Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-07

MADRIp. Nov. IL 6-Advice, from sam
tan'ier say that the disaster has SO APP
pallcd Inc people they are almost help
less. All the prominent men were
either killed or injured. and there
seem, 10 no government or order
IN the ,owp. Many bodies have been
recovered from the la of Biscay
ana from the ruins. The material
losses Chiefly CONSIST of the great num-
Der q: houses burned, which arc valued
at xJ0n.00l. Some of the dead were
found with their clothing entirely torn
from their bodies Large Numbers Of
the deal were horribly cisfgured by
the flames and identification of their
charred codics is impossible Divers
who have explored the bottom of
the bay found many human remains.
The bishop of Santander and several
priests were among the first to assist
the wounded. They administered the
last rites of the Catholic church to sew.
eral persons whom they found dying in
the streets and upon the wharvcs.
Among the missing are Twenty-Five clil-
dreE. The vessel on which the explo-
sion occurred was lying close TO and
opposite several public offices in one of
the finest and most recently laid out
streets. with new railroad stations.
The latest accounting shows that 500
persons were killed and 40 injured.
Train Wrecked by the shock
y train from the province which was
just arriving at the railroad station
when the tabo Mach.chaco blew rp
experienced the force of the explosion.
was wrecked and set fire To and the
minority of its passengers were burned
To death before any assistance could be
furnished them.
The Whole Country Aroused
The Whole country is indignant "A.
the criminal conduct of the captain and
crew of the Cabe Machichaco. a. well
as the criminality of those " ho shipped
the contra band Iso cases o! dynamite.
the general opinion being ,ha; the gov.
ernment must take immediate steps 10
punish the people who shipped the
dynamite, as the death of the raptain
and crew of the dynamite steamer is
but poor compensation to the thousands
of victims and the destruction caused
10y their criminality in the city of Sam
tander -.
Santarer was Lately mony the most
prosperous towns in spain. but the dis.
aster which has overtaten il will take
many yeaYs TO repair.
story q! Iw. >cam-u.
HirBoA. Nov. 6-Two seanen who
say they We're aboard the steamer
Cabo Machicaco have arrived They
Say they were thrown great dis
'arce seaward by the explosion. falling
among a mass of floating wreekagc,
which vas still burning They
swan stoyether for long time,
eventually reaching a. point miles
beyord Santander. from which
they were conveyed to this place They
declared that they did not know there
was any dynamite aboard the Cabo
Machicaco beyond twenty eases that
were labdcd. A few minutes before the
explosion. according to these two sea-
men. the mate rushed on deck shout
ing to everybody to leave the ship
instantly. As the fire was reach
ing the dynamite. A desperate
struggle cnsued to get ashore but very
few ESCAPED. The two scamcu who
tell this story were badly injured.
They say the sea was strewn with
corp>cs and wrcckage of all kinds
They SAW some thirty bodies thrown
from the quay. several beng bodies of
women claspin" children in their arms.