LATE CABLES.
j (Received 2.20 p.m.) DUST EXPLOSION. TWENTY I__V_S LOST. (By Cable.—Preis Association.— Copyright.) OTTAWA, August 10. I A dust explosion wrecked an immense wheat elevator at Port Colhorne and 1 destroyed two million bushels of grain. I The explosion sank some small steamers and barges. The debris was blown a mile and a-half away, and the township was badly -battered". Twenty persons were killed, while the damage to property is estimated at ,_1,000,000.—(A. and N'_. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 189, 11 August 1919, Page 7
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78LATE CABLES. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 189, 11 August 1919, Page 7
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