'ANTANDER, which was almost wiped out by great fires in 1503 and 1893, today was a skeleton city, with nearly one-third of it destroyed by flames which raged for two days.
The huge conflagration was the direct result of the terrific storm which swept through Portu; igal and Spain over the week-end, leaving several hundred dead, hundreds injured, and devastating huge areas in addition to sinking at least 25 ships and scores of barges, By. yesterday morning 78 bodies tad been recovered in Portugal and hundreds were known to have been Injured, Earllest estimates of losses suffered in Portugal placed the figure 80,000,000 escudos.. On 'Madeira slond' scores of sugar and banana Plantations were destroyed and the {otal damage was estimated at 60,000,- 000" escudos, Llavon "reports said, Southern Portugal was practically Isolated even yesterday, as communi. cations with other parts of the eoun= {yr remained Impossible, according Lisbon.
Troops Called Out with Santander pitted with charred sung and half of the city's population 65,000 homeless, the Spanish Gov-{ernment rushed troops and engineers {0 cope with the terrible situation, Livery effort was made to House the homeless and provide them with food and also 40 prevent new outbreaks of fire, "While" ashes. of hundreds. of houses sil) shouldered today, hurried estimates placed the damage at about {35$18,000,000, At least 300 buildings vere but piles of ashes and hundreds of other houses were daniaged.
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