GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGHT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9034, 2 January 1915, Page 4

GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGHT.

! SEVERE WHILE IT LASTED..! ud \ ■ ■'- j ".'■iCs j • (Received-January 2, 10 a.m.) .-'V '4 I SYDNEY, January 2.-'< l Later advices confirm the news-that-$ I four people were killed and seventh 1 wounded. „, :■'s ' The« n la£ er ar <>:—Mary Kavanagn, ( aged 23; George Stokes, aged 14'(both"? seriously wounded); Thomas Campbell,* aged 70; Lucy Shaw, aged 15; Alma 5 Crocker aged 34; Hose Crabb, aged' 30; and Constable Mills 1. These' are not in a critical condition ■" ' The assailants fired 20 or 30 shots. ': When the alarm was telephoned,' the ■ pohce-inspector despatched two motors^ containing a force of armed men, who followed tho Turks' tracks along -the ■ western outskirts of the town. ' ' at a point near the Cabfe U Hotel, two men were seen amongst,the.? rocks on a hill, and not suspecting •they"? were the enemy, the sergeant 'wis\< about to make inquiries, when : the", lurks suddenly opened fire. Coitt^a^

" -MUBliekig^trttcfc by two bullets. ""'I Firing thenA commenced on both - sides, and soM there was a general • rush 01 arrupucivilians to the point vrhejvjr~the fight was taking place. The attacking party spread out over the adjoining hills and poured in a foot fire" on the enemy's posiiion. The Turks returned the lire at short range, but without effect. The battle "did not last long. At' 1 o'clock the- attackers rushed the Turks' stronghold, and found both ' lying on the ground behind shelter, .suffering from many Mounds. During the fight the police ran short of- ammunition, and Sergeant Gibson made a perilous journey to the rear of 'the Cable Hotel to obtain fresh sup■plies. The pnlire have published the "identity of the Turks. The one killed outright was Mulla Abdulln, aged 60. ■ a butcher, who was reeetiily convicted

■of slaughtering sheep on unlicensed

.premises. The e^ior was Cool Mahomed, and lie died whilst on route to the hospital. It is believed tli.'it th<* ice-crenm vendor. Abdullah, carried a Snider rifle homrt and mnde si bandolero for 48 cfftrirlscs. 26 of which were empty! He also rnssessed a revolver and cartTidces and n new knife in a sheath. Mahomed's rifle was a MartiniHenri. ' When -(lie const"hie n-m shot. Wal- • shama A^n". a Piinj.-'hi from Pesha- ■ war. faced "+,!■"> fire and oarj'ied water to the \ri"*vlnfl moil. Khan Pnh^der, a finipi owner. e,ontrihilted larco'v to tlie Tin-l-s' f^foaf. His residence is near Ihe Cable Hotel, and the noli^e used it it , s a cover, sliooLinc: throiifrli the windows'.

The ip"''V^ on the raihvsiv carriage sujrrest that expanding bullets were uspcl.