Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-17
TRAIN DYNAMITED
Over Twelve Score Of Spaniards
Sent to Eternity.
TRICK DONE on A HIGH BRIDGE.

Cars Blown High into the Air and Then
Drop Back into the Chasm. So New
York:.world Story Goes, and Yet There
Were 500 Men Out Of 500 to Take Pris-
oners-situation In Crete-Grecks BE-
Meve War Ii Certain.
New York, March IA Havana spe-
cial to The World says: Through Gu
bans here II is learned that a train
carrying Spanish troops was blown up
by dynamite while passing over a deep
gorge south Of Calendaria, Pinar del Rio
province. and that nearly $50 soldiers
were killed or injured. The locomotive
and six cars were demolished. The traE-
edy occurred about the 10th inst. The
Spanish general Arial had learned Of
a projected insurgent attack, supposed
ly on San Cristobal. and he sent off 800
troops in armored cars to reinforce the
garrison there. About ten miles from
San Cristobal the road crosses a deep
gorge on a very high bridge about 500
feet long. The insurgents learning of
the departure of the train lined the
bridge at the bends and the center with
heavy charges of dynamite, connecting
the explosive by wires with a battery
in the woods some distance OF.
Blew the Train into the Air.
Three hundred insurgents lay in am
bush nearby. 1t is understood that the
MINI brothers were in command, and
that Captain John Lynn, the young
American electrical engineer who has
made himself famous in Cuba for his
work on the dynamite gun, contrived
the affair. The train approached the
bridge about 3 o'clock in the morning.
When fully on it all three charges were
exploded by the wires The engine and
cars flew into the air like SO many chips
and fell into the deep gorge below,
crushing dead and injured alike. There
the wreckage caught fire. AS soon as
the explosion occurred the insurgents
dashed from their ambush with wild
cries and began massacre. But for the
timely hosting of n white flag by
Colonel Mores. who was in command of
the Spanish forces, every man would
have been macheted.
Further Feats of the Insurgents.
AS it was. the Cubans secured 300
prisoners. including ten officers The
private soldiers. after being Invested of
most Of their uniforms, were released and
sent to San Cristobal: the officers were
retained as hostages for twenty-five in
surgents who are held at Artemisa and
threatened with death. The Standards
here admit the dynamiting of the train,
but claim that the details are exagger-
ated. General Aranguren raided two
towns In the southwestern part of Ha-
vana province Friday and Saturday,
and looted the stores and destroyed one
Spanish block fort. In both cases the
garrisons retreated to safer quarters,
hardly firing a round. Word comes
from Santa Clare of two fierce engage
| ments on Thursday and Friday in which
the Spaniards lost heavily. Five bat
talions of troops were sent there Mon
| day.
Report That Gomez Is Wounded Again.
Havana, March lit is reported here
| that General Maxine Gomez, the insur-
gent leader, was seriously wounded in
the fight which occurred recently at
Arroyo Blanco. province of Santa Clara,
between the Spanish under General
| Bernal and an insurgent force under
| Gomez.
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