Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-11-06
THE DYNAMITE HORROR.
The List of Dead at Santander
Numbers Three Hundred.
TERROR DROVE MANY INSANE.

Divers Found Many Dead Bodies ON tho
Bottom OF the BAY Of Biscay-Tho Fire
Scattered For Thirteen Milcs-Two Sur
vivors Tell Their Stories.
copyright. lso9, by the Associated pressl
BILBAO, Nov. 6.-The seamen who as
,aped from the i'll fated dynamite laden
steamer Cabo Machichaco, which caused
the fearful disaster no Santander. have ar
rived here after having been blown up In
that vessel and thrown a great distance
out TO sea, falling among mass OF burn
/ ing wreckage. These sailors SWAN for
long time after touching the water and
eventually reached the shore ON the other
side of the harbor, from whence they were
driven TO this city. One of the seamen
/ gives the following account of the disaster:
"We did not know that there was any
| dynamite on board beyond the 20 cases
which were landed at the outbreak of the
fire A few moments before the explosion
my mate hurried on deck, crying out that
everybody should leave the ship and clear
of the quay, as the fire was reaching dyna-
mite.
Every one then hastened over the gang
way, but while so doing the explosion over
took us. and we were thrown into the sea.
When fell into the water, after having
been up in the air for what seemed 90 me
quite a time, caught hold of plank and
swan away"
Hurled Into the Sea.
Another eyewitness of the disaster says
that he saw at least 80 bodies thrown into
the sea, and that among them were many
nurses carrying children In their arms
IL Is asserted that the Cabo Machichaco
had 200 cases of dynamite ON board, and
the authorities of Bilbao, where the III
iated steamer sailed from and hailed from,
are said TO have been aware of the ship
ment of $50 Kilograms of dynamite and
suppose that the 20 cases landed belonged
to Santander consignees.
The Bilbao people attribute the explosion
to the bursting of the boiler and consider
that the dynamite was not liable to ignite
easily, and, therefore, that it was a COM
paratively safe cargo The Bilbao people
also declare that shipments of dynamite
from their factory at Galdacano for all
Spanish ports are frequent and that the
explosive is regarded merely as merchan-
disc
Finance Minister Gamanzo, accompanied
by number Of Santander people arrived
at Santander and convened the remaining
officials, and consoled with them aud en-
couraged them to organize methods Of re-
lief
The fremen OF Nalladolid, Burgos, Bill
bao and other towns which have sent en-
gines to Santander have succeeded in local
izing the fire, and but few houses, as this
dispatch is sent are still burning. The
shipping quarter is in ruins and presents
the appearance Of having been subjected to
a severe bombardment
Wounded Number d5O.
The burning debris set fire 10 the railway
station at Solares, l3 miles distant from
santander Fifty private houses were de-
stroyed 10y the flames. in addition 90 these
losses several important public buildings
and valuable archives We're burned before
any headway could be gained over the fire.
Among the victims were the civil gov
ernor, several judges, the captain Of the
port, his daughter, the colonels command
ing the troops and gendarmes, several gov
ernment officials, officers, magistrates po-
licemen, soldiers and the Marquis Casap-
tombo Many bodies have been recovered
from the bay of Biscay and from the ruins.
OF the great number of victims, some
were found quietly sleeping in death, while
the clothing Of others had been entirely
torn from their bodies Large numbers of
the dead had been horribly dishgured by
the flames, and Identification of their
charred bodies was impossible
Civil and military engineers declare that
never before have the effects Of dynamite
been SO appalling or so varied i'm charac.
ter. Divers who have explored the bot.
tom Of the bay OK Biscay in various places
have found many human remains. The
latest accounting shows that 300 persons
were killed and $50 wounded.
Mad with Terror.
The effect of the explosion upon the in
habitants of Santander was bewildering I'M
its intensity. For some time after the dis
aster the people were positively stunned
. with dismay and horror, and then followed
a panic during which 100 people are re
ported 20 have gone stark mad, while the
vast majority We're so paralyzed with feal
and shock that they were incapable of NOV
! ing to the assistance Of the dying or OF
i making any effort TO eXtinguish the flames
which sprang up from mass Of buildings
and which began TO spread with the mosi
threatening rapidity.
+ The quay and promenade close TO The
d scene of the explosion presented one OF the
y most sickening sights ever witnessed
? Mangled and blackened cOrpses We're scat
e tered here and there or were in heaps, in
r termingled with shreds of human bodies
q piled in many cases upon the wounded
and dying, whose fearful shrieks of agony
filed the air aud struck terror into thl
hearts Of those who, after a time, sum
l. moned sufficient courage to venture nea
L the carnage ground.
l. Thousands abandoned their homes afte
d the explosion, all the shops were closed, an'
O all the energies of the people seemed 70 b
d at a standstil for a long time after the ex
e plosion, and many of them are still so pros
trated that their death is anticipated as
result of the fright which they sustained
4. The number Of people who have lost thei
= senses through the explosion is very great
u and il is openly asserted that hundreds O
people have completely gnne out of thei
I minds aud will have to be- confined in asy
= lums for the remainder of their lives.
Another Of the Starr Boys Dead.
MCALLIsTER, l. T., Nov. 6.--Jack Star
l. has been found dead near Briggs, I. 4.