Fireworks Factory Blown Up but Only One Casualty nom Our Own ConnesroNDENT.
Mukden, June 18, 'A heavy explosion followed by a series of minor detonations disturbed the otherwise tranquil hour at noon to-day, and shook several houses in the foreign quarter considerably. Knots of boys and coolies gathered along the roads looking apprehensively towards the West city gate, as if expecting some appropriate' sequel to the cause of the disturbance, but the more thoughtful of the community inclined to the conclusion that it could not have n the arsenal.
Investigation showed that " firework factory, just near the mud wall of the Chinese city, hnd blown up, luckily without serious consequences, and with but a small blaze. One casualty resulted, however, Hsueh Teu-chin, who was painting the building, losing his life, He was still lying among the ruins at 6 o'clock this evening awaiting removal Very little debris was to be seen; only a few smouldering rafters and littered fireworks being strewn over the courtyard in which the building 8 situate, which protection must have localized the effects of the explosion not a little, The loss falls on one Teh Tsung.
Since the Banks wore closed thera haw been no resumption of exchange operations,
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