Tu the port of Santander, a steamer. with x cargo of dynamite, caught fire, and the dynamite exploded, can: number of deaths and setting fire to the town, In the fire the Civil Governor ut Sar der lost his life, as well us many of! functionaries, in their atten.pt to minimise the disaster.
The steamer Machichaco, with a cargo of dynamite, while coming alongside " wi and while the authorities were examining the dangerous cargo, caught fire, with dis astrous results.
It is estimated that the number of people killed is 1,000 and 4,000 were injured, 160 bodies have been buried.
The Minister of Exchequer leaves for the acone by special train, The Transatlantic Company's steamer Alfor'so XII has been completely destroyed the attempt tu assist the Machichaco, and the whole crew perished, All the vessels anchored in the port have been destroyed.
to the terrible calamity, the of Ministers are holding constant The fire has assumed such dim that itis thought necessary to cxmonade the buildings on fire to prevent the fire spreading.
The Marquis de Pombo perished in the flames, The fire was extinguished after reducing to ashes over fifty buildings.
There were 500 cases wf dynamite in the of the steamer Machichuco ut the time he explosion.
The value of the buildings destroyed by the fire exceeds one million of dollara, Che amount of human remains lying in the bottom of the harbour has startled the divers who were sent down for an inspec.
The hospital is no full of injured persons that putrid infection has broken out.
England proposes " universal rule to prohibit versals exrrying explosive inn teriale i to avoid w repetition of a disaster such as happened at Santander [Santander is x port on the north const of Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.—Ep.]
MEASURES AGAINST ANARCHY AT BARCELONA, Madrid, 10h November.
Barcelona has been declared in n state of siege, in order that the anarchists may be subjected to martial Inve, THE MELILLA APFAIR, The Pasha of Melilla has asked for an armistice, but General Mucins has declined to grant {tia reported that a severe battle took place to-day, but detail Government, dissatisfied with the of the Sultan of Morocco, will continue the exmpaign.
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