The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-17
BLANCA IS
CITY OF DEAD
STREETo PILED WITH DEAD An,
WOUNDED AFTER FIERCE
BATTLE.
TERRIBLE PICTURES
NOT EVEN SAN FRANCISCO
EARTHQUAKE GAVE SUCH ,m
PRESTON OF HONOR.

London.-Belated Casa Blanca DIS.
patches received here describe terrihr.
pictures OF the scenes OF desolation and
horror there. besides confirming the
seriousness OF the dangers while tho
Arabs were nercely attacking the cen.
sulates, owing to the inadequatelv
small force landed from the French
cruiser Du Chayla for their defense
1t seems that. having completely
plundered the Moorish and Jewish
quarters and awaiting for further plum.
der. the Arabs found that they mustI
arst Of all drive away the guards
o1ound the consulates, which would
place the European shops and store at
their mercy. 1t needed all the courage
and resource OF Lieutenant Tyssiers
who, with thirty men. was sent ashore
from the French cruiser Galilee. to
save the situation. The Arabs became
90 bold and determined that they sue
ceeded in occupying a deserted French
hotel. high stone building inside the
British consulate line, and also close
to the Spanish consulate, from which
they poured furious rifle fire.
SuoilCI uOuSSS near UOlu COuSOldlGS
were similarly occupied.
Decides Upon sortie.
1t was then that Lieutenant Tyssiers
decided upon a sortie. His small but
brave band returned from the sortie
with dripping bayonets, having taken
the Arabs completely by surprise. Soon
afterward another officer from the Du
Chayla arrived upon the scene with a
machine gun, which was placed in po-
sition upon the roof and did effective
execution. Even then the Arabs con
tinued their attacks undeterred, and it
was only upon the arrival of additional
warships that the fighting ended.
One correspondent thus describes
what followed:
by evening the town was clear OF
Arabs except those in hiding. who
were unable to escape. Then com
menced a second series OF pillages.
The Spaniards came first, each man
guarding his own shop and robbing his
neighbors. Then the Jews crept tim
idly from their hiding places and began
to prowl about. looting wherever they
could. When the Foreign Legion was
distributed through the town to pre-
serve order then came the flnal and
most thorough pillage Of all.
Described a. Awful.
The same correspondent, wiring on
Saturday, says that not even San Fran.
cisco after the earthquake gave such
an impression OF horror, and a French
ofhcer who was present at Martinique
during the eruption Of Mount Pelee
said that Casa Blanca was infinitely
more awful.
The Arabs seemed to have been
equally possessed of the lust and plum
der frenzy and OF wanton desire for
the destruction of property. They
went through houses tearing down and
smashing everything in their search
for valuables. In the back parts OF
fnitely less death and destruction than
Arab bullets and knives. Corpses
gashed and battered were scattered
about while enormous bullet holes.
blackened with powder. showed where
men died at short range by Arab
weapons. Many thus killed were huge
limbed Arabs, plunderers, who hal
fought among themselves for the loot
and killed each other in the attempt
to escape along narrow lanes when
French reinforcements were landed. In
this mad stampede many were tram
pied to death.
According to other correspondents
200 Jews have fed to the country,
where their fate is uncertain. Two
hundred Jewish girls were carried OF
by Arabs and over 100 Jews were slain
In the most horrible manner. Even
women and children were killed with
the greatest brutality when they
fused or were unable to reveal the hfos
ing places OF money and valuables.
Survivors are now creeping out with
wailings and lamentations, seeking
food among the debris.
Frightful misery has been caused by
q shortage Of food, which is sold at
famine prices. Looters are now shoe
at sight, many having already paid
the penalty for their crimes. Proper'"
estimated at $2,5O0.000 has been de-
stroyed
A council Of war was held to discuss
the best means to deal with the nightly
attacks on the encampments, ana a'
the close Of the council another vigor
Gus attack was made by the Moofs
from three different directions.