THE SOUDAN.
(BY ELECTRIC TBLEGRiPH-COPYRIGHT.) ; (REUTBR'S TKLKGUAMB.) ■ ,'•• :;■' Cairo, Oct. 6; , ' , intelligence is to hand: . that General Gordon has returned to Khartoum from Berber which place was recently recaptured from the rebels.
: News has been received here that the steamer m which Colonel Stewart was proceeding clown the Nile from Berber towards Abu Hamed struck a rock at the fifth cataract, and sank shortly^ afterwards. No lives ! were lost, but it is reported that Colonel Stewart and his party were on reaching shore attacked by a band of Bedouins and that the Colonel was killed. . The news requires confirmation.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 267, 8 October 1884, Page 3
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98THE SOUDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 267, 8 October 1884, Page 3
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