The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-11-10
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.
DYNAMITE SHAKES sANTANDER.

Dynamite SHAKES sANTANDER.
No One Knew the s, Up Wa. Losded--t'rest
the Province and Leading Citizens Blown
| to Atoms.
A ship load Of dynamite exploded Friday
night at the port Of Hantander, spain, situated
| on headland in the bly of Biscay, and ala I'm.
mense damage. Tie governor OF the province
and number OF others are supposed 70 nave
been blown to atoms. British steamer, veie;
| recently arrived at Santander from Cardin
| caught fire. She had been admitted to port on
The claim that there were only 20 cases OF dy ma.
mite aboard and these were quickly removed.
| Rut more appears TO have bean hid under the
other freight. The vessel carried 2Oo0 tons OF
iron and many barrels of petro cum and Hour
and several wine sacks besides the dynamite,
| When the fire reached the petroleum there came
| a series of awful explosions as the flames went
| from barrel to barrel of petroleum until they
reached the contraband dynamite Then there
explosion, which blew the quay into fragments,
set fire to a number of adJicent houses, and
smashed the windows In every house e., for miles
many along the deck we're blown to atoms. The
tug vanished. The quay with Its enormous
crowd of spectators rose slowly In the ar. me
air. Sixty-fve houses were wrecked from roof
to cellar by the shock. Firebrands tell In
showers over sea ana Jana for raaus s OF me
yards and fell on the balcony OF house, which
1t completely wrecked. 1t then sank deep In
the pavement DlOW Inc 6nOCk was IcI In |
every part Of the city. Horses rocked to their
foundations and more than leo were set aire by |
falling irebrands. At the time the ship blew up |
the Spanish steamer err Alfonso MI. was lying
destroyed All her officers and 40 Of her crew |
are missing, and II is certain that every one of
may he judged from the fact that portions of
the Cabo and Alfonso MI were thrown into the
middle of the town. carrying death and destruc
ton with them. train which was entering the
bnn the nYplOglCn tOOk nIacn n red |
by flying pieces of burning wood. The station
began to burn a moment later. The station
master was burned to death and many passen
near the bay fed from their burning houses and
In terror threw themselves Into the water. The
number of victims of the Santander calamity
NAV never be known. Unknown hundreds per.
ished outright, thousands were cruelty wounded,
many are dying Of fright and more are hopeless
maniacs. Not only the crews of the burnt ships
but many of the fire force and police force OF
the city, with many citizens helping to put out
the flames or watching from tho shore were
among the killed. and injured. Some 300 bodies
have been recovered. Divers have found nj 'cs
Of mangled bodice among The ruins OF the
sunken vessels is' one Pile he remnants Of
10 bodies We're found; In another the severed
limbs and trunks of 20 more.
The Wars in Africa.
The British think they have got the war with
The melodies about ended. King Lahezula is re-
ported to have been captured after heavy
light in the bush along the Shanghi river There
,ome 5000 of the natives hsve been slaughtered. ,
The king of Ashantee was STONED to death re
emily by insurgents In the streets ct Coomassie,
is capital. The Ashantees have az In attacked {
tribe protected by the British and 300 Hussars :
lnder British officers have s.arted from Bonny I
o the interior to punish them. Reenfor dement's a
8 at a stand still. The lighting is almost unnec. q
ssary between the Riff tribeenaen ana the Span f
ards about Melilla in Morocco. The attacking :,
ioors are now said to number from $4,000 to '
1000 and the Spanish ministry has decided to n
end 10000 additional troops to the scene. The ;,
wkward factor in this Complication. Spain is a
nj, less badly eff financially than Italy, and Is
ardly able to raise the necessary 3unds Tor
n has been very heavy, and has well nigh ex'
susted the TREASURY, and IF the war continues
ltional loan must be negotiated.
Two bombs loaded with d y Mantle we're thrown
a theater at Barcelona AS the bombs struck
e floor one of them exp'oded with a terrific r.
,rt. Some fifteen PEI sons were killed ana
any others Injured. Several persons were re
red of clothing torn from their bodies. With
the past six months several anarchist out
ges have been perpetrated in Barcelona, In
lrtinez CampOs, for which the would be assas
was shot. The police were very active fora
ne in hunting down anarchists, and their ef
rts were rewarded with great success. Tie
cling against the aoai chists Ia very bitter, TIE
ople belle wing that this is but the iirst of a
ries of outrages that will be attempted TO
enge the ueatD OF failab, WnOs tHc ulRht NC
re his death, de clarcd that some of his fellow
archi ats were sworn to wreck vengeance for
killing. 1t is supposed that the reasons that
G of the bombs did not explode was that u
-uck the back of man sitting In one OF the
ats, extlnguishing the fuse. The missile hav-
q been broken in lis fall and the burning fuse
/ out, dropped harmless to the loor.
{; reat excitement was caused In London last
iday by the discovery of loaded conlca
NIB weighing seven pounds upon buttress OF
estmins,er bridge, which is close to the
uses in parliament. The bomb was taken 10 .
otland Yard, md certain man who left 1t fr
ere has been found and FAYE 1t was Que sent \,
m from battlefield and he Intended to throw w
into the river. 1T is not ct all certain that tn
ere was any explosive In 1t. ,s
NJ vellmrovitch, formerly Servian m Mister OF .
slice, was found dead Friday In hi bedroom re
his residence at Belgrade. His head had A
zen severed from his body which was mutila' :,
q In q horrible mannlr. al