TERRIBLE CALAMITIES.
BY LAND AND SEA. b How Kong, August 1. By the foundering of the German gunboat litis off Shanghai 73 lives were lost. Vienna, July 31. A powder store in Funfkirchen, Hungary, exploded and wrecked a number of buildings, including the town hall. One hundred and fifty people were injured, in most instances fatally. New York, August 1. In a collision on the Atlantic City line between excursion trains the boiler of one of the locomotives burst. Forty-two people were killed and 80 injured. Ottawa, July 31. The greater portion of the buildings intended for the Montreal Exhibition has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 200,000 dollars.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 84, 3 August 1896, Page 3
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112TERRIBLE CALAMITIES. Hastings Standard, Issue 84, 3 August 1896, Page 3
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