Show I NEW YORK CITY AT NIGHT ITo I-To Greatest Pyrotechnic and Electrical Elect-rical Display Ever Witnessed New York Sept 29 Never before in the history of New rork has this city witnessed a greater pyrotechnic and electrical l display than that with which the returns of Admiral George Dewey I was celebrated itt tH6 harbor and waters I surrounding the island of Manhattan I I tonight 1 7 I The great hulks of the battleships of DeweyJ fleet silhouetted against the I dark background ot the sky shone from I stem to stern I With myriads of incandescent 1 incan-descent lights whjle all around innumerable innum-erable brilliantly decorated yachts V and other river craft honored the nations I na-tions hero Crowds occupied every point of vantage van-tage along the New York shore from Grants tomb to Fiftyninth street One hundred thousand people men women and children at a conservative estimate esti-mate saw the illumination from Riverside River-side drive Sir Thomas Liptpns yacht Erin was brilliantly lighted with streamers of white lights and the name Erin in green between the masts From the bay the letters i on the Brooklyn bridge Welcome I Dewy were I plainly discernible and were one I of the features of the celebration As iftq join in i the popular acclaim to the great admiral nature lent her forces to the display of fireworks for the sky was illuminated frequently during dur-ing the evening with flashes of lightning light-ning showers at times interrupting skyrocket V sky-rocket proceedings though but slightly slight-ly dampening the good nature of some Of the crowds y There was seemingly no end to tho display of fireworks Every wharf landing and pier had its quota of sightseers sight-seers and the enthusiasm was abundant abun-dant From the housetops as from the sidewalks powder by the barrel wag burned and rockets sent aloft in honor of the hero of Manila Over on the Jersey shore the display was just as generous and the sky was lighted with the blaze of fireworks making the surrounding seas bright as midday Brooklyn and Staten Island contributed to the general and generous gener-ous burning of powder I < The fireworks flqat MarS loaded with fireworks and aglow with those being displayed took fire In the East river and instantly blazed up frightening the twenty wen On board Who at first attempted to jump overboard The blaze was ctitrtecIb the spirks setting fire to a tarpaulin which va used to 1 w iT > r i fW coyer al JoUof skyrockets Roman c5n1 JI I dlesand tne like and those were sentj tiymg Inall directions With the as sistariee of the police boat officials the i men on the float succeeded in checking the flames but all the fireworks wer destroyed I destroyedt I |