MAGAZINE BLOWS UP
THIRTY FATALITIES.
HUNDREDS INJURED, •
(Received 9 a.m.) HONG KONG, August 14.
Ten tons of gunpowder blew up in ai Portuguese military magazine at Macao yesterday, and great havoc was wrought among the houses ovet-^’*M&
area. It was learned today that moire than 30 persons were killed, including 3j*o]rtuguese, Chinese and African soldiers.
Several -hundreds were 1 troops flooded the bigger; magazines. prevent an even greater. Rissater..^ ;: -r
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Northern Advocate, 15 August 1931, Page 9
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