Telegram-herald., 1889-09-08
BELCIUM'S HORROR.
Tsrrtnls Eject OF the Dynamite
Explosion IA Antwerp
TEE EIlCIsUXBEs KILLED UsEsOWs
ossr SEQ Lives. B0~svsr. Probably Lsss
-uaa1Fsss Were Aiss Wossasd-
a DestTsstkss f1rs kslless
the C4lsa2lty.
A TEIaaIElL nIEAsLEA

A>TwEkF sept The flames n the
vieiniiy ef CoIvil&ias csrsTicge -sAoP,
skoxe ia rrst ex1.-Qsios oI Friday oc-
cured sre =. Lss- l--1e1 centrCA
L. loss cf lie c4n not &c correctly estt
mated Reports say between 30 sae 90
Al tae ~orkloea IL Corvilain ; i&Ctory have
disappeared NJ. = TecoguiE4blo tf4xlnent
or the corpss II = siDgie enc las yet bees
found There we're rs men employed there.
The lnluIed r. az Tie Hospitals 4nd the
men sAd ~o4nsn aIs sllA ss.ng brought Ia
Is II fIou battle neld lie actual loss q
iLcAlcuizbie Ono hundred thousand tar
Eels u petroleum are 1n0wn % have been
destroyed number u large warehouses
VIII tAslr coatsBts are la ruins Tie docks
aTs siso badly damaged 1Ls shipping nar-
G0sly escaped lhs OIL poured oUt upon tho
wafer Of the scheldt aRd the river 4s
& sheet OK flame al round Tie DOES aad
Tar cut Ia ths stream Iae nrsiaea DID
not dare 10 70 near enough 10
tbs burning buildings with water
owing 70 ths ince ssanf discharge q the ex-
pl0siyes The petroleum Oyerspread tie
docks and streets with streams OF fire The
fremen could only give attention 20 the
buildings threatened by the approach ot
flames
the military had 10 be employed 10 blow up
the buildings. the ignition OF which threat
ened 20 extend the connagrAtion These ex-
plOAons, mingled with those OF the car
fridge factory and the petroleum tanks,
caused great trePidGtiOn In the city. The
scene OF the confagratSon looks as II tho
city had been under "a siege and that a
quarter OF IL had been carried by storm.
The nTemen aud troops worked through
the entire night On hourly shifts
Many OF them FuccEmbsd 10 the
heat and hsd to be conveyed
to tho hospitals insensible in
stretcherA All the workers have
blackened faces and bear evidences OF the
sioksning effects OF the dense smoke
which clogged their eiOTts.
The scenes at the hospitals are heart
Tending King Leopold has sent a telegram
expressing sympathy and asking for par
ticulars Tho people are incensed at the
deputatton permanente for allowing work
10 continue In the cartridge factory
tAntworp, one OF the p-iaeral cities Of Bel
GUM. is situated about lfty miles from the
open sea and twenty-five miles north OF Brus
sells. on the right bank OF the Scheldt
which Is there about 2aoo feot broad
and has depth a. ebb tide OF from
spoken OF in the dispatches have area OF
bout 100 acres. sTsrding over 2i.o00 feet OF
quay room. About 5000 vessels enter the har.
tor alnuglly, the ch!e.imports being steel, cop
per, iron and other metals, machinery coal, salt
soda gun-ootton, and tho city is given largely
10 manufacturing. Ten years ago there were
twenty reaneries, sevea rice mills, three sui
phur refneries, several cigar manufactures
and o number OF distillerieS petroleum refiner-
les. stearine candle manufactures and woolen
mills. The explosion occurred in cartridge
factory situated near the docks, on which were
millions OF cartridges. The fire extended from
these TO the petroleum rofneries and the man.
ufactories near The six or eight large docks
recently constructed onmuncate with
each other. The business Exchange. built
in 1881, was pronounced the fuost building
OF the kind in Europe. 1t was burn.d down
in '58 and rebuilt IN the same style as before
and opened for business in Sss. Antwerp has
o population OF leo. 0O0.I
EcoTLAND's GEEAr CALAMITY.
EDINBURa, Sept 7.-Sixty-three men and
boys have porished through the fire in the
Maurice Wood pit near Penicuik, Midlo-
THAN. Twenty-Five bodies have been re-
covered The fire is one OF the most dis
astrous mining calarnities that have ever
befallen Scotland Thursday morning
sixty-fvc miners, including a contingent
of boys, went down the pit 70 prosecute