The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-07
BRAVERY OF THE KINGS BRIDE
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asserts 10 King Alfoneo's own socounl
~ the bomb outrage last Thursday ~ com.
munica,ed by the King TO cour'icr- q few
hours after the explosion Following are
acme poinss ~ the story
Their Majestirs we're inclining n ths left
side NJ their carriag 90. aoknow ledging the
salutRtiona of ladies' on tho grand stand
In front NJ the church ot Santa Maria,
when suddenly there WA a noiss close
10 tho right fore wheel like a sledge hammer
striking the stone pavement Then there
was a terrific defamation like the discharge
~ a large calibre gun The carria &c
trembled like a ship tossed by wa yes.
A strong aorid odor rose. a white IA h
like lightning was seen beneath the car
riage, and a noise was heard resembling
the rasping Of hundreds OF files. The car
rage was enveloped with smoke 40 dense
that the King was unable TO see the street
and could scarcely distinguish the Queen.
Alfonso did not feel the least trace Of
injury, but with anxious Thought that the
Queen might be hurt he took her head be-
tween his hands. kissed her and asked:
Are you wounded?'
Looking fxedly at her husband the Queen
replied NO, | am unhurt. swear it."
Alfonso then said that a bomb had been
thrown. The Queen, waving away the
smoke with her hands. said:
"So I thought, hut II does not matter.
l will show you that | know how to he a
Queen"
The smoke began to clear away and
the carriage moved forward a lev yards
as the horses reared and 5tFSI-1Ba, but
II again stopped and the King $ut his head
out Of the left window. He cav soS!'aTS
trying to check the horses, The c-1wHs flee
ing in terror and the people on tne grand
stand in the direst confusion. Believing
that the effects OF the explosion had been
slight, the King said to those nearest to
him This is nothing, Let us &c on"
Then the equerries old him that the car
rage could not proceed as a horse had been
killed and others injured. Through the
open door the King said:
Bring the carriage Of respect. Tell
the Queen Mother and Princess Henry
that we are not hurt" =
When the carriage Of respect arrived
the King alighted very slowly, saluled the
flag alongside and gave his hand TO the
Queen, who, In descending from the royal
carriage, soiled her train and shoes with the
blood Of the horses, with which he carriage
was sprinkled.
The King then noticed the dead and
wounded by the sid of the carriage and
exclaimed in a one Of apprehension What
a terrible misfortune, What infamy, what
great wickedness must he required to shed
so much innocent blood"
The King, giving his arm TO the Queen,
tried to lead her so she would not see the
victims, but this was useless.
Despite the panic the people on the bal
comics cheered the King and Queen. The
former made signs to show that both were
uninjured, After walking twenty steps
to the carriage Of respect the King, after
having seen the Queen inside, turned to
the equerries and said: Go very slowly
to the palace"
After he had entered the carriage he
thought the Queen might have been hurt
and was concealing it. He anxiously asked:
Tell me the truth. Are you wounded:"
The Queen replied: mo, | am not wounded.
| was thinking only of you
The courtier, adding his own observa-
tlOns, Sdlu lHdI Quetu 'iCtoild o"hVi Hoi
escape from injury solely to the fact that she
was leaning to the left of the carriage. II
she had been still waving her handkerchief
from the right window as she had been
doing a moment before the bomb would
ass,redly have cut off her hand All the
damage was on the right side of the carriage.
When the couple reached the palace the
King gave his hand to the Queen and as
cended the steps with ceremonious deport-
ment as though nothing had happened.
One of the royal guests, congratulating
him upon his escape, recalled that it was tho
anniversary Of the attempt upon his life in
Paris. The King replied with spirit -Yes.
| remember; and | notice that bombs have
grown since then
His Majesty asked for exact information
as to the number of victims. When he was
told the number was not known, but that
many we're dead and wounded. he passed his
across his forehead and said slowly
Now I feelwhat it is to I've a king and feel
it because if | were not a King | might have
the consolation Of tears in the presence
OF so much blood. 30 many victims immo-
lated by the madness Of crime