Show EXPLOSION lix people thought it was an ail evidence of efola ola displeasure madrid feb ll ii an explode el ed above this city today all the buildings were shaken and many windows shattered according to the officials of he madrid observatory tile the explosion occurred about twenty miles from the earth the sun was shining clearly at the time of the explosion and the only object visible in the sky was a white cloud bordered with red which ars traveling rapidly across the heavens leaving behind a cloud of fine white dust when the explosion occurred tile populace thought it was an earthquake or a sign of divine wrath many injuries resulted from the panic that broke out among the people and from the frantic attempts to escape from the factories and schools seventeen persons were injured in one tobacco factory by the collapse of a stair case when the victims rushed up on n it to escape from the building at the palace it was first feared a bomb had exploded much damage resulted from the force of 0 the concussion |