Disastrous Gale.
The Sunda CatastropheFatal Railway Accident. [Reutke's Telbqbams.] LONDON, Sept. 3. A gale of unparalleled fury raged yesterday on the South Ooaet. Reports of nnmeroua wrecks are to hand from various places. The number of vessels lost has nob yet been ascertained, but it is known to be exceptionally large. Telegrams which have been received here, state that according to some estimates Beventy-five thousand persons lost their lives by the recent tidal wave and earthquake in Java. PARIS, Sept. 2. The late Comte de Chambord having decided in his will that his nearest relative should act as chief mourner at his funeral, the Oomte de Paris declined to attend the celebration funeral of the rites. BERLIN, Sept. 2. An express train from this City on arriving at Steglitz ran beyond the proper stopping place, and into a crowd of people. Forty persons were killed or seriously injured. [Steglitz it on the Magdeburg and Berlin line of railway, dißtant about five miles from the capital] VIENNA, Sept. 2. The Priness Stephanie, wife of the Prince Imperial of Austria, has given birth to a daughter.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4788, 4 September 1883, Page 3
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