LO. Chang Chih-tung visited the Hanyang Iron Foundry on the 5th inst., and made a minute survey of the immense works. On returning tothe Wachang side of the river, His Excellency also visited the Cotton Mill, which not. having been equipped with all the machinery showed itself at " disadvantage, THE FIRE AT KAOYAG HSIEN, have reached us from Kaoyao that the disaster in connection with the fire in the thentro there was more serious than at first reported. The dent ha from the fire in the house of amusement number up to ® thou The work of interring the remains of the unfortunate spectators has commenced, and hundreds of coffins are now being shipped there from other places by boats in tow of steam Inunches, the local stock having been exhausted.
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