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SACK AND PILLAGE.

APPALLING FEROCITY OF THE WHITE WOLVES. CHINESE TOWN REDUCED TO A SHAMBtffiS. CRUEL SLAUGHTER. 8y To-cj,'rapa--)'rp:s Asaaiifetlaii—Copyrleibt "Times" and Sydney "gun" gorvlcoe. Poking, Apri: 2. fh© sacking of Knnng-ehow fi-ns per. pdtrated with appalling fcrooity. Tho 'White Wolf lraiidits slvot, hacked, ami burnt some eld women wlio ivero believed ■to have. niotJoy, They tortured m ii most horrible manner a man who was escaping Imhji a Wi)H which ho had defended. Theyfirst shot him,, awl then ponncied Mm to death with bricks.

Tiio brigands looted tlvo Treasury and made the crowd ncrninhlo for co.pp.er coins and notes, shooting anyone' appearing to got more than a fair share.

Over 1000 were slaughtered, including the who was hacked to pieces, Ins remain.-; staked in korosenoj and burnt.

In aVi adjoining town, where the people imprudently fired two old rusty cannon, tho whole nopnlatai of women and children was killed.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 5

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150

SACK AND PILLAGE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 5

SACK AND PILLAGE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 5

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