, 1894-04-18
TIE S~ANTANDER HULK.
daily Teiegrapb.)

OIdUGlQ, NIdICu 20.
Further details have now been received
here regarding the second disastrous dyna-
Mantle explosion at Santander in the hull of
the steamer Cabo Machichaco. Efforts are
still being made to recover the remains of
men who were killed at work on the hulk.
This task is rendered very difficult, as some
were completely blown to pieces by the ex-
ploSion, while others were f~earfully mangled.
UP to now eighteen c0rpses have been iden-
titled, and the wounded, as far as at present
known, number twenty-three, many cf whom
it is feared will succumb to their injuries.
Fortunately, owing TO the ~lateness of the
hour, there were only a few ijlers on the lefty,
and only a comparatively small number of
Nsorkmen and divers engaged on the wreck,
otherwise the disaster would have been much
greater.
A diver named Fonseca. who was ON the
day shift, was watching THO operations from
the ietty when the explosion occurred, and
all Efforts to find his body have So far proved
ruthless.
The two divers below were blownto pieces.
The fact that the divers themselves believ-
ed that the removal of the dynamite in the
hulk entailed considerable risk, and the sub
sequent veriication of their p~resentiments,
ADDED considerably to the public resentment
against the authorities, the Technical Com-
mission. and the owners of the Inflated
steamer. AS already announced, the general
indignation found vent at the funeral Of the
victims. The remains were followed to the
cemetery by the entire population, the funer-
raj, as it were, replacing the customary holy
week ceremony, which. in view Of the disas-
ter, was this year abandoned.
The procession wendell lis way silently
through the town and along the road to the
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.where the public following a funeral generally
disperses. a man in the crowd called out,
Citizens, having now performed this sad
duty to the victims, let us 80 and demand
Justice at the hands Of the murderers.' The
whole crowd then turned back, and marched
to the Town Hall, and a deputation was at
once selected to wait upon the Mayor and the
Town Council in order to demand Justice for
the families of the victims. The mayor at
once promised to recommend that pensions
should be granted to the families, and that
the municipality would resign in a body if
their wishes were not complied with
The people, on hearing this decision, loudly
cheered the mayor and councillors, but at
this moment cries were raised 'of. "To the
Civil Governor's!'' and the immense crowd
made a wild rush for that functionary's re-
sidence. In reply to the repeated demands
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the balcony ans promised that the bereaved
families should receive pensions, at the same
time urging his hearers to dispense quietly.
The crowd, however, would not listen, and
finally, showers of stones were hurled against
the Governor. The latter thereupon with
drew into the interior of the building, and
at the same moment the Civic Guards on
duty rushed out and drove back the people
with the butt-ends of THEN rifles, injuring q .
considerable number.
The crowd, however did net finally yield
until a volley had been fired over their heads