RAN AMOK.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 September 1910, Page 3

RAN AMOK.

CHINESE CAUSE TROUBLE

FIR-E THATCHED HOUSES

AND USE A MEAT CLEAVER

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.]

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 10,20 a.m.) PORT DARWIN, Sept. 11. Some Chinese ran amok at Fountain Hendj on Thursday, and are still at large. They started 'by firing thatched houses, including their own residences. Some .miners rushed in to save the property. The Chinese attacked them with a meat cleaver, and one Chinaman was killed. A black man is in a critical condition. Three Cnineso have been admitted, to the hospital. Eight thatched cottages have been destroyed.