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(Received at 2. 35 a.m.) ENGLISH CABLE. [Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright.] j (Reuier'B Agency.) J [Recoivod 1 a.m., Sopt. 26th.] J London, Sept. 25. j The explosions at the rocket fictory, t Woolwich, continued without inter- o mission for upwards of an hour. Some rockets travelled for miles, but m the t m»jority of cases little or no damage was fc done by them. It is believed that the ' explosion of the factory was accidental. A telegram which has been received P from Zanzibar reports that fighting hay c taken place between the Hovas and the o French troops m Madagascar. The c former made an attack m force on the position occupied by the French on the j west (sic) coast of the island, and after stubborn fighting, lasting several hours, b the Frenoh were driven from their £ position with considerable loss. p ■■-■■ ' ♦ »
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2811, 26 September 1883, Page 2
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