The Archive · 1900

RAILWAY HEAD-QUARTERS DESTROYED

On Monday afternoon, May 28th, about 3 o'clock, the headquarters of the Tientsin railway at Fengt'ai was destroyed, the loss being estimated xt $100,000 (Mexican). Sleepers were pulled from under the rails and burned. All foreigners ist for Tientsin with their belongings earlier in the day. No regular trains tan to Tientsin that day. Railway stations on the Luhan railway were burned, and also the wood-work of the bridges. "At the headquarters of the Luhan road at Ch'anghsintien, the station was burned, and then the compound where the implements are stored, which is near the numerous foreign residences. The foreigners were well sup-

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