Information has been received of the occurrence of a terrible explosion ut the Government gunpowder magazine at Onnon the afternoon of the 24th inst, We Ngai San Po. that inhabitants of the Sam Un Li district, in which the magazine stands, were startled by a tremendous re yor whi was heard over " large aren an 1 rmous volumes of smoke ing the sky in the immediate wbourhond. Very quickly it was known far and wide that a terrible calamity had ind occurred, and although the full extent has not yet been ascertained it ie foured that the lots is very serious, Every building in the vicinity was completely wrecked and in " village on the opposite side of the stream which divided it from the factory approximated at 400, and although no idea lias been formed of the loss of life, this must be ca i 300 perseus were Phe catastrophe origi magazines which and rapidly sprend to the aterinl stored closed by. On hearing the explosion the inhabitants of the villages rushed out in grent alarm and proclaimed the disaster by the beating of gongs and druns, urging the villagers to Tun into the fields for their lives. The farms were quickly informed nnd troops were sent for. A number of Chinese doctors and one European were speedily on the scene of the explosion rendering assistance to the wounded,—Daily Press,
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