LATEST CABLES. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 17, 21 January 1910, Page 5

LATEST CABLES. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

f Press Assn—By telegraph—Copyright. (Received Jamiary'JJl, 8.25 a.m.) THE ESSEN WORKS. LONDON, January 20. The Daily Mail's Essen correspondent states that, with a view to. meeting plentiful orders, considerable extension of Krupps' ordnance ' works •will be completed in 1910. When completed, one thousand new men will be employed. CHINESE ARMAMENTS. LONDON, January 20. The .. Chinese Commissioners have given a provisional order for £IOO,OOO ■worth of heavy guns. A NEW COMET. Cambridge Observatory has observed the Johannesburg comet. The nucleus is equal to Mercury, and the tail of two degrees is visible to the naked eye. THE SUFFRAGISTS. LONDON, January 20. The Manchester County Court has awarded Davison, a suffragist, 40s damages against the visiting justices at Strange ways' Gaol, who ordered the hose to be played upon her cell. THE CZARINA. ST. PETERSBURG, January 20. The Czarina's condition is slightly improved. FIRE IN A FACTORY. NEW YORK, January 20. Three girls were killed through jumping front the window of a clothing factory at Philadelphia during a fire. Twelve were injured. It is reported that many girls were burnt to death inside the building. (Received January 21, 8.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 20. At the factory fire at Philadelphia, an electric wire fused on the third story, and a panic was caused. In the utter absence of discipline, the stairway was blocked, and frenzied women jumped from the fourth, fifth, and sixth stories, though the crowd shouted to wait for the fire escapes. At least a dozen girls were killed, and others are probably under the collapsed building. Twenty are in the hospital, and are unlikely to recover. LONDON, January 20. A chain snapped in a cage and precipitated it into a colliery near Coatbridge. Eight occupants were killed. SAN FRANCISCO, January 20. ' Paulham, at Los Angelos, flew to Arcadia and back, 47£ miles, at a height of from 1000 to 2130 feet, in 120 minutes 43 seconds.