CHINESE MASSACRE
REPORTS OF TERRIBLE . ATROCITIES. [United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.! this clay at 10 a.m.) SHANGHAI, April 28. Reports received 'by local .Chinese authorities reveal a "terrible massacre at the city of Iviilgscuin in north Tviangsu on Saturday, when more than a thousand were slaughtered, and a similar number were captured by bandits. The city was razed. The brigands, equipped with twenty machine grinsdestroyed the city driving residents to the streets where they were mowed down, with rifles and machine guns. Officials were captured and publicly butchered. Every establishment was looted the bandits setting fire to the town before their departure. Troops are being despatched to pursue the looters.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1930, Page 4
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112CHINESE MASSACRE Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1930, Page 4
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