The Ordway new era., 1907-08-16
STREETS PILED WITH DEAD AND
WOUNDED AFTER FIERCE
BATTLE.
TERRIBLE PICTURES
NOT EVEN SAN FRANCISCO
EARTHQUAKE GAVE SUCH IN
PRESTON OF HONOR.

London.-Beiated Casa Blanca dis |
patches received here describe terrible |
pictures OF the scenes OF desolation and |
horror there. besides confirming the |
seriousness OF the dangers while the |
Arabs were ficrccly attacking the con
sulatcs. owing to the inadequately
small force landed from the French
cruiser Du Chayla for their defense.
II seems that. having completely
plundered tho Moorish and Jewish
quarters and awaiting for further plum.
der. the Arabs found that they must
| first OF all drive away the guards
around the consulates, which would
J place the European shops and store at
/ their mercy. II needed all the courage
| and resource OF Lieutenant Tyssiers.
| who. with thirty men. was sent ashore
/ from the French cruiser Galilee, TO
I save the situation. The Arabs became
! so bold and determined that they sue
! ceeded in occupying a deserted French
! hotel, n high stone building inside the
| British consulate line. and also close
' to the Spanish consulate. from which
they poured furious rifle fire.
/ Smaller houses near both consulates
| were similarly occupied.
| Decides Upon Sortle.
II was then that Lieutenant Tyssiers
decided upon a sortie. His small but
brave band returned from the sortie
with dripping bayonets. having taken
1 the Arabs completely by surprise. Soon
afterward another officer from the Du
Chayia arrived upon the scene with
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 IL
was only upon the arrival OF additional
warshlps 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 second series OF pillages.
The Spnniards 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 final and
most thorough pillage OF all.
Described as Awful.
The same correspondent. wiring on
Saturday, says that not even San Fran
cisco after the earthquake gave such
an impression of horror. and French
officer 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
, the town French shells wrought In
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
I weapons. Many thus killed were huge
limbed Arabs, plunderers. who had
S fought among themselves for the loot
and killed each other in the attempt
to escape along narrow lanes when
s French reinforcements were landed. In
). this mad stampede many were tram
pied to death.
According to other correspondents
200 Jews have fled to the country,
"HeTe late lS uncertain. VIZ
a hundred Jewish girls were carried on
/. 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 re-
:, fused or were unable to reveal the hid
. Ing places of money and valuables.
u Survivors are now creeping out with
n wailings and lamentations, seeking
d food among the debris.
}. Frightful misery has been caused by
l. n shortage OF food, which Is sold ut
l. famine prices. Looters are now shot
% at sight, many having already paid
" the penalty for their crimes. Property
,s estimated at $2,500,O00 has been de-
- stroyed.
A council Of war was held to discuss
y the best means to deal with the nightly
e attacks on the encampments. and at
d the close of the council another vigor-
If Gus attack was made by the Moors
from three different directions.