A RUSSIAN MASSACRE.
tAjtTAR VILLAGE WIPED OUT,
The Vienna "VolUsblatt" publishes a neSidge ;trom St- Peter3llul 'X Slvlnß lin account 9* « fearful act of lynch justice. The Tartar inhabitants of. the village of Irbejjlt on the rirer Yenisei, had for a long time made themselves a nuisance to the people of the neighbouring district. The Utter finally lost their patience, and, arming themselves with huge sticks, axes.farro Ittptoments, and weapons of n similar character, they proceeded to avenge themjei'yes on the Tartars of Irbelsk. They wa<tWd the whole population of Irbelsk, me n, women, and children alike, and tbrew tM bodies into the Yenisei. Afterwards they demolished the entire village, md burnt all the wreckage. The place WWi'lo *ac*' wlPe(i off tue fuOe of the earti). The Russian authorities were subseqntiitly able to arrest over 100 peasants ulio hqd takon part in the terrible act of TMteance. , A
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 167, 27 July 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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148A RUSSIAN MASSACRE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 167, 27 July 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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