The Barre daily times

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51,000,000 DAM BURSTS.

Government Had Just Completed It at

Gallipolis, Ohio.

Callipolis, O., Aug. fl.Dam Xo. 2(1,

which had just been completed in the

Ohio river near this city by the federal

government, at a cost of $i,(MMi,000, was

washed away ytsterday, when the con

crete foundst'o.i let go. It is eti:n:itM

that the damage wiil entail loss of

$3li0,00, and that it will take a year

rebuild the bioK'n dam.

Plans made by a good architect help

to beautify our street and make the

housewife bnppy. Think it over. C. L.

Bngbee, room IS, Howland building.

All Port-Au-Prince Shaken as Powder

Magazine Blows Up General Toucie

de Augusta Elected to the

Presidency.

Port-au-Prince, Ifayti, Aug. 9. Gener

al Cincinnatus Leconte, president of the

Republic of Ifayti, perished yesterday

in a fire which destroyed the national

palace. It was caused by an explosion

of the powdrr magazine attached to the

palace.

Many of the palace attendants were

killed. It is estimated the easulty list

will reach 400 killed or injured.

At a quarter past three yesterday

morning a formidable explosion shook

violently every house in the city and

caused all the population to rush into

the streets. Everybody rushed toward

the national palace, where it was found

that the powder magazine had blown

up. A few minutes afterwards tlio

palace itself, which was built of wood

and hod been badly shattered by the

shock, caught lire and Mas destroyed

in less than hour. t

During the fire a great number of ex

plosions followed one another by the

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The Barre daily times. (1912). Barre, Vt., 1912-08-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn91066782/1912-08-09/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Barre daily times, 1912-08-09.