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Show Powder Explosion Kills 110 Oteru, Japa-A terrific ' explosion of gunpowder on the waterfront here killed 110 persons, injured 200 others and blew up 1000 houses. Following the explosion fire swept along the wa tertront while the whole frontage wns ablaze. Oteru is on the northernmost tip of the Island of Hok Kaldo It Is a center of coastal fishing and has the best port on Vezo, a small isle of the Hok Kaido group. It s con necterl by rail with Sapporo and with the Porronai coal mines in the Inter lor. The city's population In inn was 92,804. U |