TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
TWENTY-ONE PEOPLE KILLED. HUNDREDS INJURED. Received May 5, 5.15 p.m. PEKIN, May 4. An explosion of gunpowder in a magazine at Canton killed 21 persons and injured hundreds. It destroyed two hundred feet of the city walls. Fifteen dwellings were unroofed, including a house a mile distant. The shock in the European quarter was terrific.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph, Copyright,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8435, 6 May 1907, Page 5
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65TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8435, 6 May 1907, Page 5
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