HORRIBLE SCENE
CABLE NEWS
(Wnited Priu JBU* trie TeUiraph—PofMrighi.)
OUTRAGE BY MUTINOUS MOORS
COURT-MARTIAL TO TRY RINGLEADERS.
(Received April 24,10.5 a.m.)
FEZ, April 23.
M. Monier has dismissed the pashas and will appoint Governors to replace them.
A court-martial tries the ringleaders of t-lio mutiny. M. Monier has issued an order disarming the inhabitants, and possibly a war contribution will be levied as an indemnity to the victims" families.
One of the most horrible scenes enacted was when the wireless operators were- barricaded in an upper room and only one had a, revolver. He killed fifteen assailants, but eventually the Moors climbed on to the roof and poured boiling oil upon them, whereupon one of the operators committed suicide after killing three of his comrades to avoid thorn falling into the hands of the natives.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10618, 25 April 1912, Page 5
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135HORRIBLE SCENE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10618, 25 April 1912, Page 5
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