Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-09
STAINS NEW HORROR.
DastardIy Bomb Outrage in a Gro

Dastardly BOmD outrage III a CrOWd.
 ed Opera House at BarceIona-Many
 People Killed, Among Them Being
 an nAmericnn-Two Bombs Thrown
 From the Gallery Into a Large and
 Fashionable Audience.
 BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. S.-A dastardly outrage was committed in this city last night that for fendishness and crazy desire to murder has seldom been equalled. The Lyceum opera house, frequented by the elite of Barcelona's society, was the scene. The opera season opened fast night with civilian Tell," and large audience was present. At the second act two bombs, presumably loaded with dynamite, were thrown from the gallery.
 As they struck the floor one of them ex- ploded with terrific report. Wild shrieks and cries of agony arose and wild confusion prevailed, and men, pale with fright, aban' doned the ladies and rushed for the exits, knocking down and trampling upon those in their way.
 When the smoke and dust cleared away the forms of many persons were seen writhing upon the floor. The seats had been blown to pieces, and the flooring was torn up and the beams partly shattered. The singers rushed from the stage, but l the officials knew that the outrage was the | work of anarchists, and were determined | to prevent the escape of the miscreants Several suspicious looking characters were | arrested, and it was found that two oi them were anarchists we'll known to tht police.
 ' vi, ho l ing conveyed to the hospital severely wounded.
 The opera house was quickly surrounded by great crowd cursing the anarchist
 It is officially stated that the dead nun Der fifteen.
 The ladies removed from the parque presented most pitiable sight. All wer' | in full dress, and many were in deat faint. Their gowns were torn into shred and their faces, shoulders and arms wer drenched in blood.
 l It is said that several of the killed wer members of one family that occupied stall close to where the bomb exploded. Man, persons who had seats a considerable dis fance away were injured by flying splin ters. Doctors were speedily summoned.
 Three persons were found dead on tn stairways, while several who had beel badly crushed were found lying on the foo near the exits. The passages of the theate
 were turned into hospitals. Priests wer summoned to those who the doctors ssi
 could not recover. They also acted as as
 sistsnts to the physicians, helping then
 wash the blood from the victims aud band
 age up the gaping wounds.
 The police throughout the night searche
 the houses of suspected anarchists and sl \ lad narnaH O
 Italian named Soldini and others.
 Among the killed are an American ger
 tleman and a wealthy German. The vii
 of the American accompanied him to tt performance and was also injured. As y she is not aware of her husbands death. The unsxploded bomb is in the posse | sion of the police. It is fac-simile of tf
 bomb used by Pallss in his attempt upo
 the life of General Martinez Campos. Some people say that the bombs wei not thrown from the gallery, but wel ? beneath the seats before the performan, began. Experts, however, think otherwis
 believing that it required shock to eau } the bombs to explode. This Is borne ol . l by the fact that a bomb that first struck | spectator and then fell to cushion ar l thence to the floor did not explode. f During the morning several of the pc sons wounded died from the effects of the injuries. Up to noon the dead number'
 twenty three. It is thought likely tn
 others of the wounded will die.
 All the men arrested on suspicion of | 2 ing the authors of the outrage have prov
 to the satisfaction of the police that tn
 had nothing to do with it. It Is said th
 the miscreants who committed the di
 tardly crime made their escape before t cficials at the opera house reached the g
 lery.