COAL MINE RIOT
DEAD NOW TOTALS FIVE FORTY INJURED. COUNTRYSIDE LIKE WAR TERRITORY. New York, Nov. 22. A message from Denver says that as a result of skirmishes at the Columbine mine the dead now number five, with 40 injured. National Guardsmen on duty at the mine were under snipers’ fire for three hours today with no resultant injuries. The countryside resembles war territory with tents pitched and a field hospital established. Nineteen outposts 'are placed around the mine property. State officials are upholding the actions of the troopers yesterday in firing on the mob. They sail] it was the only thing they could do to save their own lives.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 24 November 1927, Page 8
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112COAL MINE RIOT Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 24 November 1927, Page 8
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