About. five, o'clock on the afternoon of May; 29, _an.-explosion destroyed; a, military warehouse near Whampoa in which a quantity of gunpowder was stored. The is unknown, but there is a possibility that it was caused by a spontaneous combustion due to a sudden change in the tempera of the atmosphere, Three persers fare known to have lost their lives easter, while the number wounded is conservatively cHtimated to be in the neighbourhood of 60. Since several persons ure reported missing, for instance, ubout 10 water carriers, who are yawn to have been near the pow: der magazine about the time that it blew up, it would appear that the final list will show quite a few mere to have lost their live A gaping hole over 10 feet in Aiameter was left where the powder Warehouse once stood. Houses for a distance of some 10 li from that place were struck by flying fragments, roof tiles being bri Six patients in a mi ital near by were injured by the debris which went through the side of the building. The explosion set fire to the trees and grass 02 a hill close by, and the whole side of this hill was burned bare.
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