Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-17
Fully Ten Thousand People Jour.
ncyed From This City to
Summer Resorts.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY sro,pppllD
Shower Of Sparks Came Near Setting
Fire to iIoteI-John Graves Serious
ly Hurt by Explosion of Aerial
somb-crowd Saw the Sham Attack
on Fort Monroe.

4 II is estimated that fully ten thou
sand people from this city journcycd
10 Buckroc Reach, Pine Beach or Old
Point last night. BuckrOc had the
largest part of the crowd from this
city anu Hampton, and it was long
after midnight when the last through
car from that resort rolled into the
city with its load. Early in The even.
ing all outgoing cars were packed and
as late as 8 o'clock the cars going To
Buckroc AMI Old Point carried dozen
or more people ON their tops in addi-
ton to those packed inside and hang.
ing to the platform and steps Men.
women and children went, in the
crowd being scores of women with lit
tie babies in their arms
Is People Everywhere.
AT Buckroe Il jolly time was to he
had i'll simply watching the crowd
itself There were people by the hun.
dreds and thousands everywhere. in
the Casino thcatcr ami all of the other
places Of amusement, in the dancing
pavilion, all oyer the lawn in front of
the hotel, along the beach and on the
pleasure pier
ragged for by the management was
strong breeze which was blowing. In
order to keep from setting fire to the
hotel, the entertainment was stopped Il
few minutes after II began Every
bomb Or large rocket fired sent great
showers of sparks against the frame
structure and several flrcmcn station
ed on the roof had hard work To keep
blaze from starting while the exhibit
ton was in DrOgrcSS
Nearly Set Hotel Afirc.
One large saucisSon bomb, cxplOd-
Ing in the air Il short distance from
the hotel, sent Il grating shower of
sparks to the roof Of the building and
Tor time il seemed that the fircmcn
would he unable prevent 4 conilagra-
ton. This ended the display. The
: large quantity of pyrolcchnics left
over probably will be set Off some
night in the near future when the
weather conditions are more favorable.
Another thing to mar he display was
serious accident which happened
soon after the exhibition started. John
Graves, young man who was assist.
Ing the experts in discharsing aerial
bombs, was badly hurt by the prcma.
ture explosion of one of The bombs.
John Graves Painfully Hurt
Having lighted The fuse of the bomb
Mr.. Graves WAS preparing to place il in
II mortar. 10 held tho thing too long
and. seeing that it would explode be-
Tore II could he placed in the mortar
ana discharged. he dropped it to the
ground. AS il struck, the bomb cxplod-
ed. making terrific noise and send
Ing out a great shower Of sparks Mr..
Graves was seriously burned about the
face and for time il was thought that
one of his eyes had been destroyed.
DR.. Vanderalicc. OF Phocbus,. was call.
ell to dress the wounds and il was
found that they were not Of danger
ous nature.
Watched tho Battle.
The sham naval attack upon Fort
Monroe furnished magnificent fire.
works display for the crowd from
about 1880 O'Clock until after fl
o'clock.
Most of the people remained at the
Beach until after the battle was over
and then the street railway companies
began the work Of hauling them home
ward The Newport News and Old
Point Company had made special prep.
arations for handling the crowd and
every available car belonging to the
company was pressed into service on
the lines to Buckroe and Old Point.