New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20
ROCKETS BLAZE In SKY.
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IiF+ad for q brief space. 1t seemed as though
the limit Of vociferous greeting hao pee"
reached with this. but the cheers given 10 INC
portraits OF Mcclellan, McCarren ana sullivan
showed that there was still steam LETT IN the
boilers and that there was lot of reserve
energy in lungs.
The climax was reached when from the
bridge there fell into the water below. SHIN
mering cleaning cascade of living fire. From
tower to tower there was incandescent cur
tain of fame that shut out the view from either
side of the bridge. Through 1t could De seen
dirnly the shapes OF the boats that sno"eo up
black against the fame like dead coal IN
white hot furnace The fiery cascade lasteu
for several minutes Whistles, horns. mega
phones were brought into play to augment the
din On shore everyone was trying TO surpass
the shout of his neighbor. as on the water the
captain that had the shrillest and most pierre
ing whistle was the happiest man afioat. While
the display lasted not a policeman in Mammal
tan or Brooklyn was able to take his customary
nap.
CROWDS LINE THE SHORES
,ho a,srIa,, was vvitnessed>by thousands of
people All along the shore from Wa4i-st- 10
seventy-fffth-st every pier and ferry slip was
crowded by spectators. Delaney and clinton
SITS and those adjacent damned from
house to house with a motley gathering. me
girl from the West Side with high heeied SHOES
and projecting picture hat jostled the tat anu
shapeless bewigged matron OF the nelghOorhoou
Young men, Immediately dressed ruooeo
against the grimy laborer. Every one was
good natured, and the difficulty of keeping warm
was the only problem that the detailed police
men had to wrestle with.
Early in the evening all the approaches to the
bridge were packed, and by o'clock it was i'm
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through the densely packed crowd. Favorite
places were the recreation piers and the other
open spaces along the river. There people stood
and shivered for hours in the cutting wind and
felt amply repaid If their long drawn a-a-ahs
of admiration were any criterion If they could
see even an occasional rocket burst. From the
towboat fleet and the other small craft probably
five thousand more saw the spectacle from the
river.
The parade Of the Merchant Marine Associa-
ton was less spectacular than the display OF
fireworks, but it was greeted by cheers all along
the river as the boats steamed slowly down the
East River from a point off Seventy-third-st to
a point Just below the Williamsburg Bridge. At
$50 o'clock Commodore Fred B. Dalzen, who
originated the scheme, left Pier Is on the flag
ship of the first division. the tug Fred B. Dali
zeI Off Seventy-third-st he reported to Cap
tain F G. Osborn who was in command OF the
fleet which then started slowly down the river
There were six divisions, commanded by Fred
B. Dalzeu. w. B. Pollock, Eugene F. Moran
Frederick Coykendall. Harry L. Joyce and W.
q Sprigg. all well known towboat owners.
Each division included about thirty boats
IT had originally been intended there should
be a display of fireworks from each boat, dressed
and illuminated for the occasion, but 1t was
found that the only lights that could be dis
played were the regular side and bow and
stern lights This robbed the parade of its
most picturesque feature. AS it was, the long
line of boats. barely distinguishable, save by
the lights was impressive sight The first
to pass under the bridge was the Nassau, the
flagship of the feet, just before o'clock AS
it came exactly under the bridge. 1t saluted
with a long drawn Shrek from the whistle. A
moment later the echo of Commodore Dali
zelTs whistle awoke the echoes alongshore-
Then the entire fleet slowly passed under the
bridge saluting they passed. until the last
boat had swung into slack water along the
BROOKLYN shore below the bridge. There they
tied alongside each other occasionally making
the night hideous with their whistles when they
wanted to applaud some striking feature Of the
display After Good Night had been en-
blazoned on the bridge, and the tugs turned to
their Manhattan piers, the East River looked as
though the excursion feet returning from an
international yacht race had gone astray and
mistaken the East River for Buttermilk Chan
nell
Every boat had from twenty TO thirty guests.
Among those on Commodore Dalzells boat were
Judge Samuel Maddox and his family, ex-Sen-
ator Wray and the members of Mr.. Dalzelrs
family, including a party of the schoolmates OF
his young
The officers Of the day on the various
ships and those attached to the New-York
station were guests of Captain Albert s. Snow
and his staff on the receiving ship Hancock.
Because of the bunting and the great amount
Of woodwork on the bridge Fire Chief Kruger
took extra precautions for preventing fire. He
had thfrty-hve firemen at each tower in Man
haitian and Brooklyn in readiness. with fire ex-
tinguishers, to put out any blaze that might be
caused by the fireworks. Fire apparatus was
also kept ready at the ends of the Brooklyn and
Manhattan spans Assistant Deputy Chief
Langford was in charge Of these fremen.
From every conceivable point OF vantage
Broohynites watched the fireworks display.
From Brooklyn Heights to Newtown Creek,
there not spot from which the spectacle
could be seen that was not occupied. On the
Heights the jewellers took to their roofs and,
indeed. the evening being comparatively mild.
the roofs of tall buildings on high ground In
many other sections Of the borough were uti-
lized.
Along the waterfront crowds collected and
sought places from which to see the display
most advantageously. Acting under the advice
OF the police, the managers of most of the piers
did not open them to the general public for
fear OF accident, but there was not a pier that
did not have some favored sightseers. Thou
sands sought entrance to the navy I'd hut