A HOT ENCOUNTER.
INDIANS STAMPEDED
(Received November 19th, 11.20 p.m.) DURBAN, November 19.
A thousand Indians marched into Lodysmith and demanded tho release of a number of compatriots arrested earlier in tho day. The magistrate agreed, but while the released prisoners were being conducted through the town, they broke through the cordon of police and a general riot ensued.
An excited mob assailed the police with stones and slicks, and twenty wero wounded. Carbineers and twentyfive poiice armed with sticks stampeded the Indians after a hot encounter, during which several were injured.
Tho Commandant was obliged to call off tho native police, fearing that they would'kill the Indians.
Later, the Indians, armed with iron standards, assembled at an Indian temple, and adopted a threatening manner.
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Press, Issue 14828, 20 November 1913, Page 7
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125A HOT ENCOUNTER. Press, Issue 14828, 20 November 1913, Page 7
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