The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-04

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part Grasping the knob Of the switch
in his right hand. he lifted ii nearly
three feet in the air and gave It ter
rife, fulI-arm- body downward
thrust and the doom OF the towering
stack was sealed
How the Stack Fell.
The tower heavcd. Il gave a great.
sudden. awful gasp. Its whole vast
weight was lifted straight upward, but
for a fraction of an instant only. Then
it fell directly al its OWE base. in sec
lions broken off simultaneously from
The top. by reason o. its immense
weight.
As soon as the blast was set of. The
cheers Of the bystanders began When
the top OF the stack began 20 crUm6lc.
just a mere second afterwards the
cheers grew louder More people Joined
in the shout when vast seams ran down
the falling chimney and clouds OF dust
were waited noTthward. in the diree
ton Of the fall. and spread out over
Pennsylvania Avenue. The next in
slant. in less time than needed for
telling, the late towering monster was
CTumblcd 10 bits in a great compact
Ital- lDl 4 blsth AGlEil8 more ttttu
hundred feet from the base OF the
chimney.
Immediately there arose large.
rushing cloud Of finely powdered dust
from the old cement IN the chimney.
and this overlook and envelOped the
previous little gusts of dirt blown out
as the upper parts Of the stack crum-
bied in the fell. Like smoke from
caunon's mouth. The dust was blown
over the heads Of the spectators Oh
the Avenue and then became dissolved
in the atmosphere OF settled on the
housetops-
Aftermath OF the Free Show.
AS soon as the blast was set of.
dozens of cameras began TO click and
every snapshot artist probably secured
at least one fine picture : little ca I'm
ness and hesitancy before pressing the
button by some was amply repaid, as
each instant in the towers progress
toward destruction created a new and
more wonderful-looking picture In
view of the number of men taking
views, the people Of Washington viii
doubtless find many splendid prints OBJ
tainable for preservation as souvenirs
OF the passing OF one OF the city's noted
landmarks Of recent years.
With the destruction complete. the
crowd Of men and boys Immediately
swung into the previously Tor hidden
lot. mounted the pile Of brick debris,
and complaeently awaited further photo
graphing of the scene
Two Temporary blasts, one at : O'Clock
this morning, and the other last evening.
we're said by the subcontractor 70 have
been merely 10 loosen a small part OF
two corners Of the stack. and not 10 de-
mo1ish the entire structure Only d
half pound Of dynamite was used in each
/ Of those instances.
twenty-five Pounds Of Dynamite.
IN the final and successful blast to-
day twenty-five pounds was used. placed
IN four holes ranged around The north
side OF the chimney-base and the adj
] joining corners.
/ Contractor Brown said 20 a Times rep
resentative that there had been no trou-
bic at all among the men themselves
but that a contractor doing some rail
way construction work up in Virginia
had needed skilled driliers and had asked
the FIVE workingmen TO leave their JOBS
here and work for him there.
lHIee or the men lei1r AdE. brown Sall
and their places were at once filed The
two other men refused 10 listen 10 any
proposition while engaged On Inc razing
Of the tower and finished tho c1k ac-
lceptably.
/ Contractor Karrick viii quickly clear
the ground Of all the stone, brick, Int
debris OF every description in prep4ra-
ton for encampment week, when the
plot viii be occupied by visiting veter.
ans Il is estimated that the stack con.
tanned over 1850 bricks. and that
large proportion OF them will be avail
able for use in other buildings now il
course Of erection in various parts o
he CITY