TERRIBLE POWDER EXPLOSION AT HAVANNAH.—MANY PERSONS KILLED.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3987, 2 May 1884, Page 3

TERRIBLE POWDER EXPLOSION AT HAVANNAH.—MANY PERSONS KILLED.

GOOD DEMAND AT THE WOOL SALES. FRANCE ACCEPTS CONFERENCE ON EGYPT. MARRIAGE OF PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBURG WITH PRINCESS VICTORIA OF HESSE DARMSTADT. BERBER STILL~~HELD BY SMALL , ..GARRISON. (Received May 1, 9.50 p.m.) ' LONDON. April 30. Telegrams from Havannah, the capital of Cuba, state that a terrible catastrophe has

occurred there. The powder magazine at the arsenal exploded, aud the shock also caused a gasometer in the neighborhood to blowup. Immense damage was done to the adjoining buildings, a number of persons in the vicinity lost their lives. (Received May 2, 1 a.m.) The catalogue at to-day's wool sale comprised 11,300 bales. A good demand was experienced. May 1. Arrangements have been made with the Australian team for a match at Birmingham on the 26th and following days. The French Government has definitely notified its acceptance of the proposal that the conference on the state of affairs_ in Egypt should be held, but without waiving its demand that the whole Egyptian question shall be open for discussion. The marriage of Prince Louis of Battenburg with the Princess Victoria of Hesse Darmstadt was celebrated yesterday at Darmstadt with great ceremony. Her Majesty Queen Victoria, tho Prince and Princess of Wales, and the German Grown Prince were present. Tho Queen did not attend the banquet which followed on account of the recent death of the Duke of Albany. Sir IT. B. Loch, the newly appointed Governor of Victoria, has decided to sail on the 24th instant.