Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-01
AIM BOMB At
ROYAL CARRIAGE
SIXTEEN INSTANTLY KILLED
AT MADRID
King Alfonso and Princess Victoria
Narrowly Eseape-Assassin Be.
Iieved to Have Been an
Anarchist


bomb. but at least sixteen persons,
most of them belonging to the personal
and military escorts, were killed.
Many others were injured.
The following are the killed.
CAPTAIN BAROSSA, commanding
part Of the kings escort.
LIEUTENANT REYSINET.
LIEUTENANT PRENDERGAST.
SIX SOLDIERS
THE MARQUIsE OF COLosA,
HER DAUGHTER.
DON ANTONIO CALVO.
HIS NIECE, aged years.
JOSE SOLA, Z years of age.
LOUIS FONSECA.
One royal groom, who was lead
ing one of the horses drawing the coach
carrying the king and queen.
Several of those killed were standing
on the balcony of the house from which
the bomb was thrown.
The explosion occurred just as the
royal couple were about to enter the
palace. The route of the cortege had
been diverted from Arsenal street to
Mayor street, owing to the popular de-
sire.
The procession had just passed
through Mayor street and was about to
turn into the esplanade leading to the
palace when an explosion shook the
buildings in the vicinity, stunning a
large number of people and throwing
the cortege into confusion.
The royal coach was brought to a
sudden stop by the shock, officers and
soldiers of the escort falling to the
ground about the equery and horses
that had been killed.
The screams of the terrified multi
tude mingled with the groans of the
dying. It was Immediately seen that
the royal coach was intact except as it
had been damaged by flying splnters.
King Alfonso Immediately alighted
and assisted Queen Victoria out of the
carriage. They then entered another
coach and were driven swiftly to the
palace.
All of this happened so quickly that
people away from the immediate vi
cinity were not aware of the tragedy
and continued to acclaim their SOW
ereign. Soon, however, there appeared
the empty royal coach with horses
missing and the others spattered with
blood.
The grooms and drivers looked
deathly pale in their spanged uni
forms. Then came boy shouting that
bomb had been thrown at the king
The appearance of the king and
queen in a coach brought out delirious
ovations.
The bomb, which was concealed in
bouquet, was of polished steel, half a
centimeter thick. 1t was thrown from
third floor window The house, ac-
cording to some reports, belongs to
the queen mother, having been be-
queathed to her by a philanthropist
and being the only house she owns in
Madrid.
Kills Horses and Groom
The house is opposite the Church of
the Sacrament and the captain gener-
ais residence The royal procession
had come to temporary stop with the
royal carriage exactly opposite the
house when the bomb was thrown.
The missile fell to the right of the
royal carriage, between the hindmost
pair of horses and the front pair of
wheels. The explosion killed two
horses and a groom.
The Duke of Solomayer who was
riding on the right of the carriage,
was slightly wounded.
The scene of the tragedy presented
horrible spectacle, with dead men
and horses lying about literally torn
10 pieces. Intense excitement pre-
vailed, the mob invading the streets
while the forces of the guards Sought
to maintain order and block the ap-
preaching streets.
The bodies were wrapped I'D in
blankets and removed on litters, while
the wounded were taken to hospitals
in ambulances. The pavement was lit
orally covered with blood and the up
per stories of the buildings nearest
were Spattered with it.
The place from which the bomb was
thrown is boarding house. The
chamber from which the missile was
hurled was taken May % by man
from Barcelona giving the name of
Moral. When the police surrounded
the house the man attempted to flee,
but was captured. Another man es-
capped over the roofs of the houses.
The great arches and naves, usually
sombre, were lighted up by thousands
of electric lights which lined the cor
nices and framed the marble altar with
an aureole of light.
At the left of the altar arose a throne
upon a dais, over which hung a ma
jestic canopy of light silk, exquisitely
wrought with gold embroideries. At
the back Of the throne fiared the arms
of Spain.
Two richly gilded armchairs of mar
velous workmanship occupied the dais,