GREAT EXPLOSION IN CANTON.
Press Association - Copyright. Pekin, May 4. An explosion of gunpowder in a magazine at Canton killed 21 and injured hundreds, and also destroyed 200 feet of the city walls and fifteen dwellings. It unroofed houses a mile distant. The shock in the European quarter was terrific.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 104, 6 May 1907, Page 5
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50GREAT EXPLOSION IN CANTON. Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 104, 6 May 1907, Page 5
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