Show people thought it was an Es id feb i tl i an exploded bove above this city today all the build ings inet were shaken and many window windo A a shattered haltered according to the officials of he madrid observatory the explosion occurred about twenty mites miles from the earth the sun was wa shining clearly at the time of the explosion and the only ob eject visible in the sky was a white cloud bordered with red u aich wre traveling rapidly across the heavens leaving behind a cloud of fine white dust when the explosion occurred the populace thought it was wai an earthquake or a sign of divine wrath many injuries resulted from tile the panic that broke out among the people and from ti th frantic attempts to escape from the factories and schools seventeen persons person were injured in one tobacco factory by the collapse of it a stair fair 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 the concussion |