ALEXANDRIA.
September 27. Sir Garnet Wolseley will remain in Egypt for another fortnight, but at the expiration of that time will return to England. September 28. A goods train loaded with ammunition exploded while standing at the railway station, Cairo. Some British officers were holding a race meeting in the vicinity at the time, and a large number of Arabs and Europeans v. ho were near the train were blown away by the force of the explosion, thirty persons being killed. The station and neighboring buildings are in flames. Explosions of a similar nature continue to occur. The cause is attributed to the intense heat. It is estimated that by the explosion of ammunition at Cairo to-day British stores and material to the value of fully £100,000 were destroyed.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3505, 30 September 1882, Page 3
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