TROUBLE AT TRINIDAD
RIOT AT OILFIELDS MANY CASUALTIES Cruiser Steaming To Scene Press Association —Copyright. Received June 22, 1.30 p.m. Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 21. The British .cruiser Kent is steaming towards Port of Spain as a result of a strike riot at the oilfields. A police sub-inspector and a corporal were killed during the fighting, and many police and civilians were wounded. The telephone lines were cut. Additional police have been sent to the scene of the trouble pending the arrival of naval reinforcements.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 453, 22 June 1937, Page 5
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86TROUBLE AT TRINIDAD Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 453, 22 June 1937, Page 5
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