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I HEAD OF NATION

BORNEO TO DEATH

FOUR HUNDRED LOSE LIVES AS

RESULT OF EXPLOSION WHICH

DESTROYED PALACE.

President of Republic of Hayti Among

the Victims, the Members of His

Family Being Saved—Cause of

Explosion Unexplained.

Port au Prince, Hayti.—General Cin

cinnatus Leconte, president of the re

public of Hayti. perished Thursday In

a fire which destroyed the national

palace,

It was caused by an explosion

of the powder magazine attached to

the palace,

Later investigation showed that the

casualty list in dead and wounded

amounted to 400 persons,

The explosion occurred at

o'clock Thursday morning

shock shattered the palace.

lowed quickly and the palace, a wood

3:15

and the

Fire fol

en structure, was consumed within

half an hour. There were a great

number of explosions of munitions of

war that had been stored in the cel

lars.

All the houses around the palace

were greatly damaged, but as the pal

ace itsel£ was isolated the firemen sue

ceeded in their efforts to localize the

fire.

The members of the family of the

president, all of whom were in the

1)11306 at the time were savod but

President Leconte himself perished.

Consternation

reigns among the

populace, but no disorders have oc

curred.

At a joint meeting of the chamber

and senate Thursday afternoon. Gen

eral Tancrede Auguste, senator and

ex-minister of public works, was nam

ed as president.

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Lincoln County times. (1912). Jerome, Idaho, 1912-08-15. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn89055184/1912-08-15/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Lincoln County times, 1912-08-15.