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taken to the prison hospital he threw

himself under an electric car and a

f3 ,v minutes later attempted to stran

gl> himself.

PRICE FIVE CENT 9.

HAYTIAN PRES. IS

BURNED TO DEATH

WHILE JN PALACE

POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLODED AT

NIGHT, SETTING FIRE TO

THE BUILDING.

CAUSE EXPLOSION UNKNOWN

Accident Occurred at Night Whtie the

President Was Asleep and No Cause

has Yet Been Assigned for trt Ex

plosion.

Port au Prince, Hayti, Aug. 3 —Gen.

Cincinnatus Leconte, president of the

republic of Hayti, perished today in

a fire, which destroyed the national

palace. It was caused by an explos

ioi of the powder magazine attached

to the palace.

The explosion occurred at 3.15 this

morning, and the shock shattered the

palace. Fire followed, and the palace,

a wooden structure, was consumed

within half an hour. During the fire

there were a great number of explo

sions of munitions of war in the cel

lats below the palace.

All the nearby houses were greatly

damaged by the explosion, but, as the

palace itself was isolated the firemen

succeeded in their efforts to localize

th* fire.

The members of the family of the

president, all of whom were in the

palace at the time, were saved, but

President Leconte himself perished In

the flames.

Consternation reigns among the

population, but the military authori

ti )s are maintaining order in town.

Both the chamber and the senate

have been called together in national

assi mbly andi probably will nominate

a successor to President Leconte to

night. Gen. Tancrede Auguste, sen

ator, formerly minister of public

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The Brunswick news. (1912). Brunswick, Ga.;[Brunswick, Georgia?], 1912-08-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn90052143/1912-08-09/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Brunswick news, 1912-08-09.