A Starving Community.
■ (rAv special reporter ..of the, New., I pyork; . newspaper v yrhp. yrqsj$ T f. pently instruefed to yjsit !the Sl^vjn'g; factory Hands ait Patterson, m New jiCT^^<ay^Bfi?PfiL*eCTbift-.^etffliß of whafe i J; ,he, : • saw:^" .Tboise, ; of the inhabitants of the houses who ; were ableitoV:obe abtoad. ;were.;ithin')and Attenuated, and uttdr; starvation was jdepicted upon their features. Hollow' kiid ' 'glaring/- hti&grylootitig JH ef es; H Made ; ! tW "rn^ -'^df 1 w^meWifia'qyittrchlbok 1 little; less ; tna^ti b sava^e^s, ljut an lnsiqe view stood injae^d^rwaysj.andi |hf«t^fopa« (lf Tlie. wonqen an4 children . were m rtatter^ japd i the ■ < -latter •> r wereo supplicating for. .nourishment: , which i the formeivwere unable* to! providei !Grbj»ihalred i ; -j > and • grandfathers sat by,-^cryin^! 1 ilike* ichildren. In one family of six all . jwere % \n % e%st>sta|eirof 'starvaiJibn. Tk& h6ad ,pf,\tjie \4fPUyv^\4\\tl|aJt neither himself nor any of his family had tasted mea't'for weeks, and ;it wa^ I<r My i - through" the ' ! aia of jcharitable neighbours that they had^ even crast« J dfl}read( >'i?PHS ri^hbpiifs • Of • ''' the * ; surrounding vilUfrfes^have 1 d r 6ne' ■ all : tney' 'can ' 1 fo ) rassisf J A t e;pb^r'p ! eop]e ; , but 1 flip hlfnW ja&iiute'^as /^^lJf '& Icr'eased .until Vtfieir I ! mean's, ''are I '^x^ jhausted and they have been compelled to give.upjn jdespair. One of .the vijlagers said that one of tlje siib^isWd ftf.fely'^ 1 week upou me carcase ,01 a big Newfoundland dog. He said that the chijifren .eagerly,. , ate the^ flesji , aud : cried for' more, altfloiqgli.they.^kriew i wbanfi^ it qa;ine. Jtt is il said.thiat. : ca^s ihave also been eaten^,.,iOthgr[}inci- ! den+s^£*-HK»ro-si€kening-aatur-e are Irelated."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 95, 25 March 1885, Page 4
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257A Starving Community. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 95, 25 March 1885, Page 4
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