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ANOTHER DISASTER
Bodies Hurled 300 Yards Through Air CANTON LAUNCH
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Nine were killed outright and eight critically injured on the Saikung River, near Canton, yester- day morning in a launch explosion disaster, similar in many respects to the Dojima Maru tragedy.
Bodies of the victims were hurled on to the bank for a distance of three hundred yards, terri- bly mutilated.
Fortunately, the blast drove upwards and there were no casualties among 200 pilgrims in junks which were being towed by the ill-fated launch.
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NEW ELECTION ON JULY 1
Dublin, To-day. The Dail was dissolved yesterday evening, after giving its consent to the new Constitution, by 62 votes to
48.
When the country goes to the polls on July 1 to elect a new Dail, it will be, in effect, a referendum to find out whether the people of the Irish Free State are prepared to give their sanction to the new
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BILBAO, TO-DAY. PRESIDENT AGUIRRE PEIPING, TO-DAY. BROADCASTING A “BACK TO THE THREATENED. HOS- THE WALL” APPEAL TO THE TILITIES IN CHAHAR BROKE CITIZENS OF BILBAO LAST OUT YESTERDAY WHEN A NIGHT, STATED THAT THE FORCE OF PRO-CHINESE CABINET, REALISING THE VOLUNTEERS TOOK THE EXTREMELY DELICATE INITIATIVE AND ATTACKED SITUATION, HAD BEEN IN TWO DIVISIONS OF THE CONTINUOUS SESSION. MONGOL ARMY.
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The fighting which occurred at Chaoyangchen, according to sharp, the pro-Chinese attacking the Mongol troops repeatedly.
message from Kalgan, was very
Many casualties were inflict- ed on the enemy before the pro- Chinese forces retired.
It is reported that Prince Teh, the Mongol leader, is personally directing the operations of the pro- Manchukuo troops in the Chapser
area.
VOLUNTEER ADVANCE
The Government, he stated, had unanimously agreed to de- fend the city at all costs, and all civilians were being evacuated to
Santander as quickly as possible.
From Paris, however, comes
a less reassuring report that the insurgent flag is already flying over several houses in Bilbao.
This is claimed in an insurgent broadcast on the Basque front, which adds that the insurgents": advance is rapidly continuing on the suburb of Begona, the point falling late last night-Reuter.
The full story of the Bilbao
From Pintichuan it is reported drama will be found in Page Seven.
that a
Forthcoming Wedding The forthcoming wedding of Mr.
force of 500" pro-Chinese volunteers is advancing towards Nanhauchan. The launch, the "Sun Kwang Wing," General Li Shou-hsin, Prince left Chung Shan early yesterday morn-Teh's second-in-command, has tele-Frank Robert Abbas, clerk, attach- ing, towing six junks, which were crowded with pilgrims, proceeding to graphed instructions from Chang- ed to the Royal Air Force, Kai Tak, Canton to observe the birthday anni-pei his headquarters, to the gar- residing at No. 21, Kai Tak Road, versary of the Dragon's Mother, to-rison of Nanhauchan ordering them and Miss Pauline Mary Lewis, of to prepare to defend the town. No. 2, Sai Yeung Choi Street, has
morrow.
Shortly after 6 a.m. the pilgrims Reuter. were awakened by a terrific explosion, and found the launch wrecked and sinking.
It went down in seconds.
EIGHT RESCUED
Of the 17 men on board, only eight were
**Yau rescued by the launch Ming," which was trailing behind also proceeding to Canton, and these were all so seriously injured that few are expected to live.
Two mutilated bodies of the crew yards were foupon the bank 300 away.
The rest of the victims have not been recovered.
TERRIFIC FORCE
The force of the explosion was such fore- that two men sleeping on the most river junk were blown into the river, but were, however, picked up byed, the "Yau Ming."
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The injured; men were conveyed in the Yau-Ming" to Chukiang, where they were given, first aid treatment. Several had limbs blown off.
The launch is owned by the Honan Steamship Company, and was former- ly used for pulling, ferry-boats between Canton and other river towns.
MACHINERY SCATTERED **
| Engineering experts have been sent from Canton to investigate the inci- dent, and they have found part of the machinery on the banks of the river.
They have not yet been able to es- tablish the cause of the explosion, but it is believed to have been another boiler disaster.
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