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O'nchfnatus Le Conte, president of the

Republic of Hayti, was killed at 3:15

o’clock yesterday morning in an ex

plosion and fire which destroyed the

palace. Munitions of war were stored

under the palace in large quantities.

There was an explosion of these which

partially wrecked the palace and

shook nearby parts of the city. The

palace, which was of wood, took fire.

A- series of lesser explosions followed

and prevented the firemen from work

ing. Reports later in the day told of

many persons who had been either

killed or injured by the explosion, but

these are not given credence.

There is an unconfirmed rumor here

that the death of the president was

the culmination of a plot due to the

boundary dispute between Haytians

and Dominicans.

All the members of President Le

Conte's family except the president

himself were rescued. Those who did

the rescue work were unable to find

the president in the building and fin

ally themselves were drive* ^^•'ny the

rapidly burning fire and the succes

sion of explosions of powder in the

basement.

B.AM.TO

SPEND

BID SUM

Low-level Freight Project To

Cost Road Millions Before

Completed Start Work

Soon,

Electrification of the western divi

sion of the Boston and Maine railroad,

the construction of a new "low level"

freight road between East Deerfield,

near Greenfield, and Mechanicsville,

X. Y„ to facilitate the handling of

western freight, and the construction

of a $750,000 switch yard at Mechan

icsvilie, X. Y„ are the main features in

a plan now said to he under way for

the development of the Boston and

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The New Haven union. (1912). New Haven, Conn., 1912-08-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92051126/1912-08-09/ed-1/?sp=6

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New Haven union, 1912-08-09.