GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 228, 9 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Received 8, 5.5 p.m. New York, January 7. A locomotive exploded on the Darlington railway, Wyoming, and all on board were killed. A freight tram was wrecked at New Madison, Ohio, and several trainmen were killed.

A CITY IN DARKNESS. Received 8, 5.5 p.m. " New York, January 7. The Electric Light Company's plant at Minneapolis was destroyed by fire, and the city was unlighted for the whole night. •

EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE. Received 8, 5.5 p.m. Paris, January 7. Two shocks of earthquake were experienced at Moulins.

A MOB TAKES CHARGE. Received 8, 5.5 p.m. Constantinople, January 7. A mob at Basra (or Bussora), in Asiatic Turkey, looted a private bank, and also shops belonging to Greeks enjoying British protection. The authorities declare they are unable to answer for the security of the town.

AN EXCURSION SMASH. Received 8, 5.5 p.m. Capetown, January 7. Twenty-two deaths resulted from the accident to the excursion train at Cathcart.

A MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT. Received 8, 5.5 p.m. London, January 7. Throe thousand pounds' worth of jew els was mysteriously stolen from a jew cller's at Holton hardens, and was re turned by post almost immediately.

SHOT AND BEATEN TO DEATH. Received S. 5.5 p.m. Paris, January 7. Two Russian Jews, brothers, named Kroschenaliseh, shot a Jewish tailor in a courtyard, and with the assistance of another Jew, Rosenblanck, hammered him to death. One brother escaped, but the other two were arrested. BRITISH CROAVN AND SCEPTRE. Received 8, .a.5 p.m. London, January 7. On the occasion of the Coronation, the larger part of flic Cullinan diamond, now called the "Star of Africa," will be set in the sceptre, making it the most magnificent in the worid. The smaller portion will be set in the front of the crown, below the Black Prince's Ruby, instead of the great oblong sapphire, which will be transferred to the back of the crown.