LATE TELEGRAMS.
!By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright j [UNITED PItESS ASSOCIATION. ! j St. Petersburg, April 21. j Nine persons were burnt to death in a '. fire which destroyed a house in the city, i It is feared that this does not represent ! the total number of deaths, as Sheen ! more of the inmates are missing. Pahis, April 21 . News fiora the west coast of Africa. ! states that 12000 Dahomejan troops arc within a mile of Citonon, armed witli rifles and machine guns. Tliey also threaten Grand Oporto and Porto >*ero. Nkw York, April 21. News has been received from Venezuela to the effect that the Government troops attacked the insurgents nt Polito, and that after a desperate fisht the former were defeated, losing one- third of their number. The commerce of the country is paralysed Many of the Government soldiers are ioiuing the rebels. There has been great slaughter on both sides. Later intelligence states that the insure gents have inflicted another heavy defeat on Presat, with heavy loss, and arc in full march on Caracas.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 127, 23 April 1892, Page 2
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175LATE TELEGRAMS. Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 127, 23 April 1892, Page 2
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