Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-11-09
HUNDREDS SLAIN.
A Ship Load Of Dynamite Explodes
at Santander, Spain.
Three Hundred Citizens Killed and Over
400 Wounded-Many Buildings Blown
Down-Fire Follows ana Com
pletes tho Ruin.
HORROR ARROAn.

. EEE AO"A-GATo 4O1lOWA ana COms
pletes tho Ruin.
HORROR ABROAD.
SANTANDER, Spain, Nov by the
explosion of a ship load Of dynamite
Friday night hundreds of persons were
killed and half of the town destroyed.
Crowds were on the quay watching the
vessel burn when suddenly her
dangerous cargo blew up, in
stantly killing the daring fire
lighters and spectators. scatter
ing parts of the burning boats all over
the city and wreclsing many buildings.
Fire followed the explosion, which
many took for an earthquake, and be-
fore it could be checked half the
town was in ruins. In the excite
mcnt the number of dead was placed
at 1000, but 800 is probably nearer the
correct figure Among the dead are
the governor of the province, the pre-
feet, the chief of police and two judges.
The marquis of Pombo is missing and
it is believed he is among the dead.
LONDON, Nov. THE Madrid cor
respondent Of the Standard in his re-
port about the Santander disaster says
that after the explosion terror-stricken
crowds on the wharf rushed off in the
maddest disorder, trampling each other
down and carrying panic into the city.
The burning debris set fire to the rail-
way station at Solarcs, IL miles distant
from Santander.
Fifty private houses on Mendos and
Vigos streets were destroyed by the
flames. In addition to these losses,
several important public buildings and
valuable archives were burned before
any Roadway could be gained ON the
fire.
Among the victims were the civil
governor, several judges, the captain
of the! port, his daughter. the colonies
commanding the troops and gendarmes,
several government official, officers,
magistrates, policemen, soldiers and
Marquis Casatombo.
Official kilograms state that many
bodies have been recovered from the
bay of Biscay and from the ruins. The
material losses chiefly consist of the
great number of houses burned and
which are valued at 100000.
According to official kilograms the
latest accounting shows that 800 per-
sons were killed and $50 wounded.
The scene following the blowing-up
of the steamer is almost indescribable,
and the effect of TIE explosion of these
$50 cases of dynamite will hardly be be-
lieved. The power of the explosive
shot tons of iron into the air, where it
mingled \. 18th the burning fragments of
the steamship, tug and wooden quay,
as well as with the mangled bodies of
hundreds of the unfortunate people
who were hurled upward at the same
time
Over the adjoining buildings totter-
ing with wreckage fell shower of iron
followed by huge pieces of wood and
the remains of human bodies, and above
all dropped flaming splinters which set
fire to hundreds of buildings. causing a
scene of panic similar, one would i'm
agine, to the one which would have
succeeded the bursting forth of vol
cano at the waters edge.
The force of the exploding dynamite
caused such a conclusion that in addi-
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off their foundations it actually sunk
hundred small craft in the harbor
in addition to setting fire to a large
number of other vessels and starting
confagrations upon several of the
larger ships, including the Alfonso
XII, which vessel caught fire so sud-
denly and burned so fercelv that forty
OF her crew lost their lives on board of
her.
The effect of the explosion upon the
inhabitants of Santander was bewild-
ering. For some time after the dis
aster they were positively stunned
with dismay and then followed a panic
during which 100 people are re-
ported to have gone stark mad, while
the vast majority were so paralyzed
with fear and shock that they were IN
capable Of moving to the assistance of
the dying or of making any effort to
extinguish the flames, which sprung up
from mass of buildings and which be-
gan to spread with the most threaten
ing rapidity. The quay and prone
made close to the scene of the explo-
sion presented the most sickening
sight ever witnessed Mangled and
blackened corpses were scattered here
and there or we've in heaps in many
cases upon the wounded and dying,
whose fearful shrieks of agony filed
the air and struck terror into the
hearts of those who after time sum.
moned sufficient courage to venture
near.
Over 100 are said to have been pre-
cipitated into the sea by the explosion,
and there beneath tins 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 tug
boat were many citizens of Santander,
who were taking part in the work of
rescue. All of them have disappeared
forever.
A train from the province which was
just arriving at the railroad station
when the Cabo Machichaco blew up
experienced the force of the explosion,
was wrecked and set fire to and the
majority Of. its passengers were burned
to death before any assistance could be
furnished them.
ORIGIN OF A BIG BOSTON FIRE.
Youthful Incendiary In Jail Confesses to
Having Set It.
Boston, Nov. Louis A. Wright, an
1e-year-old lad of Newton, Mass, now
in Jail as an incendiary. has confessed
to having set the big fires in Boston
last spring which SO startled Boston and
caused wholesale jump in insurance