New-York tribune., 1909-09-22
RIVER TO BE ABLAZE
W4RTELS IN FIREWORkS.
Day and Night Displays to Eclipse
1nything Seen Here.

FIXTURES OF the CIermout and the Half Moon
made Of gunpowder blazing high in the air. shim-
merinS chrysanthemums swimming tadpoles, para
chute rockets and other marvels which are the
product of the fireworks manufacturer will be ex-
poded from floats on the Hudson next saturday
night. During the day of the first of the Hudson
Fulton celebration other wonderful pyrotechnic
ere atoms will be exhibited daylight fireworks.
William Berri. chairman of the committee on
Illumination, and Jacob w Miller. chairman of the
naval parade committee have prepared the pro-
gramme for extensive river display for the first
day of the celebration. which will be devoted 10 the
big fleet and its manPuvres. This will include
eighty vessels of war and altogether than one
thousand craft of all descriptions. While these
vessels are man@uvring up and down the river in
the daytime and again at night the fireworks will
he sent off from large floats, Of which there Will be
ten stationed along the river in crescent shaped
formation, with its centre opposite 10th street its
northern horn 10th street and its southern
horn little below I'D street
Henry j. Pain is to have charge OF the fireworks
Each feet will be manned by a company of expert
pyrotechnsts At night shortly before the first
rocket is set off, fash and sound signal Will be
fired from all ten floats at once that the crowds
or spectators on the shore and innumerable
boats will know that the display is about to begin
After the first signal fifty balloons with trailers
and magnesium light effects will be sent up from
the New Jersey shore to light up that section of
the river.
AS the Halt Moon and the Clermont, escorted by
Sth street in their part of the days programme
several hundred large bombs will be exploded re-
leasing as they burst myrads of small flags of all
nations hanging from parachutes. The salute will
be repeated when the two boats arrive at the
water gate. at 10th This is the full day
light fireworks programme:
Grand salute of aerial guns
ascent OF large daylight shells bearing American
Salvos of shes--colored smoke
DISPLAY of Japanese day shells, exploding in mid
ffy1-- ,r--f
ing ing aerial obiects-geese fish and other animaia,
Flight of special shells, bearing Hudson-Fulton
Dsplay Of Japanese bombs bearing international
Salvos Of bombs, with orange cloud effects
OSpIay of chrysanthemum bombs. with tinted
Grand display Of day shells. each bearing a flag
Display of spider bombs
""uquet OF reporting rocket bombs.
But it is for the evening that the greatest dis
play is planned. The fireworks will begin as soon
as the illuminated naval parade arrives abreast
of the most southerly float I'm the river and will
continue their brilliant burstings and hashings for
several hours. one Of the floats close to the spec
tators will send up fire pictures Of the Clermont
and the Half Moon. besides blazing portraits of
Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton.
The programme Of the night display will include
among other wonderful sights:
illnmina ton Of the river with two hundred pris-
display Of fifty national bombs opening I'd
changing to white and finishing blue
SWarms of frefeS. filling the air with hundreds
Of flashlights.
Fire picture of the Half Moon sailing up the
Hudson River
Aerial wonder opal clouds"
Extra large batteries Of tadpoles, with rlistering
squirming bodies
The stars and Stripes. one mile high, showing
huge pyrotechnic flag unfurled from q balloon
Batteries of pearl, gold spray and Italian
streamers
Twenty five fiery spider bombs. resembling a
the sky.
Fire picture Of the Clerrnont, which with work
ms, paddlewheels will steam up the stream.
The Hudson-Fuiton flag. 1000 feet high, an exact
reproduction Of the Hudson-Futon Celebration
An aeroplane in lines Of fire, which. suspended
from an Invisible balloon, will sail the sky
Salvo of the famous Taft bombs, s given at
Washington. March 4 1903
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The Hudson-Futon aerial banner, OF orange,
White and blue: Produced by the electrical dis
charge of fifty large bombs.
Motto. in large letters Hudson. 1863 Fulton.
Final bouquet, produced by the simultaneous
fight of 1000 large rockets forming the Hudson
Good Night" Displayed in large block letters
of fire.