AMERICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1925, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND ».«. OAfIL. ASSOCIATION.

A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION

THREE HUNDRED RIGGED.

< Received this day at. 8 a.m.) RIO DK JANIERI, February 28 Tfiree hundred are reported killed nnd six hundred injured by an explosion of three thousand cases of dynamite during an oil fire on Caja Island, ten miles from the city, The victims

t were Brazilian firemen and labourers ) who lmd been lighting the fire in the - oil tanks of the Atlantic Refining Company. The fire got out of control and reached the dynamite when fifty explosions followed. The blasts wrecked many bouses on the Island and countless windows in the city where the Rhcoiiix Theatre was unrooted. | A RICH PEEKING PROBLEM. "WASHINGTON, March 1. The problem of storing confiscated liquors has reached a stage next in im- > parlance to the onlorccment of the dry law itself. According to Treasury nffi- ; rials, Assistant Secretary Moss said: “We are almost at our wits end and there seems to be no promise of a lot . "P-” It is estimated the prohibition authorities, excluding the Coast Guard, have seized seventeen million gallons of contraband intoxicants during tho past year, over half of which the Federal authorities are responsible for storing, before authorities for destruction are secured. A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE. NEW YORK, March 1. An earthquake shock broke the needle of the seismograph at the Fordham University here to-night. It is said to he the worst quake occurring in the vicinity in recent times. The tremors were felt in every part ol the city and its environs. It’s duration was four minutes. Reports show earth movement was general along the Atlantic Coast, which was felt as far West as Chicago and as far south as Louisville, Richmond. The Georgetown Observatory at Washington reports the shock was very severe, having its centre at Boston. The only damage reported was at Confin'd. New Hampshire, where furniture and crockery were broken, and people thrown out of bed. SAFE BLOWER’S END. NEW YORK, March 1. Arthur Bcddoc, a notorious safe blower, in attempting to rob the Kansas City Ice Company's sale, used such a strong charge that lie blew himself up along with the safe. His mangled remains were found among thousands of notes that the sale contained, scattered about the floor. The office was wrecked.