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A 'BLOWING UP' AT SINGA.
PORE,
thrown
Nume.
from a considerable area. right in the centre of the river. A slight shock resulted, which was folt all over the The Straits Times of the 10th inst, sayнwn. Cavenagh Bridge shook and rattled As arranged yesterday, the large block a good desi, hat all fixtures remained áræ. of rock which impeded navigation in the The water fosined and bubbled over thn Touth the Singapore tiver was blown up this forenoon at 11.4o'clock. By eleven o'clock large crowds had assembled near Caverngla Bridge, the Drill Hall, and all along the sea front of the Esplanade. The police under Mr Cuscadden, 1. G, P., and Me Wathen, C. P. 09., kept the crond back and turned them out of any place that was likely to be dangerous. Anong use present were H. E. Sir Frank Swettenham, the Hon. A. Murray, Colonial Engineer, and many others, including several ladies. The arrangements for firing the mine, which containe3 1,800 hs. of dynamite, were in charge of the Submarine Mining Company of the Royal Engineers, under Captain Mildred and Lieut. Butterworth. The ignition was electrical, and was effect- ed by means of a powerful-battery of 50 Léclauché cells placed near Carenagh Bridge. The ends of the cable were con- nected with this battery.
scene of the explosion for a considerable time, and several small dead fishes rose to Alacrity
Mr Adams, the **Albion
Algerine the soface of the water.
Arethusa engineer who constructed the mine, ther rowed out to the spot in a sumpon. It is Argmaat understood that the explosion was a suc. flenhetn cess. From a spectaton's point of view it Britomart was a failure, and many disappointed spec Crossy
Eclipse Intors lingered long on the score in the Cherub hope of anding something crore sensational. Endymion
The river from Cavenagh Bridge out. wards was kept clear by the Marite Polico who patrolled the entrance to the river in
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every eoign of mange. Speculation was rife as to what would be the extent of the explosion. Some declared that the Drill Hall would me down and others said that Cavenagh Bridge would not stand the shock. Other went so far as to declare the tht ituinene distant police offices were m danger.
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low explosion was beard it sounded like
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