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Show Explosion. Galveston, Texas, 5. A terrible explosion occurred at the shipper' colton press, this city, at a late hour last night. A portion of the boihr weighing ten tons W;is carried 2o0 feet. Tne roof over that portion ot the building was blown off and the brick walls broken. Two men, Spriggs and Wm. Thompson, were severely injured, but it is thought not fatally. About thirty men were employed em-ployed at the time in different portions por-tions of the press, and their escape is almost a miracle. The cause is unknown. |