Evening star
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requiem mass was celebrated. Interment,
which was In Mount Olivet cemetery, was
private.
PRESIDENT LECONTE, KILLED BY EXPLOSION,
HIS PALACE AND SCENES IN HAITI
Body of Haitian President Re
covered From Palace Debris.
DIES IN BURNING BUILDING
Gen. Tancrede Auguste Formally In
stalled as His Successor.
CAPITAL CITY REMAINS QUIET
Pour Hundred Persons Injured, One
Hundred Fatally, as Result of
Accidental Explosion.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, August 9
The body of the president of the Haitian
Republic, Gen. Cincinn&tus Deconte, who
perished in the Are which destroyed the
national palace here yesterday, was found
today on the iron bed on which he had
slept. The authorities are making ar
rangements for a national funeral.
The transference of powers to the new
president. Gen. Tancrede Auguste, who
was selected yesterday by the members
of the senate and chamber meeting in
national assembly, was carried out today
in perfect tranquility. All the ministers
and other authorities appear to be In
spired with confidence in Gen. Auguste
and the army accepts the accomplished
fact in a fine spirit of military discipline.
A strong force of firemen continues to
search the ruins of the palace and the
adjacent powder magazine for the bodies
of victims of the fire and explosions.
Many Buildings Damaged.
The terrific force of the explosion is
Indicated by the fact that all the houses
within a radius of three-quarters of a
mile around the palace were greatly dam
aged by the shock. The roof of the na
tional bank was In great part destroyed,
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Evening star. (1912). Washington, D.C., 1912-08-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1912-08-09/ed-1/?sp=2
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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1912-08-09.
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