The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-19
DYNAMITE KILLS
AyNDRE|''DP DI.|''D people.
RURAL BARRACKS or RINAB DEL
RIO DESTROYED YEsTERpAy
AFTERNOON. n

HAVANA, May Two almost
simultaneous explosioag Of dynamic
supposed 70 consist Of 5000 pound,
completely demolished the rural bar.
racks in9the city Of pinar del Rloys4
tarday afternoon FullS hundred pst
sons were killed and nearly as many
wounded. &
Most Of the dead were rural guards
hut the entire familiespof seyeral8ot
The cheers Of Gle rTsal guard, itiis
reported, were killed also. as wen Jas.
several employees, Of the public works
department and residents Of theiclty1
on which fell .deluge; ofi4nGsonry spi-
debris from the blownap buildings
1t is not known yet whether lie.
explosion was the result oil an aCtl.
dent or was due to an act OF couslil.
acy. but the former hypothesis seen.
sidered the more probable. Several,
relief trains carrying sargeopsS OIL
GERS and men Of the rural guard aud
government officials, started ycsterlay
afternoon from Havana 10 the scene
oT7the catastrophe, which is los mills
distant.
The names Of tie dead have not val
been reported, with the exception Of
Captain Alfredo Rayena and Captain.
Gaspar Betanconrt, of the garrison,
and their families, who are Feportel
10 be buried in the ruins Of the OIL
GERS quarters, adjacent to the bars,
racks. d
The barracks was massive bulld:i
ing OF Spanish construction and octt.
pied an imminence on the palsklIts.
OF the city, to the north. During ttp'
late Intervention Il was the llealgga,i
ters of Colonel's Parkeg.s regiment
the Eleventh Cavalry. Adjacent TO big.
barracks was a long row ci OfcetsS
quarters.
Recently the barracks was opeugiei
by the public works department aud
four troops Of rural cavalry IN cor.
sequence of the alarm over race lls.,
turbances the government ordered
Ell deposits Of dynamite in the yIcp.
lty in the possession OF contractors
for ROAD construction and other paOiic
works to be removed to the BARRACKS.
for safe keeping,
Were Loading Dynamite. q
Yesterday the work Of renoy
ing the dynamite from the barracks.
for shipment to Ehe governpent maya;
zines in Havana was begun BY en-;
p;oyes Of the public works department
assisted by rural guards.
They were engaged in loading cases
Of the dynamite on wagons when d
terrific explosion occurred, instantly
followed by another, strewiug ttsI
central court, in which the wofk vas
going on, with dead and wounded. IAe
whole massive barracks building g9s
destroyed, the adjacent row Of officers
quarters was demolished and tlipI
whole northern section Of the cl9
was deiuged with a torrent Of iFas'
ments Of masonry
The explosion occurred at 5 e'cl0c's
a few seconds before the men wopll
have quit work, and 1t is generallylhs;
lieved tnat the first resulted from tht
accidental fall Of box Of dynamite
which was being lifted 10 wagon
The work Of eShumiug the dead ami
searching for those WHO still may W 7
alive is going on, but is greatly ":
ItardeG by the destruction Of the elcc;
tric light wires and the fear thptS5a
quantity Of pnexploded dynamite FESt
mains in the ruins,
According to reports received hoe;
tile mangled remains Of victims were
found in the streets Of the city nile.
from The scene Of the explosion