Show MAGAZINE EXPLODED Great Destruction of Life and Property Prop-erty at Canton China Hongkong Very great destruction of life and properly was caused at Canton Friday evening by the explosion explo-sion of a gunpowder magazine Twen tyone bodies have already been recovered re-covered from tho ruins Hundreds of persons wero Injured Fifteen buildings were razed to the ground and over 100 were ser lously wrecked A section of 200 feet long from tho massive city hall was thrown down rule historical nine story pagoda escaped with slight In juries The officer In charge of the maga zine was among those killed and when his body was recovered a pipe was found clutched In his hand which sug gests the possible cause of the explo slonThe The financial losses are enormous |