THE FRENCH DISASTER
THE DEATH ROLL 210. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR SUFFERERS. by Cable—Press Association—Copyrislit. Paris, September 28. The latest official figures give 210 as the killed and missing in the Toulon disaster. The Liberte's stock of powder was 125 tons. An explosion preceded the outbreak of fire. Several oflicers perished in attempting to flood the magazines, but the electrical machinery jambed. Admiral Belluc emphasises the fact that nineteen minutes elapsed between the two first explosions preceding the fire and the final catastrophe, the same interval as in the Jena's casd. A first subscription on the Bourse for the victims' families produced £4OOO. The French Press Association has opened a national relief fund. London, September 28. iMadamc Rejane, the French actress, is organising a benefit at the Hippodrome for the Liberte sufferers. Several persons are paying 28 guineas for boxes. Sydney, September 29. The local French newspaper has started a fund to relieve relations of the victims in the explosion of the warship Liberte.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 85, 30 September 1911, Page 5
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162THE FRENCH DISASTER Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 85, 30 September 1911, Page 5
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