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friß PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT,] BURNED TU DEATH. A Lynching Episode. New York, May 22 Accused of decapitating a white girl, after an assault a‘, New Orleans, Parsons, a negro, was foroihly taken from the sheriff’s cas’ody and burned at the stake at Potts Camp, Missouri. Parsons implicated two other negroes. One who was deaf and dumb, was discovered and also burned, The mob are seeking the third one. >-
Women and girls watohed the lynohing.
A Destructive Fire New York, May 22 A fire at Atlanta swept one hundred blocks and 20,000 are homeless. The damage is estimated at two million dollars. A Liner Wrecked. (Received May 23, at 11.10 a.m.) London, May 22. Lloyds report that the Byland liner “ Colonial ” is ashore, a hopeless wreck, and has been abandoned.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1917, Page 2
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