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CHAINED 10 4 soPHoMoRE's LEO,
hut the Kidnapped Freshmen l. Released q.
Tin,e 10 Take Part q. the Play.

hut the Kidnapped Freshman l. Released In
Tin,e 10 Take Part q. the Play.
BosToN, Dec. 15.-As the curtain was about
to rise on the amateur theatricsls at the Bos-
ton University this afternoon. Willard l. Shat
tuck, the kidnapped freshman. was carried
through the audience on the shoulders Of two
sophomores and placed upon the stage.
About o'clock this afternoon Shattuck. who
was confined in tho room OF one Of the sopho-
mores in Dorchester. acted so strangely and
showed such signs Of exhaustion that his
guards. the two sophomores, became alarmed
and released him. He says he was de-
coyed to O club room in Temple street by q
sophomore whom he thought he could trust,
handcufIed and gagged and driven to the Dor
chester home OF one OF his captors. All his
appeals were OF no avail, At night he was
chained to one OF the guards and was unable
to sleep q wink. Worry and fatigue made him
sick, and at last he was let 60
Tho sophomores had hoped to break up the
play in which Shattuck was to appear but he
arrived at the hall Just in time TO take his part.
Chagrined lat their non-tuccees the sopho-
mores stole tho curtains, SO that.portieres had
TO be borrowed to hang about the stage. They
also took the oRrammes, substituting
bundle OF papers instead.
Not content with this they loaded" the
cigarettes which were to be smoked by the
actors in the play. The Cool Collegians," and
while W. s. Moulton was reciting his lines his
cigarette went of. bringing down the house.
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Peter Dn.ey object. o. Moral Grounds.

lion dollars or so from Col. Alfred s. WaIeots
and the Rapid Transit and Bridge Construe-
tion Company as his share Of the profits Of
hui,dng the elevated road In Chicago for the
Chicago and South Side hapid Transit Cons
Iany u that city was on trial before Judge
Dugro Of the Superior Court Yesterday, and
went over until Monday,
On cross examination yesterday DelAey said
he had boon b0okmakeT for eighteen yaaTs-
lie admitted that he had had trouble With
Col Walcott about the Weymouth Park track.
well as other race tracks and when asked Why
he objected no said:
On moral grounds"
lie did not explain in what sense he used thu
word moral but he added that Maleott and al
set want everything"
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high wind, proved too m UGH for the detective
underpinning, Il is the opinion that the pill
Ing was faulty. The driftwood that had been
accommodating above Il, exertine strong pres
sure is thought to have weakened Il.
Inspector Mcclure. who had charge OF the
some seventy feet IN midair, when the accdent
came without warning and recorded tie tale
Of sorrow. He added:
There are rumors fioatlnR that q false work
was built With an eye to economy, and. there
fore was not sufficiently we'll constructed. /
can cay that the false work was as substan-
tial as any ever saw, IN my life, The
wind was very strone and did the mischief. In
charged TO the negligence Of the company.
It IL declared that a man nams ed Dulaney.
the Jeffersonyllle Bridge. and who re-
Gently entered the employ Of the X and I
the span was unsafe and that he had left the
employ Of the Phoenix Company on that ac-
count Al tnS orcers RS 0, 1ne GTonpsnT de-
insist that the engineers did their work we'll
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Mr.. wohifarth Advises Agsinst Margins
Good-iookinE Women.


Good-ioOkInE Women.
When lido Wohlfarth. q saloon keeper at
Stapleton. Seatep Island. woke up on Friday
morning he discovered that he had lost his
wife. She had gone away. and had taken with
her all her clothes and q package OF bank bills
amounting to about $4,000. which she inner
tied recently.
Wohliarth went to Germany few months
ago to collect the money. He got back about
three days ago. 1t is supposed that In his alb
sence the woman foil In love with one OF the
boarders and decided to leave her hust and
when she secured possession OF the money.
Wohlfarth was sitting at round table In his
saloon with four companions when a SuN
reporter called yesterday afternoon. When
ask cd II It was true that his wife had left him.
he requested the reporter 10 wait until he So
cured the Jack pots which he was ,endeayoring
around with smile and exclaimed:
Yes. that's corTeit She skipped out on
say young man, let me give you some good
advice don't marry a good-looking woman. II
you know what you're doing"
Then he went on playing cards.
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A TRAIN DERAILED By 4 STONE
From IL TO go Passengers Isjur,a. Several
Seriously.


PITTSBURGH. Pa. Dec. Is. The West
Brownsville express on the Pittsburgh. Vir-
ginia and Charleston Railroad was wrecked at
O:54 o'clock this morning at Bamford Station.
forty five miles from this city.
The entire train OF engine baggage car and
three coaches was thrown from the track by .
large stone which fell from the hillside upon
the rails Immediately In front OF the train,
which was running at a high rate OF speed
a number OF the passengers arrived here
this afternoon. They report fifteen TO twenty
people Injured, several quite seriously. The
following were among the injured:
P.IoK. JANIS A.. lumbs OF Barnssyille o. hsaA
badly bruised and cut
WEISS Mr.: TuosAs, of Lock No. 4; several painful
LAslSa. : 4. OF HcKsssport; hands and head badly
LANISG Mtss kArs McRsssport four bad cuts on head
GRoOHFs. [. u. Peoria, Ill. hand cut.
GLnoKE PAIMCE. LucyvilLe, badly bruised
hiLncas, Mrs, shoulder dlslocAtsdi babes head
slightly Cnt.
foRsrrHT. T. j.. of Coal Centre hand cut.
BELL u BARS, DuhOose, agent American Fire IL
suIancs Company, right eye hurt and hands badly cut
WILSON. HERsFRr LucyVils head cut and one eye In
WITErss. Miss orHELrA, HomsstsAdi back badly Ia
juTsd
rIRINF -. travelling agent leg and arm cut.
TuONA.. ----. head aud arm cut
NOuNG. conductor. Jursi internally.
SNiTH JOsEPH nAgman, face cut and shoulder disios
Gated
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GILKoY SAYS 1o#NsESD,s 4 LIAR
The Mayor Desires to Have Pubiieity Given
to thai Statement.


to that Statement.
Tho committee which was authorized by the
mass meeting In Cooper Union on Thursday
night to proceed with the organization Of the
Independent County Organization throug hout
the city will meet at the Union Square Hotel
some evening next week. and consider the ad-
visibility of securing a permanent head
quarters
Mayor Gilroy said Yesterday Of the remarks
OF Lawyer John ID. Townsend. who made a
wholesale attack on the leaders OF Tammany
Hall at the Cooper Union meeting:
have made 1t q practice all my life 10
brand every falsehood which has been uttered
concerning me. / have been kept pretty busy
doing Il. 80 far as he referred to me In his
duaiiiledly false. In that Mr.. Townsend is q
liar and wish you 10 state that said So
The reference TO Mayor q llroy was an In sipu-
alton that he was interested pecuniarily in the
Barbour Asphalt Paving Company.
Richard Croker said: At the proper time
will make a full and suffleent answer TO all
OF Mr.. ToWnssnd's charges. | will say now
that have never instructed or ordered the
and have never asked the members OF that
body 10 do anything which was not for the
public good. :"
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Ex-MAros CHAPLIN IN PERIL
A Team Rur- Awsy with Bir and Mr..
Chspiu Oa the BrookIyr Bridge.

Alfred c. Chaplin. formerly Mayor Of Brook
lyn. and bis wife were run away with by a
risky team OF coach horses while on their
way across the Brooklyn Bridge at midnight
last night and narrowly escaped injury.
They live at "a Eighth avenue in this city.
and had coach from the Fleetwood stables
BENJAMIN Boody was their driver. lie got
along all right until the team started down the
slope VI the bridge on the Brooklyn side. and
then the team ran away.
Body guided them until he got close to a
milk wagon ahead OF him and then tried to
swing around it. His horses did not answer to
his efforts, but ran plump into the milk
wagon with such force that one OF them was
Killed and both rigs were pretty we'll mixed up.
The accident happened near the exit on the
Brooklyn side An am bulance was sent for.
Mrs. Chaplin was badly shaken. but no one
was much hurt. The milk wagon belonged to
William Van Buren, Of 534 Jerome street,
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Pos, once Robb.r. C.ugh..

/ UTICA. Dec lh-The front door OF the Post
Ofice at Hamilton. Madison county, n. Y. was
forced open some time on Thursday night the
burglars using an Iron bar stolen from the
depot The safe In the office was then blown
open and robbed OF Its contents. about $500 in
stamps and money The men left town on a
hand ear. At an early hour this morning
twelve miles north Of Hamilton. and they al
once went to a hotel and procured breakfast
berry was received and the men were arrested
They had concealed their hand ear outside the
town. and also laid aside the package Of
'N',
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arrived at Boston yesterday. was forced to de-
cline towing the tank because OF scarcity
of coal.
The Gellert. a thlrd-rate steam err Of the HAM
burg American line from Mediterranean ports,
was anchored three miles south OF Sandy
Hook yesterday morning with q broken shaft.
The news OF the mishap was brought up to
the city at noon by tho pilot OF the schooner
Bertha Louise, and Passenger Agent Emil
Boas 81 the Hamburg line sent three tugs down
TO find the Gelert and bring her up. The log
had set in heavily. and II was q case Of blind
mans bun for the tug pilots. One OF the tugs
the Col. i. A. stevens. put into Quarantine at
dark having been compelled to turn back be-
cause of tho phenomenal density OF the mist.
The tuRs Evarts and Pulver found the dis
abled ship after a long search. and, getting
two heavy hawsers on her, started In, presume
bly, about \ o'clock. She was seen for mo-
ment, a mere liRht-studded silhouette. passing
the Hook ut $40. She camo to anchor inside.
= The, Ethiopia brought up to Quarantine
Fourth Oficer Schiling OF the Colbert Mr..
Schlling said that the Gellert had stopped
seven miles outside OF Sandy Hook OF 7:45 I.
nj. on Thursday TO take pilot on.
When the machinery was started again .
sudden iRr occurred. and on examination IL
was found that the shaft was broken.
.The break was a square one in tho pillar
shaft. In the aft section Of the vessel in place
whore they were unable to get at It. 1t was
presumed that the break was square one be-
cause the vessel did n OF take in any water.
The steamer drifted about helplessly all
night, and at daybreaE. finding herself within
two miles Of Sandy Hook Iightship. anchored
to await assistance from the city.
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LAWYER THOMAS osBoRy KILLED.
The Top OF His Head blown or by the Die
charge OF a shoIgun at PseOaIc.

The Top OF His Head Blown or by the Die
charge OF a Shotgun at PseOaIc.
PEoosIc. Dec. 15.-Thomss Osborn. a New
York lawyer was killed at the home Of his
sister. Mrs. II. ID. Horton. in this village. be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock this morning. by the
supposed accidental discharge OF a shotgun
which he was handling.
Mr. Osborn was about 45 years old. His wife
and daughter live In New York city. or late
Mr.. Osborn was accustomed to spend the night
at Peconie in his sisters house. returning to
his business In New York the next morning.
He arrived as usual last night. and appeared
In excellent spirits On arising this morning
he complained OF feeling IN. lie had scarcely
touched his breakfast when no left tho table
and returned 70 his room on the second floor,
While Mrs Horizons family were stlll at the
breakfast table they were startled by the heavy
report q gun coming from Mr.. osboTn's
found Mr.. Osborn stretched out on the floor
with the top OF his head blown OIL The charge
struck him square in the forehead. Near him
on the ftooI lay smoking shotgun
His friends and family are positive the shoot
Ing was accidental They say no was fond Of
cunning, and had brought the gun that caused
his death with him from the city and kept II at
s ss ho Tsng ef here ne TTsg
opinion that he was examining the gun when
il was accidentally discharged
His family relations are eAtl to have been
very pleasant aud i Was not known that he
was In difficulty - any kind. His wife and
daughter arrived from the city on train this
evening.
Nj. osborn lived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
In New York city for many years. The Colo
ners Jury this afternoon rendered verdict Of
accidental death.
The only Thomas Osborn. lawyer. well gnown
IN New York is Thomas Webb Osborn ~ 10
BFoadWay who formerly lived at the Filth
Avenue Hotel More recently his address has
been the diversity Cluh
II MAS said at the club early last evening that
word had been received that Mr., Osborn was
dead Later Il WAS SAID that this MAS a mis-
take and that no such word had been received.
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MARRIED OYER AGAIN
Manning r. Lawson OF Jersey city Visits
ChicaRo with Hts bride.


ChicaRo with Hts Bride.
CHICAGO. Dec. 15.-Mr. and Mrs. Manning +.
Lawson Of IL Ogden place. Jersey City, arrived
In Chicago on Thursday night. Mr. Lawson Ia
"A years old. His wife was Mrs. Sarah A. Peels.
and her age is 80.
They registered at the Grand Pacific. This
morning they secured license and presum-
ably were married in fact they say SO, but de-
cline to give any further information.
Inadvertently when in conversation with
reporter they let drop tho information that
they had been married In Jersey City two
weeks ago. Mr. Lawson. when pressed for
an explanation. said: " Its only freak"
Mrs. Lawson was m ore communicative. You
see" she said. :" it was this way. There Is
some question Of our other marriage being
legal. but to avoid having any trouble about
the matter for his relatives oppose the mar.
riage-some money matters. you know-we
came out here and were married over again.
Mr.. Lawson Is n demonstrating man who
appears to be nearer 80 than "a years old
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PHANTOM SHIPS DOWN THE BAE.
Ths GsIIsrt VITA = BTOksa shAfi, the wASs,
laHd, and the EthIGPIa HId IN abe Aisi.

Ths GslIsFt VITA BTOksa shaf', the wASs-
lasd, and the EikIGPla Hid In ihs Aisi.
NayiGatOrs feared to risk gTopinR over the
bay after sunset Most Of the ocesn-crosslng
steamships that arrived late IN the afternoon
dropped anchor outside the bar
The Red star liner WAeslAnd was sighted OF
Firs Island at I 80 4. NJ. ana was lost to the
world thereafter until T:4O Z. NJ. when. during
break In the fog of Sandy Hook, she was
sighted at anchor. She passed In at $40 r n.
The lights Of the Ethiopia Of the Anchor line.
Ave days behind her usual time from Glas-
gov whence she sailed on November 30. ap-
psared for a moment on the Hook at 8 o'clock.
and then disappeared. She was sighted By
the observer at Cape Race. about .OUO miles
from sandy Hook. on Monday.
Ii vas cOnlectured. before she WAS reported.
that she might have Teen delayed By tOwin g
the tank steamship BuIgermelster Petersen.
bound for this pert which carried AWaJ her
TuddsT 10 a nOFthwest.T last aeek
4hs British steamship LAneaalElan. which
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PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dee. 16-Capt. Thomsa
OF the steamship Pennsylvania from Antwer,
relorts passing in lat 4LI2. long 4244. =
burning ship, apparently lumber laden. on
her deck were three immen So tanks AtAndinR
intact. Her name could not be dlstingulshed
The burning vessel may have been the wreck
OF the lum Der laden Norwegian brig IlpobAr
which sailed from Chatham on Oct ! 1 fof
Waterford and Was abandoned on Oct II
directly in the steamship track. She WAs
probably set aiiTs by ; philanthIOple skIDpsI
Of tramp
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THE SULTAN OFFERS sATIsFACTToN.
He Writes to Queen Regent Chri.tiua-No
Fighting Mt MeIiila

MADRID. Dec. 15.-Advices from Melilla show
that affairs there have undergone little II any
change. There is no fighting being done. The
Cadi OF Ceuta has telegraphed to Queen Regent
Christina. saying:
In behalf OF the Moors OF Anghera pray you to par
don soldier Of the African Regiment so g. who is nn
der sentence OF death The mercy OF God Is great
Kings are his representatives. on earth. The Qusen
Regent OF spain Is beloved by God and by us.
ABpELALNsHEN.
The Queen Regent will probably grant the
pardon.
hDRID Dec 1G-The Corresponfpncin de
EsnGIi prints this despatch from Tangier:
~, The Sultan has written to Queen Regent
Christina Offering to Givo Spain complete
satisfaction and TO spare no effort to preserve
cordial relations between the Spanish and
Moorish Governments"
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JEEkLRF THIETEs CAUGHE
Tksy Smashed window H. UaIOA HIu aad
GrasBsd s4OO Worth Of JswsIry.

Three men went last night to Edward Cox's
jewelry store on Bergenllns avenue Union
Hill. put a stick through the handle Of the
door so that IL couldn't be- opened, and then
smashed the window and grabbed $500 worth
OF jsWelTY. TheY then Jumped on . trolley ear
going TO the Hoboken Ferry at the foot OF
Fourteenth street
COX got out through the back door and tels-
phonsd To the Hoboken police. Policemen
Kenny and Hughes captured two OF the thieves
al the ferry and recovered $500 worth % lew
elry. The prisoners said they were William
dsIphia. They we're locked ~. The third
thief escaped.
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MARTINsvILLE, Ind. Dec. 15.-Lake Il Nor
rison of Indianapolis, who has been seven
times married, and all Of whose wives are liy-
ing, sued Lander Cosner. a brother-in-law by
his last wife for 81. 900 for alternating his
wites affections. on the witness stand he
swore no could not remember tho maiden
alter hut ten minutes dcliL GRAFTON. decided
AGAINST Morrison.
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conl.Ion on til. N.w Yorl .aa New E..l....

PROVIDENCE. II. l.. Dec. ia freight and .
passenger train on the New York and Neu
England Railroad came together at the At
wells avenue bridge in this city this afternoon.
The trains were teescoped and the two Gu
gines were badly wrecked.
Four parsons were injured The fireman OF
the freight train was seriously hurt, the cons
ductOr OF the passenger train had his Shouts
der injured and two passengers from the
PaWtuxst Valley were slightly injured TraniS
xgu hlttaL ah
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a Rumor that Hs L. Now Sane aaa win be
Brought Here for Trial.

Brought Here for Trial.
It was reported yesterday that Edward NJ.
Field was about to be released from the Buffalo
State Hospital for the Insane. and would be
brought here at once for trial Superintendent
Andrews of the Buffalo Hospital vas at the
WAldo orr yesterday. He said;
y" All that / will say with reference to Mr.
Fields condition Is that he has i'm proved both
mentally and physically since my report to
Judgment he becomes sane II Is my duty to
report the matter TO Justice Van Brunt, who
Ieport on Mr. Fields condition any tims that
Justice Van BTunt or the District Attorney
may desire. hut ! will not say what that re-
port will be-"
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The Conductor. B.ggageaastsr. saa .
Passenger Killed.

BUFFALO. Dec. 15.-The Buffalo and OIL City
local that left this city at $40 this
afternoon. when near Sheridan crossing.
five miles east OF Dunklrk. went through
trestle which spans a small creek near the
station. Three persons were killed outright
and three slightly injured. The names OF the
injured cannot be learned tonight The
killed are:
Conductor Hodges OF OIL City.
BaggaRemaster McKans OF Buffalo and Q
passenger named Porter. living In Portland.
Chautauqua county.
The engineer and fireman are among the
Injured.
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sCaLDED By BoILIyo MoLAssEs.

One Man Soon D.eh aad Two Others mr..
Likely to Die.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. ia tank In which mo-
lasses was boiled at the Gruins refinery in this
city broke to-day. and the boiling molasses
poured out over the floor OF the building.
Most OF the workingmen escaped, but three OF
them we're caught by the scalding fluid.
raul Lynch fell in the seething stun and WAS
scalded from head to foot. James Morris and
;. Garthia. although badly burned escaped
from the room. Lynch's wounds soon resulted
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Al ARTILLERY serseant shoot. Himself

SAN FRINCIsco, Cal. Dec. l5.-serGeant F.
Harris, Battery A. Firth Artillery. stationed at
AlcatTaz. committed suicide this morning by
blowing out his brains with q rife. He had
been in the army twenty-tOur years. and came
from the East three years ago
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EXECUTION BY ELECTRTCITY.
a Bill LrR aiizing 1t 10 he introduced In the
Massachusetts LEGISLATURE


Boston. Dec. 15.-Now that the Now York
Electrical Execution law has passed its ex-
perimental stage, and death by electrical
shock practically proved to be instantaneous,
humanitarians physicians. and public IN en- of
this city have taken up the question with a
view to having bill abolishing hanging and
substituting death by electricity brought be-
fore the next Legislature.
The bill for the substitution Of electrIcitv Ia
means for legal killing will be one OF the
first introduced. and. as things look now its
chances OF going through are good.
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Ths Yms,a Oa oa IIrr Tr,aI TrIP.

SANTA RARRARA. Cal Dec. 1.-THE United
States cruiser Olympia left the staksbOat at
nine o'clock this morning. Tor heT ofllcial trial
trip. The weather Is favorable
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m. sal. Op,n aud . sOO sII..Ins.

BosroN. Dee. l5,-Nhen Frank II. Corwin
went TO his o1lce at $50 fremont street this
morning ne found his sale oUen and 50 800
drawn from tho bank yesterday gone The
safe was opened by some one who knew the
annIiIatIyu.
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RUSSIA DECLINES FRANCES GIFT
A hediterranean Naval station wouId En-
danger the Loyalty or Her Men.

LONDON, Dec 10-The Chronicles Moscow
correspondent says that Russia has declined
Frances offer OF a naval station In the Medi-
terranean. as Admiral Avelan told the Car he
could not guarantee the loyalty Of the officers
and men II they were to be permitted to visit
French ports regularly.
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CmcAGo. Dec. l5.-At the PrsnderGast trial
to-day tho time was occupied by a large num-
her Of Witnesses who testified g. various cases
on the Part Of lTsndeTEEst which had led them
to believe him 10 he vi unsound EIind.
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boat marked SIS AlVo. LIVERPOOL. 4"
drlited on the Grand bahama shore. and vas
taken to Hope Town. Abaeo. late In November
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POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.
A bulldog Blown 10 Atoms and Two Watch
men Who Were ON Duly MI..;nr

DOVER. N. J.. Dec 15.-The receiving mill OF
the Forcite Powder Company. on the shores Of
Lake llopatconR. was blown TO atoms at 3
o'clock this evening. Two watchmen were on
duty at the time. and neither can he found.
The damage Is estimated at about 81 OOO
ms Is the NTH explosion that has occurred
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Cau-ays IL KIIA h OrIEIasI cad
UHlqus Ne ssaslsHs ASaisss lni1atisas HsssssAEy.-
A