The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-21
JOHANNESBURG ElPIIEs|
Ono Hundred Killed a.. :.
That Number Injured -
A SUBURB WAS BLOWN 10 prts'
Ground Littorci with ~,
mead, and Trunks. ses,,s ~. II
Torn-How /, oceu,..s "

r,S So o1sa ,saD February ~.
rishted 1896 by the Assoc,,,S. -css
thousands of people have NV pHs~
homeless by the terrible exp,o.,a NJ ''a..'N
mite yesterday at viedenaa.s Of Ia
TINS city and it is now knos s'ssa'i
persons have been killed. som. s'r h
men, women and children ~~a
severely injured and man., asu IA
oeen more or less injured. p s,ssn su.
pest idea Of the force OF the s,s, aes b |
be gathered from the fact nv ,es'a q;
axles of the trucks upon Whit we u |
pite was loaded have been driv. NY "a
feet into the hard ground A wa
Niedendorp, the scene ~ N.
is suburb Of Johannesbu,. sa.sasi
are huddled members OF the nos,. w. . Il
white Malays, Kafflrs and cb,,,s
Is a railway transfer station a, =.
ing district section. "
Among the freight cars stars,,.
tracks were eight trucks ,o,a,, y "
dynamite. AS evening approach.s VI
was Sn explosion near the freIrb, ~, "
so awful in force that the rron,a
miles around was convulsed ssws :
earthquake, houses rocked and ,s,l ~. ~
of stone and earth, and bumsr !,
were hurled skyward. and vinao, - {
almost every house in Johannesbu,, -
broken aud people were blown ,s,,.s
the air like straws before a gus, ~ n,
The explosion tore a hole 40 fs., =.
and 80 feet wide at the spot vhs,. 4
dynamite stood The whole Of ,ba, -.
ter of Johannesburg was literally NJ,
to pieces. The effects Of the ems.
could be seen over radius OF uors ~
a mile and almost everything Wins ,
half mile was RACED TO the GROUND !,
crushed by the dynamite beyond ,a.n,
ton. lronwork was twisted and IN
stones destroyed and briekwork ptl,s
lied.
on the ground were the Eacks,,
shapes of human remains, limbs M.
and trunks. scorched and torn. yix-
N'A' AiipStlS 4hildg - htllIS ana IL.ns
men. whites being in the minority ,
Nledendorp. but in spite Of his oft.
number Of whites, including six ri
are among the many vi. tins If lhh b
riblc calamity.
In fifteen minutes after the expla.
occurred the bodies OF forty dead ptrws
all horribly mutilated. were picked .
and carried away from the scene. VII
the searching of the ruins was contias.
without intermission. Over 100 O. 4
most seriously injured were carried vi
and hundreds of other wounded pess
were taken to places where they can
cared for.
How the explosion occurred Is I
known, but a belief prevails that a ih.
ing Kaffir found his way to the shusl
trucks. and. In trying to break open !
of the cases of the explosive. being IN
norance of What 1t contained. broll
about the disaster which has ca,kei
great a loss Of life and which has rends
many people homeless and pennies
The exact extent of the disaster
never be known. All the hospitals
hlled with sufferers from the expioss
and many private houses nave beeG luIl
into refugees for the wounded and S's
less.
Most of the houses In Niedend@p =
built Of corrugated iron, as Is usual
South African suburbs. and Of thu
terial anyways near the spot wnere
explosion took place hardly vesuss
mains.
4 popular subscription has been cps
fer the relief OF the wounded am 10;
less. Already over S30, 400 has been "a
and this amount will soon reach ~
In addition. steps have already peen y
80 clear away the debris from the sIgs
\ portion of the money subscriber VA
invested in building materials ahl nv
work Of recons,ructing Nidendorp WI
commenced as soon as the remains y
dead are inferred. This will prooaog
tomorrow and the occasion VIII 9e luas
by "A turnout of almost the whoie PP
ton of johannesburg. :.
The Beers and Uitlandsrs are WI
tremendously IN the succoring 81
wounded and homeless. me olss
seems TO have done a great uesl ys
healing the soreness which remainea !,
the Jameson raid and may az isa ~
cement new and be.ter feeling nAi
the foreign population ana 'heif
rulers.
President Kruger has teiegrapsS.,., ,
sympathy with the people OF '9 ~ <.
burg in this emergency ana ne y y
kept posted on all the details Oh '''' >
CALAMITY