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* FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. LYNCH LAW IN TEXAS. CENTRAL BROKEN HILL MINE. STRIKE OF ENGINEERS. NEW FRENCH MINIBTRY. FRANCE ANNEXES TWO ISLANDS. THE CZAR'S CORONATION. (Per Press Association). London, Oct. 30. A gas explosion demolished two houses near the Strand. Four persons were killed outright, and 30 others injured, and were only rescued after some difficulty. Sir J. B. Thurston desires to complete plans for the better protection of life and trade in Soloman's group before his departure, which therefore is delayed in consequence. The South Australian wheat cargo ex Brunhilda sold at 27s ll^d. The Lunacy Commission has released Miss Lanchester, aged 24, whom herpar< ertts had seized and confined in an asy'am owing to her desire lo live With Socialist agitators without marriage. A sulphide corporation, to work the process invented by Mr Ashcroft. of Broken Hill, is being formed. The capital is a million and a-half. It is proposed to purchase the Central Broken Hill property for a quarter of a million. It is reported six ship-loads of Broken Hill stones were treated by this process with success. The Scottish and Australian Investment Company show a profit of J. 13,450, and declared a dividend of 4 per cent, and carry forward JJ3450. Owing to the Belfast strike not being settled, Glasgow will lock out 25 per cent of engineers weekly, beginning immediately. Paris, October 31. M. Bourgeois is .ormikg a new Ministry, which is expected to include Lockroy, Hanoteau, Cavaignac, and Peytrail. It has been arranged to prosecute charges against those involved in tne railway scandal. A special mission despatched by the French Government has annexed Huahine and Bolabola Islands in the Society Group. St. Petersburg, Oct. 31. Tbe Czar has fixed his coronation for May 18th. New York, Oct. 30. Lynch law was carried out today at Tyler, in Texas, on a negro who had first committed an outrage on a woman and afterwards murdered her. The black was secured to a stake and burned alive, hit. torture being witnessed by thousands.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 106, 1 November 1895, Page 2
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