CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4290, 30 September 1882, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

[Ebutbb's Spbciai.]

Alexandria, JSept. 28. -Esplosion—3o Persons killed.

A goods train loaded with ammunition exploded while standing at the railway station, Cairo. The British officers were holding a race meeting in the vicinity, at the time, and a large number-of Arabs and Europeans who were-near the train were blown Sway "by?thyo; force ;of'"the explosion, thirty persons being killed. The: station and neigh boring buildings are in flames. Explosions of a similar nature continue to occur. The cause is attributed to the intense heat.

"J j_______^__ ' , La3>Bß-.~\ : v Bamftg^ dCIOO,OOO. It is estimated that by the explosion of ammunition^ at .Cairo ; to-day, British stores and material to the value of fully £100,000 were destroyed. -

'■. ■. ! „,t y h9l L atest^Vv^ >:■''., -.':. AtiklNßEik, Bepti. , \ ; iJPurther particulars which are to hand regarding the explosion nt Cairo; show that] ten days' rations and one hundred trucks of> war i ammuriition have been 1 destroyed by fire. The loss of life was not so great as atfirst stated. Firef|>er«. r sonsionly were killed,'but twenty, suffere4.k'e'rei'^ injtiry. ■? Tiie official account attributes the explosion to the accidental bursting of'a'shieil^ ! ' ' ~r :^'-'' ; t r

jLqNDON,i§eptember;29.

r | Banquet to the Cricketers. i'MTbe. Australian cricketert were entertained at a banquet last .evening prior to $heir ■ -^eJ»i|t|Hre^/|Fbif|^|i9tt|lia*f a|,||bft Cjriterion, by colonists now in" Eriglaiad. Sir Henry Barkley, formerly Governor of Victoria, occupied the chair, and daring !the .evening warmly complimented the cricketera upon 'their ' successes 1 in En g« land. Two hundred and sixty guests were preperii;/^ •'■■'■'■■.■'.■" . :''"'-^-'; ■ ■•■'

The following " specials" have been published by the Press Association : —

LoNDok/Septemb'er 28; y

Sir Evelyn Woctd is suffering severely frpm continual diarrhceai 'and* Sir ■ Garnet from exposure to the sun.

There are serious complaints regarding the inefficiency of the hospital seryice 'anring the recent campaign in: Egyy t. " The Khedive's Ministers insists on the execution of the principal rebel leaders;'

Small pbx has, appeared ampngst^ir, Hercules Eobinson's household at Capetown; the very streets of, the city are deserted. .2000 cases have been reported in Capetown, and of theae-^ix hundred- ha^re^ proved fatal. ;The-disease^haß^therefore]f been chiefly confined to the native population, but it is now spreading amvngst the white.

Chief Justice Gorriej of Fiji, has been nominated to the position of Chief Justice of the Lee.war4glands.•/, ; ■ .. | , ; ( .- r , The Austriaa. Legislature >:J has i voted 700,000 florins for the relief of the sufferers by the recent floods. „

Cete,wayqs#asallowedtptland-in silence, without any demonstration of Welcome. He proceeded to Ondetnblen.?7 ?IV ■h of; Canterbury is recovering feom hisiat'eiUrtess.' f The Londonf>T|mes ;|plrgDoub,ces ■: :tbe Australian Eleven ; (he finest "cricketing team'ever'bollecledv.''"":)---^'-;^;^ W>' K::' J '''X