BRITISH AND FOREIGN
Owing to the late heavy and continuous rains in England the rivers in the midland counties have overflowed their banks, causing serious floods. The adjoining lands and houses have sustained much damage, and tire loss is estimated at a considerable amount.
Tho damaged caused by the infernal machine at the railway sheds at Berlin turns ont to be more serious than was at first reported. In addition to the destruction of a great part of the railway station, it has been ascertained that ton lives were lost through the explosion. It has transpired that at an audience which General Skobeloff had of the Czar His Majesty uphraiden the General for his speech to the Servian students, at Paris, and stated that such utterances would tend to cause Russia to he derided and hated by other nations, and further have the effect of placing her in an isolated position in Europe.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1039, 17 March 1882, Page 3
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153BRITISH AND FOREIGN Dunstan Times, Issue 1039, 17 March 1882, Page 3
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