St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-06

tons, it actually sank hundred small
craft in the harbor.in addition to setting
fire to largo number of other vessels
and starting confagrations upon several
of the larger ships, including the Alton
so XII, which vessel. as already cabled
to the Associated Press, caught fire SO
suddenly and burned so fereely tina
forty of her II.
CREW LOST THEIR LIVES =
on board of her. Nothing is as yet ore
ported here concerning the damage
done to foreign shipping. but the lossis
said to be very great. The effect of9the
explosion upon the inhabitants of SAINT
ander was bewildering in its intensity.
For some time after the disaster the
people were positively stunned with
dismay and horror, and then followed
panic, during which hundred people
are reported to have gone stark mad.
while the vast majority was SO paralyzed
with fear and the shock that they were
incapable of moving to the assistance of
the dying, or of making any effort: to
eXtinguish the flames which sprang up
from mass Of buildings. and which
began to spread with the most threaten
ing rapidlty. The quay and promenade
close to the scene of the explosion
presented the most sickening
sight ever witnessed. Mangled and
blackened corpses were scattered
here and there or were in heaps in
many cases upon the wounded and
dying. whose fearful shrieks of agony
filled the air and struck terror into the
hearts of those who after a time sum-
mOned sufficient courage to venture
near the carnage ground. Over hundred
people are said to have been precipi-
tated into the sea by the explosion, and
there, beneath this hail of blood, wood
and iron, they met death with the
crews of
THE UNFORTUNATE STEAMER
and the tugboat which was about to tow
her into the bay. On board the tugboat
were many citizens of Santander, who
were taking part in the work of rescue.
All of them have disappeared forever.
train from the province which was
just arriving at the railroad station
experienced the force of the explosion,
was wrecked and set fire to, aud
the majority of it's passenger
were burned to death before any as
sistance could be furnished them. Soon
after the eXplo sion whole blocks upon
MendeZ NumeZ str eet, parallel with the
quay, were blazing, and other portions
of the city were i'll flames. No one
dared or cared to make any attempt to-
stay the spr cad of the cont1agration, and
those who preserved enough presence
of mind to do so, ran wildly about the
town crying in Mortified accents the
news of the disaster to those who had
rushed from their houses into the
streets in alarm, fancying that the end
of the world had come. In the midst of
this scene OF horrible panic, when men
ahd women tore their hair and cursed
or prayed, few brave men retained
presence of mind enough to jump on
horseback and ride to the nearest rail-
way stations, where they caused tele-
grams to be sent to the government and
to the authorities of other cities. i'm
ploring ~
SUCCOR FOR THE WOUNDED tl.f
and asking fire engines be promptly
dispatched to the scene, as failure to
do so Immediately would result in the
utter destruction of Santander. The
cities Of Valladolid. Burgess, Bilboa and
Barcelona were quickly aroused by the
appeals for assistance, and Immediately
took steps to do everything possible to
assist the stricken city. Fire en-
gines, physicians, medicine and food
were soon sent from the cities men
toned, and nothing was left uudone to
relieve the distress. Large forces of
troops were also dispatched to SAINT
auder, the soldiers rendering most
valuable assistance in the work of
salvage and rescue. The loss sustained
by property owners and by poor people
who had lost their all through the ex-
plosion and fire is immense. The loss
of life is not yet determined, but some
hundreds of dead bodies have been
identified, while others will never be
recognized from the mass of blackened
trunks, heads and limbs which have
been gathered together in heaps around
the fatal spot. Many of the victims, in
addition, are unknown, and there seems
to be no way OF telling how many met
their death in the water.
THE SHOWER OF IRON
from the dynamite laden steamer
thrown into the air by the explosion
fell upon nearly all parts of the town,
and injured buildings at a remarkable
distance from the place where the
steamer actually exploded. Some idea
81 fI,n nf ha I~r
formed from the fact that man was
killed by piece Of iron falling from
the Cabo Machichaco at Pena castillo,
two kilometres distant from where the
steamer blew up. Another remarkable
effect of the explosion is that the I'M
fortunate steamers anchor was blown
up in the air by the force of the dyna-
mite, causing the anchor to fall i'll
street 800 yards away from where
the explosion took place. In fall
ing, the anchor smashed a stone
balcony into pieces and sank deep into
the stone pavement below. Many de-
tails of the explosion and fire at San
lander are still lacking, owing to the
fact that telegraphic communication
with that point has not been renewed
have been able to appear since the dis
aster.. Even private letters, owing to
THE PANIC
which prevails, have not reached this
city from Santander, and but few pri-
vate kilograms have been transmitted.
Santander was lately among the most
prosperous towns in Spain, but the dis
aster which has Overtaken it will
take many years to repair. The
whole country is indignant at the
criminal conddet of the captain and
crew of the Cabo Machichaco, as well
as the criminality of those whoshippeed
the contraband $50 cases of dynamite,
the general opinion being that the gov
eminent must take immediate steps to
punish the people who shipped the
dynamite, as the death of the captain
and crew of the dynamite steamer is