| Show HUNDRED PERISH BY EXPLOSION rural mural guard barracks barrack in pinar del rio destroyed Det troyed either by accident or as result of plot havana two to almost explosions of dynamite supposed to consist of pounds completely demolished moli shed the rural guard barracks in tho the city of pinar del klo ilia wednes n afternoon fully persons were killed and nearly us as many wounded most of the dead wore were rural guards but the ho entire families ot of several officers cera of tho the rural guards guarda lt it ts Is reported w were ere killed also as aa well us its seven employees of tho the public works lie do part apartments ments and residents denta of at the city it is not known whether hether the was wai an accident or was duo due to an act of conspirators tut the former hypothesis Is considered the more p probable ro bable the barracks was a massive building of spanish construction and occupied an eminence in the outskirts of the city during tho the late intervention it was waa the headquarters of the eleventh Kloe nth united states cavalry in consequence of tho the excitement over race disturbances the government ordered all dynamite in the vicinity in fit the of contractors tor for road construction and the public works to bo be removed to the barracks for safe keeping wean wednesday edday afternoon the work of removing the dynamite from tho the barracks for shipment to havana was begun by employees of the public works department assisted by rural guards they were loading cases at 0 the dynamite on wagons when the explosions occurred |
