The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-03
SKY WAS
LBLAzE
Marvellous Fireworks Display
Given Last Night.
1000 PEOPLE SAW 1T
influence of Spectacle on a
Sea of Faces.
EVERYBODY WAS PLEASED
Its Like Never Before Seen in
the Stale.
EVERYBODY WAS PLEASED

Probably 10000 people passed through
the gates Of the Wichita Street Fair and
Carnival yesterday.
This was the estimate the gate keepers
and ticket sellers reported 10 President
Thomas G. Fitch last night.
For more than an hour last night, that
is. between 9 and 10 o'clock, the crowd
was SO dense in the Midway that it was
almost dangerous until the congestion
was relieved by the gates being opened
I into the FIRE works reserve. Probably
not less than 1000 people went through
/ these gates TO see the fire works.
/ Never before was there such a crowd
/ at q street fair in Kansas This was
( conceded by everybody.
The IRE works was a marvel of pyro-
tecnic art. 1t proved to be the immense
event of the fair. At least 1900 persons
entered the reserve and when the heavens
were ablaze the scene made Of human
faces was grand beyond description.
Everything said of Pains blaze was
justified last night
Only the small things in the program
could not be seen by those in the Md
way and Street Fair proper. 1t is doubt
full If the higher aereal blazes were not
seen al ever town.
The following was the program OF the
fire works, and it was carried out in
every detail:
I. Salute of aerial guns, fifteen inches
fired from mort2rs, giving loud report.
2. Grand illumination OF the grounds,
with color lights, changing color, five
times.
3 Grand fight Of mammoth balloons
carrying magnesium lights. flooding the
entire neighborhood with dazzling light
finishing with string Of Jewels 100 feet
long, constantly changing color as they
hoated through space, and other pleasing
fireworks.
T. The polychromatic canopy, produced
by the discharge of large exposition
rockets, containing Pains latest tInts.
8 The beehive at swarming time, show
ing the hive in lines of fire. and the
swarming of bees surrounding it. CThis
number changes second night to Aikado 5
FAM
G. Pains national bombs. On reaching
their altitude. open red and then to white
and finishing blue.
Z. Gigantic batteries Of large saucis-
sions.
8. Display of Pains 25-inch shells, +.
Northern light, silver corruscations. +
magnolia blossoms, golden rod.
9. Display Pains beautiful Fusiyama /
rockets. a japanese novelty.
10. Flight of ans cOlored aerOlites.
II. Salvo of Pains new combination .
shells. 1901 novelty; Shamrock and For
get-me-nots.
y. Flight of Pains new tower of Babel .
rockets.
13. The electric star. a marvel of SHIN
mering brightness. liquid. scintillating.
The greatest advance in pyrotechny since
color was introduced, 100 years ago.
il. Flight Of Pain bayonet tOurbil-
lions. Immense umbrellas of fire ascend
ing and descending.
Is. Flight of Pains monster shower OF
pearl rockets.
16 4 beautiful device in lines of silver
FIRE. known as as the silver birch tree.
L. Salvo of 18-inch shells, coUleur de
rose, amethysts ana rubies pearls and
sapphires. old gold and cerise.
IS Display Of six-pound hanging chain
rockets. first introduced into pryotechny
by Pain.
10 Grand display of Pains aerial nov
elites. diamond chains. hanging gardens.
mother of thousands.
20. Field of the cloth Of gold, produced
~ the discharging of an immense shell
exhibiting gold stars emitting glittering
'pangles