The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-21
BLOWN UP FOR REVENGE.
DYNAMITE FACTORY WRECKED By
DISCHARGED UORKMEN
The Two Buildings Reduced 10 sp,inters,
and Hardly = Trace Left OF tho six NJ
and Three Women Who Were In Them

The Two BuiiAings Reduced 10 sp,inters
and Hardly Trace Left OF the six Mer
and Three Women Who Were In Them.
MADRID. May 2o-The dynamite factory q,
Galdacano. a small town near Bilbao. was
blown to atoms at IL o'clock this morning and
six men and three women were killed.
Two workmen were discharg ed from the fac.
tory yesterday for characterization. They
threatened revenge, and last night the factory
was guarded. as It was feared they would try
then to execute their threat This morning al
10 O'Clock they applied for reinstatement. but
this was refused. They went away and sat
down By the roadside within sight OF tho fac.
tory. They were still there when the superin
tcndent went out for coffee half an hour later.
As the superintendent returned he saw them
running away from tho back OF the smaller Of
the two buildings in which large quantity OF
nitro-giycerlne was stored. A few seconds
later there was terrific report Both build
ings were lifted about forty feet into the or
and then went to splinters
All the people in the immediate neighbor-
hood were stunned By the shock. In Bilbao.
five miles away. the ground trembled as II
shaken by an earthquake. and people ran into
tho street, in q panic.
For hundreds OF yards round splnters G! the
wrecked factory covered the ground. but not Q
piece OF board or beam as large as name
arm could be found. Trees were split down
the trunks. outbuildings were laid Gat and
not chimney was left standing within ra-
dius Of q nile and a half
The factory was working short handed, and
several OF tho men had gone out for their
second breakfast. so there were but
nine persons In the buildings when
the explosion came. OF these nine but
few vestiges remain. Relatives and
friends who have been searching the fields
since noon have been able to ind only shat
tered pieces Of legs and arms and small bits OF
clothing belonging to the dead. The frag.
ments have been collected in boxes and will
be buried tomorrow.
The superintendent who was about 200
yards from the factory at the time Of the OK
plosion. was found unconscious on the ground.
with blood pouring from his mouth and ears
He recovered sufficiently three hours later to
toll his story. but tonight is sinking. and
probably will die. In the village q baby
that was playing on q doorstep an eighth
OF mile from the factory was found few
minutes after the shock sitting erect and life
less. Walls were driven In and stone founda-
lions were riven by the force OF the shock. In
n grove near the factory apparently every bird
was killed. and the ground Is strewn with
their dead bodies.
Two physicians have been sent out from Bill
bao to treat the persons injured. as there are
no physicians in Galdacano. The number Of
injured has not been ascertained. but 1t is re-
ported that several women and children living
near the factory have been severely II not NOR
tally hurt.
The two workmen who we're discharged are
under arrest. and will he taken to Bilbao to-
night Both denv that fhov nara rae nop Ell;
BILE for the explosion. One OF them. however.
has injuries which show that he was near the
factory when the explosion took place. and both
have been confronted BY the superintendent.
who repeated his accusations in their pres
ence. Both men belong to the group known
as Anarchist Communists who are tho most
violent Of the Spanish Internationals. and
have their centres Of agitation in Bilbao. Bar.
celona. Xeres. and Valencia