MAGAZINE EXPLODES
DISASTER IN YUN-NAN-FU
ANCIENT CITY OF CHINA
British Official Wireless. (Received 17th July, 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, 16th July. News has reached London that an explosion of a powder magazine on Friday in the ancient walled city of Yuu-naur fu, the capital of the Province of Yunnan, in the extreme south-west of China, destroyed a large area of the city, including the, quarters of the British Consulate-General, which, with most of its contents, was entirely demolished. jNo information is available as to the number of casualties caused by the explosion, but it is understood that the Consul-General, Mr. Kirk, is not seriously hurt..
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 15, 17 July 1929, Page 9
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104MAGAZINE EXPLODES Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 15, 17 July 1929, Page 9
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