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Show Knocked Things to Pieces. Santiago, June 10. As a preliminary to the hammering fiiven tho batteries, the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius lust night, at midnight, was given another chance. Three 250-pound charges of guncotton wore sent over tho fortifications fortifica-tions at the entrance.""- Tho design was to drop them m them in the bay around the angle, back of tho eminence on which El Mono is situated, whore it was known that tho torpedo boat de-Btoyera de-Btoyera were lying. Two charges went, true, as no reports were heard a pe-1 iculiarity of tho explosion; of gncottoat ftl-would uot'bu snrpi;ising.if one or both torpedo boals were destroyed. The third charjre exploded with ter-rilic ter-rilic force on Oayo Smith. From whero tho fleet Jay the entrance of tho harbor looked, m tho black of night, hko a door opening into tho livid lire of a titanic furnace. A crater big enough to hold a church was blown out of tho sido of Cayo Smith, and was clearly seen from this ships this morning. |