The evening world., 1893-11-08
LAST EDITION
BOMBS IN
Anarchists Cast Two Deadly
Missiles Into an
Audience.
EIGHTEEN PEOPLE KILLED..
Mad Panic Follows a Terrible
Explosion in Lioeo Thea
tire, Barcelona.
MANY TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT.
Nearly -Four Thousand Peo-
pie Engaged in the
Wild Rush.
MANY TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT.
(By Associated Press.)

BARCELONA, Nov. 8.-Dynamite
thrown by alleged Anarchists into the
middle of a crowded theatre is the latest
outrage and disaster to be recorded in
Spain. The Liceo Theatre. on the Ram
bla de Capuchinos, the Italian Opera
House. a magnificent building, sometimes
classed as the largest theatre in Europe,
was filled last night with a large and
distinguished audience.
Nearly four thousand people assembled
to hear the popular opera william TELL
During the performance two dynamite
bombs were suddenly hurled from the
upper gallery into the stalls on the
floor CT the house.
one OF the bombs exploded with a ter
rible relort, which shook the theatre to
its foundation and scattered death,
wounds and destruction Upon all sides.
Up to this time the number OF dead is
known to be eighteen.
The second bomb did not explode, hav-
ing. 1t is said. fallen into the lap of a
lady and rolled harmlessly to the floor.
The explosion of the bomb caused a
scene Of terror and confusion rarely wit
messed In a theatre. The whole audi
ence rose to its feet in horror and dis
may, the building ringing with shrieks
and groans.
For a moment the Liceo was filled
with binding smoke and dust, while
railing glass and plaster caused a
horrible din, and added to the hor-
rors of the situation. A wild panic
seized the vast audience. and the result
was a scene which can never be forgot
ten.
The terrified crowd. fearing that at
any moment another bomb might be
thrown, completely lost all presence OF
mind or sense of control. All regard for
women and children seemed to vanish
In those moments OF fear. and there
was a fierce, mad rush for the doors.
Men and women fought with each other
as they crushed the weaker ones be-
meath their feet in the effort to escape,
leaving the ounde and dying behind
them, tended only by a few of the
Drawer hearts who remained faithful to
their dear ones.
In this wild rush many old people and
children were severely injured through
being trampled under foot. while others
were severely bruised and crushed by
the outpouring crowd. People jumped
from the boxes among the audience.
others let themselves down as best they
could from the galleries, though they
rlsked the lives of others in their mad
attempt to reach the open air.
At gOma IiGtanra fron, tho fatal annt
where the fifteen lead bodies lay be-
meath the theatre wreckage MANI were
groaning in agony from wounds received
from splinters Of wood. pieces Of glass
and fragments Of Iron.
The dead in the stalls were removed
ana laid together. Then the stairs and
corridors were searched for other vic
inns who had fallen In the rush for
SAFETY. Upon the stairs aad in the cor
udors three persons were found lying
lead, and a large number of seriously
injured people were discovered.
The stalls presented a terrible sight
The place where the bomb exploded was
II mass of splintered w%reckage. amid
which lay a number of dead bodies,
som" OF them so terribly mangled as to
be almost beyond recognition. When
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degree cleared way. fifteen dead bodies.
oil which six were those OF men and
nine were the corpses OF women. were
found.
The bodies of the unfortunate ladies
lay close together, their bright colored
evening dresses, laces n jewelry.
gloves, hats and bonnets and other fin
cry drenched with blood and torn In the
most fearful n
1t was reported that a large proper
non or those killed belonged to one
tanlly who had formed u theatre party
VI honor OF the birthday OF one OF the
party.
me doctors, who had been hastily sum-
nohed by the police, quickly arrived, n
immediately commenced a careful ex-
animation of the victims OF this latest
outrage upon the part OF the Anarchists,
the work OF succor and attendance