FEUD BETWEEN BUSINESS RIVALS.
STAND IN PARK BLOWN UP. PRESIDENT TAFT HAS A NARROW ESCAPE. [UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT) PANAMA, Dec. 26. Fifteen minutes after Mr Taft had passed through a street bound to a ball an explosion occurred in the park opposite the chief hotel. It is believed that an attempt was made on Mr Taft’s life, but the explosion occurred prematurely.
The Government explains that the explosion, which destroyed a new stand, was not connected with Mr. Taft’s visit, but was merely an incident of private vengeance between two business rivals.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3715, 28 December 1912, Page 7
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93FEUD BETWEEN BUSINESS RIVALS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3715, 28 December 1912, Page 7
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