Following it came a huge flare of light, a sheet of flame in which a great cloud of smoke or dust shot up.

Then, with accompanying darkness, burst a low, deep, thunderous boom.

The lights of the house went out, then came a crash.

Points of light flashed in a half-circle and the reports of guns blended with the yells of furious men, and all these were swallowed up in the roar of a mob.
Another and a heavier explosion momentarily lightened the darkness and then rent the air.

It was succeeded by a continuous volley and a steady sound that, though composed of yells, screams, cheers, was not anything but a hideous roar of hate.