TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
POWDER MAGAZINE BLOWS UP.. GBEAT DESTRUCTION AT CANTON.Press AsßOcietion—By Telegraph—Copyright. PEKING, May 1. (Received Jlay 5, at 5.15 p.m.) Tho explosion of a gunpowder magazine at Canton killed 21 and injured hundreds. Tho explnsion also destroyed 200 ft of the city vails. Fifteen dwellings were unroofed, ono of tho houses being a milo distant. The shock in tho European quarter was terrific.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13895, 6 May 1907, Page 5
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