 that We heard 10
every direction the whistles and bells Of
tnr nre steamers going n pace which
ways Indicate 20 the experienced New
Yorker grave danger 20 propert and lfe
.nd Dr. was apparent not only that the
ncrgcncy was great. but that one OF
.lose very rare occasions was upon MS
when the FIRE department deemed - neces-
.lry 10 call out the entire force
ina few moments. there being no recur-
..uce Of the explosions. nor any continued
.lent swaying OF the tall buildings. Il
sN1s apparent that whatever had happen
81, was. so FAR as imminent danger was
Hnccrned an over
but then every eve was turned slSyward
where the most extraordinary spectacle
Hssociated WIN disaster ever witnessed n
mis- city was observed High up above
emo mist clouds that hung rather low 90
day and far above the tallesi buildings me
..,v was speckled with black fragme nts Of
tnrious sizes some almost atomic and
others carrying danger hy reason OF their
.lza They were fragments of the build
ing or Of its contents that had been driven
hrh into the air bv the force Of the OK
uiosion some heavy pieces Of iron and
r1onug were carried mol only very high
hlt three blocks 10 the east. where they
f.u landing in tho city Han Park
rr ID f.w moments fhe atmosphere was
s.Iei not only with DUST hut with coarse
Hts of charrol wood. paper ana what APP
r.lr,I to he pieces OF rln THIS Tea
H.re was noticeable within radius from
.re civ Hall Of about six blocks either
way and n was not until fully an hour
tier the explosion that an Of these de-
.osifs seemed 10 have settled back 10
,rth. They encrusted many Of the
.lvoments so that as a person walked ne
ru he'd them under his feet unth N
Ittle while So dense was the throng IN
broadway. they were ground 10 powder
ia r4used much inconvenience through
fs. choking sensation they occasioned.
A chastity sun.
To ada 20 the horror Of the moment the
nee clouds Of smoke which the heavy
ttnosph,re caused 20 settle soon threw a
rt4in over the lower part Of the city
rough which the sun seemed TO hc try
. to penctrate SO thick was his cur
.u that u was possible 60 look squareN
the sun with the naked eye just as dur
ln eclipse g Is watched with a little
pk,d gass.
Ia, light OF the sun streaming family
oIeh this curtain. cast upon the city
ehlsuiest most awesome illumination
goo We have ever seen. II was sin lhr lh
IIacter Co The uuearthly. weird hsh'
prevails during q total eclipse Of me
IL tended 90 throw p pnlor upon
faces ~ the people many 81 whom
.I.d no Illumination 81 that kind 20 70
pliid cheeks that had been occa-
ll..i hy the fright.
Floss. are some Of the incidental fea-
to the explosion noticeable 10 every
VINO was in Broadway below canal
Probably the most impressive Of
fH. rccolIcctions that viii b. carried
who saw ihe CHASTITY oud terror
nr spectacle was the suggestion u
them OF what Sew York would De
...fe came an nbsoiuie panic. based
aaol cause. which could not BE- inn
l'.F checked. Hal tai, con7lllon
uFe minutes longer had the hrst
Ions of every one that some awinl
I.r thlt imperiled the Whole city htd
H. not been removed. no one can pre-
what would have been the conse-
u lower New York
probably safe 90 shy that every
leo the city below Canal street