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United Pres9 AsdocTation— By Electric 1 Telegraph.— Copyright,. Received September 8, 1.5tf s.xbh GOI/LAPSE OF A RAILWAY. . Ottawa, September 7. Two spans of' a railway bridge in course of erection over tbe St. Lawrence, at Cornwall, Ontario, fell, and ■precipitated one hundred workmen into the river. Thirty were killed . , - Itemed September 8, 9.10 a.m. DEATHS f&oyt fIBAT IN NEW YORK. Mv A New York, September 27. One hundred and seventy deaths from heat were recorded ia New York on Monday. , , ' ' Kecdfed September 8, 9.20 a.m. THE CAPE COLONY ELECTIONS. ■. ; f/APEiowsf, September 7. -~-.&s • H ifesalfc , of the elections' tbe Afrikander Bead have secured 40 ffeata lin.th.einew Assembly, and the Progressives 37. The latter expect to win two far 'Vrybnrg,- and have lodged petitions against four Afrikanders.
Received &epten»b©r &, 1.30 a.tn.
.DISTURBANCE IN CRETE. Athens, September 7. News from Crete states thafc the Mussulmans of Candid, resenting the Admirals installing Christian 1 tithescbllectors appointed by the autonomous administration, createdadisturbance. The .British, troops opened fiTe on the rioters. iThe Mflssulmans , procured arms, and attacked tbe toldiery, filling several, 'They-'alßO fired on the Christian quarter pf the' town. ! -It was reported that they had the British Consul The gunboat Hazard shelled the town, and suppressed tiie'_' outbreak. ,rJ % Received September 8, 9.20 a.m. ; JJ f ~ f Athens, September 7. -The, reported' murder of the British Consul -at CaDdia is confirmed. ° '
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 11317, 8 September 1898, Page 2
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