Show TALL CHIMNEY LAID LOW NINETY THOUSAND BRICKS FALL OVER A ACRE Structure 118 Fet High Hazed by Giant PowderBig Kiln 105 Feet High Defies the Explosive l There wio a puff of smoke I sullen roar a mighty crash and the smokestack smoke-stack of the old Portland cement works at C12 West Seventh South street fell yesterday I was 118 feet In height twelve feet at the base and six feet at the top Some Idea as to the greatness of the fall thereof and the amount of ground that the materials of which It I was constructed covered may be gained when It is stated that there were 00000 bricks In It I besides several tons of u rr I I I I I I I The Kiln That Defied Giant Powder stone and iron Of the 90000 I Is estimated es-timated that there will be at least 75000 that will be used in the buildings that the company proposes to erect in the immediate future The smokestack was a portion of the ruins caused by the burning of the cement works Time mammoth structure did not fall of Its 1 own accord however I had been built so strongly as to withstand all the cffoi ts of the fire and towered proudly l aloft when all save It and the big brick kiln near by had been consumed con-sumed It had been razed by the Intelligent Intel-ligent use of giant powder A small hole had at first been shot off In the j east side of the stack and this was increased in-creased by repeated shots until the mighty mass settled lurched forward and was scattered over an acre of ground Then the attention of the workmen was turned to the big kiln which is 105 feet hhgh thirtylive feet at the base and twelve feet at the top nnd which took 250000 brick and a carload of Iron to construct The same methods were employed to rare thlsplle but the puny Individual man had to beat a retreat owing to the fact that he ran short of powder A great hole had been bored Into the side of the kiln and once or twice as the shots went off it seemed as though It were about to tumble but when darkness settled don It was still standing In defiance of all efforts Several pounds of pouder will be tamped Into its sides thus morning and it Is believed that one or two moro j I rhaklngs will lay the monster I lou The I shots will be tired about 0 J oclock |