Hell-gate, an immense rock in New York Harbor, was blown up on Sunday, October 1. The whole arrangements were under the personal supervision of General Newton, of the - Engineer Corps. The charge was 50,0001b5. of dynamite, and the explosion was a success. /It will shorten the steamer.route from Ne,w York to Europe by SO feb . 100 miles, ai&ording' to their draught. *>{9ie mine was started by electricity. '*?■'&*: In Em-ope, the for Mil.dominion of England is confined within?very narrow limits. It includes Heligoland, with five square-' miles; Gibraltar, ; wi&leas than two ; and * Malta, with 135. "Vr- •
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 189, 28 November 1876, Page 2
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