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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 January 1914, Page 2

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. ■ —■.• |y*B i<kes3 AasouiArie/j —uoitbioht.] FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION. NEW YORK, January 26.—A passenger train collided with a freight train at Jackson, Michigan. Five are known to bo killed and twenty injured. Darkness rendered the rescue slow. Two hours after the accident several passengers were still under the wreckage. It is feared that some .have succumbed. IMPERIAL NAVY CONFERENCE. CAETOWN, January 26.—The "Argus" urges the Hon. H. H. Ascruith to summon an Imperial naval conference. SWEPT BY FLC7ODS. NEW YORK. January 25.—Heavy Hoods from the mountains arc sweeping the Pacific coast. Overland traffic is blocked, and there have been several washaways on the railway. The telephone and telegraph services are disorganised. ESCAPE EXTRAORDINARY. BERNE, January 26.—While a farmer's family at St. Cell were dining an avalanche fell and the violent displacement of the air tore the doors off their hinges and swept the inmates uninjured 40 feet into the garden. The avalanche then fell on the farm house, wrecking it. MINE TEMPERATURE. LONDON, January 26.—The Home Office Committee, dealing with fires in coal mines, recommends that whenever the temperature of any accessible part attains 110. degrees Fahrenheit the fact should be reported to the Inspector of Mines. THE RADIUM REMEDY. PARIS, January 26. —The steeplechaser Lutteur 111., winner of the Grand National in 1909, and latterly crippled, was treated with radium and is now fit. THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT. LONDON, January 26.—The building strikers claimed unemployment benefit under the Insurance Act on the ground that they were dismissed after due notice. The authorities refused because of the existence of a trade dispute. It is estimated that 31,000 are idle in the building trades. There are some 13,000 on strike. A LORD ILL. LONDON, January 26.—Lord Knntsford is seriously ill. A CONSPIRACY. CALCUTTA, January 26.—Notwithstanding the press statements to the contrary, the Commissioner of Police asserts that a criminal conspiracy among the better classes exists in India. THE MURDER MYSTERY. Received thjs day at 11.55 a.m. LONDON, January 26.—Tt transpires that Reek's week-end acquaintance at Liverpool has relatives at Wolverhampton. His home is said to be at Leeds. REDUCED FARES. LONDON, January 26.—The Cunard and White Star lines have announced reductions of four dollars in the east bound rates and 2J. dollars in the west bound to meet the Hamburg-Amerika's reduction. PROSECUTION STOPPED. BERLIN. January 26—The Public Prosecutors' ' Department at Zabern declined to proceed with the military authorities' summonses against twelve civilians. THEATRE PANIC. AMSTERDAM, January 26.—An Asourabaya telegram states that during a fire in a cinematograph theatre at Boeloes, the audience became panic-stricken. One man, 58 children, and .16 women perished. All were natives. AVIATOR KILLED. MADRID, January 26. Lieutenant Ramos, flying at the mijltary aerodrome at Quatrovientos, fell 1000 ft and was killed. REBELLION IN HAYTL Received this clay at 11.35 a.m. NEW YORK. January 26.—A revolt is growing throughout Hayti. All northern towns are arming against the Government. The United States has despatched the armoured cruiser Montana. President Creste is considering his abdication, Senator Theodore having proclaimed himself as revolutionary leader and provisional President. MARS AGAIN. NEW YORK, January 26.—American astronomers at Flagstaff, in Arizona, claim io have discovered that Mars has twelve minutes' less daylight than has been previously calculated. Professor Lowell thinks the discrepancy due to an error in the planet's accepted rotation