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Three quarters of the city of Man- i dalay, the capital of Upper Burmah, : has been burnt to the ground. The '. 'fire was accompanied by great loss of j life. Among the buildings destroyed i were the new telegraph xxffice and the '. old palace The firie has: 'extended ] over a distance of two and a half i miles. < The fall of exchauge in India causes great consternation, and i threatens to paralyse trade. Bavachal the leader of the An- 1 archists was seized in Paris by the i police in a wineshop. He had two < revolvers in his possession, but his '. attempts to use thera were frustrated. ( When he was safely secured, he
shouted " Vivel'anarchie." He is charged wifch having committed six murders. He denies fchafc he was connected wifch the last explosion, but he has confessed to several charges of murder. Several of the anarchists in custody have confessed, and declared that Bavachal was the author of the dynamite outrages and robberies in Paris. Mathian, his chief accomplice, has also been arrested. The damage by the fire at Mandalay is estimated at a million sterling.
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Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1892, Page 2
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187Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1892, Page 2
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