Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-02-27
VICTIMS oFsDYhAMITE J.
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)ver One Hundred Persons Believed t,

Over One Hundred Persons Believed to
Have Persisted in the Transyaal.
/ Johannesburg, Feb. $2l.-Delails are
reaching this city Of what is probably
the most disastrous dynamite exp,,-.
sion on record in any, part of tie world
Thousands ofpeople have been rem
dered homeless by the terrible: calam-
ity over 100 persons are believed to
have been killed, some 200 or 300 men,
women and children have been severely
wounded, and many others have been
more or less injured. e..',c.---,
Viedendorp. the 1scenegof the calam
ity, is a,subnrb OF JokannesDurg. = III
it are huddled members of the ,oorer
classes of whites Malays, Katfirs and
Characteristic subsist for ....:c most
part by doing, odd jjobsssa bout sthe place,
which is railway transfer station for
the mining districts of the section.
Among the freight cars standing on
the tracks at Niedendorp were eight
trucks loaded with d dynamite. AS even
ing was approaching there was an ex-
plosion near the freight depot. SO awful
in the intensity Of its force that the
ground ior miles around was conyulsed
as il by an earthquake, houses rocked
and fell, masses OF iron, earth, stone.
wood and human remains were hurled
skyward, the windows of almost every
house in johannesburg were broken,
and people were blown, through the
air like straws before gust of wind.
The explosion had torn hole 200
feet long and 80 feet wide over the
spot where. the eight trucks of dyna-
mite stood but few minutes before.
The whole of that quarter of johann
nesburg was literally blown to pieces.
On the, ground were tbiackene.l
shapes of human remains limbs, heads
and trunks. scorched and torn. The
victims were mostly Malays, Kaftirs
and Cinnamon, the whites being in a
minority at Viedendorp, but; in spite
OF this, quite number of white PEG.
pie, including six girls, are among the
many victims of this terrible calamity.
Every physician in or about d.
hannesburg is assisting in the care OF
the wounded. In addition to the
wounded, thousands OF people, rem
s;ered homeless by the explosion, are
being cared for by the charitable, anil
will receive assistance until thew can
Legin life anew.
The headquarters of the Wanderers
club is being used as mortuary cham
Der. ln-the gayly decorated clubroon
are horrible lines of memberles :, black
ened trunks of .human bodies, rows
Of !charred arms and legs, crushed and
burned heads, bands, feet, pieces OF
flesh, etc, tied up in bags, the whole
presenting sight as blood curdling
as was ever Witnessed a.#
In Is minutes after the explosion &C.
Cured, the bodies OF &c dead persons,
all horribly mutilated. were picked up
and carried away from the scene,
while the searching Of the ruins contin.
ued without intermission. Over 200
CT the most severely injured persons
We're also carried away, and hundreds
Of other wounded persons were taken
to places where they might be cared
for.
How the explosion occurred is no.
known. But belief prevails that
thieving Kaffir found his way to the
trucks, and, in trying TO break open
one of the cases of the explosive, being
in ignorance of what it. contained, he
brought about the disaster which has
caused so great q loss of life, a I'd which
has rendered so many people homeless
and penniless
A popular subscription has been
opened for the relief of the wounded
and homeless. Already over 100000
have been raised, and this amount will
reach 100000 in short time. tPresi-
dent Kruger has telegraphed his SYM
pathy with the people of Johannesburg
in this emergency, and he is being kept
posted on all the details of the great
calamity.
Waller q Free Man.
Washington, Feb. 22.-Secretary Oh
ney received a cablegran Friday from