A GREAT FIRE.
DESTRUCTION OF A TURKISH CITY. United Press Association—By Eleciiio Telegraph—Copyright. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 31. 'A fire, which, lasted thirty-two hours, completely destroyed Afium Karahissar, a. city of Anatolia, in Asiatic Turkey. (Afium Karahissar (the " black castle of opium") is about fifty miles south-south-east of Kutaieh, and has a population, of about 20,000. Its staple trade is opiura,| produced 1 in its immediate vicinity.) ■
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12910, 2 September 1902, Page 5
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65A GREAT FIRE. Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12910, 2 September 1902, Page 5
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