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RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. 1 1 i tsr's Despatches to the Mail.) 1 I XPLOSION on a MAN-OF-WAR. i GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. London. 4th. Information has been received by the / Imiral ty that a terrible explosion occurred Oi. board the British man-of-war Doterel on April 26, when off Bandy 7 Point, in the Straits of Magellan, causing the total v. 'ck of tho vessel and a great loss of hj only the captain and a few others s. riving tho disaster. additional nows has reached the Admiralty 7. Eight officers ami 135 men were kiDf ’ by 7 tho explosion, hut nothing has been famed as to the cause. GREEK ARMY. Athens, 4th. Throe Greek army corps are being prepared to occupy the territory in Thessaly and Epirus, which is to be coded by 7 Turkey 7 for the extension of tiie frontier. SPORTING. London, 4th. The race for the Two Thousand Guineas slakes was run to-day at Newmarket, and was won by Peregrine, with Iriqnois 2nd, and Doufuland 3rd. Adelaide, Friday. The race for the Adelaide Cnp took place to-day, and was won by Totaliaator.
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Patea Mail, 7 May 1881, Page 3
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