Irish Aggressions.
THE ATTACK ON LADY DIXIE.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
GALLANT DEFENCE BY A ST. BERNARD.
CLUB TO THE ASSAILA.NTS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COP7RIGHT.) (SPEOIA.L TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, March 19. Further particulars regarding the attack oq Lady Florence Dixie state that she was walking m li9r own groun 'a at the time. Her stays fortunately turned the blows aimed at her, but the weapons cut her hands severely. She swooned, and would have been killed had not a large St. Bernard dog, which was accompanying his mistress, attacked the assassins and routed them, thus saving her life. Lady Florence had , recently denounced the accounts rendered by the Secretary ot the Land League. This is supposed to furnish a motive for the attack. The police have ' a clue to the perpetrators of the outrage. ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 39, 21 March 1883, Page 2
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134Irish Aggressions. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 39, 21 March 1883, Page 2
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