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THE ROCKET EXPLOSION, EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. FIGHTING AT ZANZIBAR. THE FRENCH DEFEATED.
(by electric tbleoeaph.-— oopybight.)! L (rEOTER'B TELEGRAMS V : - ' , London, September 25. I . The explosion at the rocket factory, at Wool wick continued without inter-' mission for upwards of an hour. Some rockets travelled for miles, but m the; majority of cases little or bo damage Was. done by them. It is believed that the explosion of the factory was acci-j dental. , ...'"■/ \ A telegram which have been received from Zanzibar reports that fighting has taken plaoe between the Hovas : acd (the French troops m Madagascar. The * former made an- attack ...in force onthe position occupied by- the French on the West (sic) Coast of the Island and after stubborn fighting lasting several hours, the French wore driven from the position with considerable loss, ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 252, 26 September 1883, Page 2
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