The evening world., 1893-11-07
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BOMBS IN
A THEATRE.
Anarchists Cast Two Deadly
Missiles Into an
Audience
FIFTEEN PEOPLE KILLED..
Mad Panic Follows a Deadly
Explosion in Lioeo Thea
tire, Barcelona.
MANY TRAMpIED UNDER E0nT.
MANY TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT.
Nearly Four Thousand Peo-
pie Engaged in the
Mad Rush.

BARCELONA, Nov. ~,8.-Dynamite
thrown by alleged Anarchists into the
middle OF a crowded theatre is the latest
outrage and dlsa ster to be recorded in
Spain. The Iiceo Theatre. on the RAM
hia De Caprchinos. the Italian Opera
House, a magnificent building, sometimes
claascd as the largest theatre in Europe,
vas filled last night with a large and
distinguished audience.
Nearly four thousand people assembled
to hear the popular opera William Tell"
During the performance two dynamite
bombs were suddenly hurled from the
topmost gallery into the stalls on tho
floor OF the house.
One OF the bombs exploded with a ter
rihle report, which shook the theatre to
its foundation and scattered death.
wounds and destruction upon all sides.
III" second bomb did not explode, hav-
Ing. it is said, fallen into the lap Of q
lady and rolled harmlessly TO the floor.
The explosion of the bomb caused a
scene of terror and confusion rarely wit
messed in a theatre. The whole audi
encc rose to its feet in horror and dis
may, the building ringing with shrieks
anl groans.
For a moment the Iiceo was filled
with binding smoke and dust, while
falling glassa ndd plaster which caused
a horrible din. and added to the hor-
rors OF the situation. A wild panic
seized the vast audience, and the result
was a scene which can never be forgot
ten.
The terrified crowd. fearing that at
any moment another bomb might be
thrown completely lost all presence of
mind or sense of control. All regard for
women and children seemed to vanish
in those moments Of fear. and there
was a fierce. mad rush for the doors.
Men ana women fought with each other
as they crushed the weaker ones be-
meath their feet in the effort to escape,
leaving the wounded and dying behind
them, tended only by a few OF the
drawer hearts who remained faithful to
their dear ones.
In this mad rush many old people and
children We're severely injured through
being trampled under foot, while others
were severely bruised and crushed by
the outpOuring crowd. People jumped
from the boxes among the audience.
others let themselves down as best they
risked the lives of others in their mad
attempt To reach the open air.
Fifteen lives are known TO have been
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the explosion, or the mad rush that fol-
At some distance from the fatal spot
where the fifteen dead bodies laid be-
meath the theatre wreCkage many were
%groaning in agony from wound received
from splinters of wood, pieces OF glasa
and fragments Of iron.
The doctors, who had been hastily sum-
mDnel by the police, quickly arrived. and
Immediately commenced a careful ex-
animation Of the victims OF this latest
upon the part Of the Anarchists.
The work of succor and attendance
continued all night, the Liceo Theatre
being converted for the time into a hos
plIal amid which man surgeons were
busy with the wounded while the priests
passed. TO and fro administering TO the
The consolation Of religion.
Throughout the night the theatre was
surrounded ny a dense crowd OF people.
who packed the Rambllde Capuchinos
% the utmost, and who were with Diff
llu.ty kept back by a strong body OF
police.
II seemed as If the whole population
NJ barcelona was out of doors, and
were the expressions OF bitter in
liGnation heard IN all Sides against the
Anarchists,
in j comparatively few minutes after
he explosion the theatre was emptled,
kept OF the dead and injured. The
of the catastrophe spread through
city with extraordinary auicknesA.
md the police n civic guards were
to the scene from all dirsetiouA
the authorities to establish
omething like order.