The 1926 burning of the troopship Kuang Yuang at Kiukiang
As printed: Only 300 Escape; Explosion of War Cargo Kills Many
ContextChina is divided among rival military governors; Sun Chuan-fang rules five eastern provinces and is fighting the Cantonese armies of the Kuomintang, which marched north this summer. Kiukiang is a Yangtze river port in Kiangsi province.
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Ran in 3 of 10 papers that day.