TERRIBLE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
* A TOWN PARTLY DESTROYED OVER 300 PEOPLE KILLED HUNDREDS MORE WOUNDED (PEE PBESB ASSOCIATION.? Madrid, November 4. A cargo of dynamite on board a ship 111 Santander exploded, causing enormous loss of life and property. Among those killed was the Governor of the province. Particulars of the disaster at Santander reveal an enormous loss of lite. A thousand of the residents of the town were standing on the quay watching the burning steamer. They were quite unaware that any dynamite was aboard, and when the explosion came it blew the entire quay into air. Over three hundred people were killed including 27 of the civic guard and the whole of the police force except two. An enormous number were drowned and many are missing. The town is in a complete panic and the fire is spreading on all sides. Many of those injured are dying for want of medical aid.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 110, 6 November 1893, Page 2
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153TERRIBLE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 110, 6 November 1893, Page 2
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