Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-06
TRANS.SBA DISPATCHES.
Parlnsr Particulars Of Tho Explosion
at SadtaldtE
nritish sailors Killed by Mistake
Austrin's New Cnbinct-Ibe
nhinbcirs.

MADRID, Nov. 5.--rhe terrible die.
asior which wrecked the port OF
santander and destroyed hundreds OF
lives sent thrill Of horror throu Shout
Spain. Every pieces Of news which
reaches Madrid not only confirms the
most sensational reports, but pictures
the disaster In more vivid ooiofs than
hitherto.
The "Cabo Machicaco," Spanish
steamship belonging 10 Bilbon, caught
fire about O'Clock Friday afternoon.
The origin Of the FIRE IL unknown, but
IL was coon beyond the control OF the
ships crew. rhe local firo depart
ment AMI IA detachment VI civic gunrds
were sent 10 the scene AMI the ieading
municipal authorities aided In the
,iioft 10 save the steamer.
In the meantime thousands OF poo
pie crowded to the quay anu thr0ngel
the pfomenadus contiguous 10 Il. The
iiro quickly ignited the petroleum
which formed n part Of tho cargo.
Twenty cnsra OF dynamite were regis.
tered on the ship'o papers aud were
carried ashore, but the ship had also
ON boatd $50 cases m IRE, which did
not appear on the psperi aud Of which
the authorities had no knowledge.
a bout 1880 the ships boilers burst
with terrible report, and auOn alter
there wns another terrible defamation.
The steamer seemed 10 Opun In half
sending blaze Of fire ski ward, over
which cloud Of smoke reeteu for
several minutes. The report was Of
such awful intensity that II lahook
the earth for miles around.
The explosion H1Ot tons Of iron ore,
which composed the major part OF tne
ships cargo, into the hif, where n
mingled with the burning fragments
Of the steamship, tugs and wooden
quay, as well IA with the mangled
U0dies Of hundreds OF unfortunate
people who were hurried upward, and
the falling " this horrible macs can
be, better Imagined than described.
The flaming splinters cot IRE to hun
dTeds Of buildings, Cnueing a frighitul
panic. The force OF tins exploding dy-
Mantle caused such n concussiou that
II actually sunk a hundred small craft
In tue hutilr In addition 10 setting
Ire 10 n lafgp number OF other vessels
aud starting u o0niiaRratlon ON several
Of the larger ships, including the Al.
fous0 MI, whlcn vessel caught bIo 10
suddenly and burned 30 hvtcoly that
forty Ut her crew lest their lives on
board OF her. The damage TO foreign
shipping IL said 10 be very great.
Along the quay aad homemade man.
glcd anu blaCktLva yufpseu were scat
tered mere aud tLu.t ur Ia heans, la
many cases upon tuu rodniei aud uy'
lug, whose fearful bdrvks OF agony
filled tho air.
over hundred People are said TO
have been prucipitatrd into the SEA by
| the explosion, aud there met dcati. A
/ train lust arriving was Wrecked by the
ex pluaiOn, eet fire % and n majority OF
its passengers burned to deRth.
Soon after the explosion whole blocks
/ opposite the quay were blazing, aud
other portions " lhe city were also la
| flames. In the midst Of tho horrible
panic few men retained presence Of
mind enough to ride to the neares,
railway station and fund tele-
grams TO the government and authuri.
Ties Of other la.ge oitieS, imploring
suCc0f. This cities OF Nailn, DOlinu,
BuTges, Bilboa and Barcelona imme-
| diAtely took steps 10 assist tho slrloKou
city. Fire engines, physicians, medi-
cine and food were eUut TO relieve the
distress. l. rge forces Of troops were
also dispatched.
The monetary loss sustained Ia enor.
nous. The loss OF Ito Is not yet de-
| toTmined, but some hundreds OF dead
! bOuies nte Identified, while others will
never DO recognized from among the
mass OF blackenel trunks, heads aud
! limbs which have been gathered To-.
/ gether IN heaps. A man waA killed 10y
piece Of iron falling Mt Pens CasillO,
| two kilometefs distant from where the
steamer blow up. The steamers
anchor fell $40 yRTJa away from whore
the explOsi0u took place.
SaEtander was lately among the
most prosperous towns IN spain, but
take many years to repair.
'rho whole country IL indignant at
the criminal conduct Of the captain
ana crew OF the Cabo MichicAo0, AZ
well ~ tho orimiuality Of those who
shipped the contraband $50 cases Of
dynamite, the general opinion being
that ihe government must take i'm.
mediate Hteps to punish tho people " no
shipped this dynamite, as the death OF
the captain ami crow OF the steamer
are but poor compensation to tue thou.
sands OF victims anu the destruction
caused by their criminallty.
LONDON, Nov. b.--rhe Madrid cor-
respondent oil tho Times says. Up to
the time Of sending this Jispatoh 1876
bodies have been Identified anu buried
Mt BantunuOr,