Blown 120 Feet High

The expiación on the Northorn Paotftc Uuilroail nearNew Chicago is the rolgolDg tejuaiion la .M"iuana. A suiul or erertoc jlust WM iel tn the blnff&loag Heil Gate .{vit, wltere the icradiug lieiii}; done. JereD keg of powder wen eed lor the nain bla-t, and Uien were two smaller luxiliary blasts tal with sliorter tUM to open Uiecrevice. The ffHM were lighted, he nitn rouj;lit tbelter, nd there wer .i exploaiooa In rapid suoosMion. Nelson irnnrii, Uu ooatractor, Mid : "The shots kivc jone oLf ; lrt' 'o down." mul (t&rted or tilt miiu', tblluwed by his book-keepex nul thrtc laboren. Si.im' une ihoutad. 'The big ibot Uu 'i tin-d;"' bnt lh live nieu went on until fhey ttood uvcr ihc two hnnlied pounda ot powder. üennett too late Nallzed the riluatioii, and exrbiimed, with ulniirable coolucss. "Sto, but hure she foea and 80 do we;" and tliey went. 'l'lie implosión wal terriüc, hurling 300 cubic mxdi oí ruik - at lcust a tbouaaod tons - and thefoolliardy lind witli il, tav upward and out In to the rutbiog riyer. 'l'liat anyof he unfortunalcs would Mlrvive was lal1 rom the tlimi.ulit ii the Bpectatora, but one iy mu' the tive meo were Sabed out of the swiftstreain, bruised, bleetttog, and horrijlc specimens of hnmanity, hut uil alive and witb iound bonea. BeonetfaAnl wonli were. 'I made the bot jump." Jle was ihroun 120 Hh;I by ai-lual nicasuifinent. EUUroad men and oontraoton lainiliar with ¦och aecldeott conaider the eacape of tbaae men tlio most lomaikablc cm ïerord. 'l'licy say it woold nol have beeu .-o niarvelous i the Irruptloa bad beea of loose aoll, or the men had fallen olear of the debria. Hut Ihat tiicy ghould hnve escaped with but insigniiicant cuta and brulsei attrr ucli a vanlt through spaoc and deeoeut, with mul in the miditt of 1,000 tons ot' solid granitei iet without a parallel In explosiona.