"It's an ill wind that blows nowhere," says a corrupted proverb, and the explosion on the Regent's Canal is welcomed as a veritable godsend by the London dailies, every one of-which has a leading article on the subject. As specimens of style, the following opening sentences of the articles of the Times and Telegraph are given side by side for contrast -.—Times: "At five o'clock yesterday morning, just as day was breaking, all London was startled by a tremendous explosion." Telegraph. " The grey damp dawn of yesterday, just at when sleep lies deepest upon the vaßt JVjority of London's inhabitants, and only the very earliest have begun to stir, a sudden and tremendous convulsion shook the northwestern region of the metropolis, and a loud, quick roar was heard far and near,"
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Globe, Volume II, Issue 184, 11 January 1875, Page 2
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131Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Globe, Volume II, Issue 184, 11 January 1875, Page 2
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