THE LEWIS CROFTERS.
Glasgow, January 9. Further particulars leceived from Stornaway regarding the defiant attitude of the crofters m Lewis show that the Sheriff read the Riot Act to the mob, and then called upon the police to disperse them. The efforts of the police were without effect, and a party of marines and sailors was landed from the warship lying m the bay. During the scuffle which followed several were injured on both sides;
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1738, 12 January 1888, Page 2
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75THE LEWIS CROFTERS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1738, 12 January 1888, Page 2
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