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SUMATRA REBELS. SMOKED TO DEATH IN A CAVE. MEN, WOMEN, AND , CHILDREN PERISH. (By Tclesraph.-rvcss Associatlon.-Oopyrient.) Sydney, Juno 25. Eastern files. contain a thrilling .story of tho Dutch operations against the Chinese robels in Sumatra. The Government troops located a band of rebels in a large crvc. As they refused to surrender, by order of tho military commander a fire was lighted south of tho cave, was kept going for a while, and then extinguished. v The rebels still remaining obdurate, the fire was relighted. When tho cavo, was ,■ subsequently examined, fivo men, twolvo women', and eleven children wore found suffocated. The Governor of Achcon was so shocked at tho occurrence that ho issued an order to prevent further similar horrors.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 5
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124PREFERRED TO DIE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 5
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