VIOLENT RIOTS.
HUNDRED DEAD IN CALCUTTA. NEARLY ONE THOUSAND CASUALTIES. (USITXD PRES3 ASSOCIATION— BT XLZCTSIO TELEGRAPH —COPTBIGHT.) (Received May 19th, 10.40 p.m.) CALCUTTA, May 19. A riot is spreading from the residential and shop areas to the industrial and northern quarter of the city, where thousands of workers who were rendered idle by the closing of 40 cotton mills, frequently clashed with troops. Tho police again fired on the rioters. Tero were many stabbings, acts of incendiarism, and looting. The total casualties at midnight were well over 100 dead and nearly 1000 injured.
INFLUENCE OF BRITISH TROOPS. CALCUTTA, May 18. The cufi'ew order and the presence of British troops and armoured cars, with constant police patrolling, had a salutary effect in Bombay yesterday, and the night was uneventful, but there was a revival of lawlessness this morning, four being killed and 50 injured, making tho total SO dead and 870 injured. Hindu and Moslem crowds again clashed in several localities, the police and troops firing on tho hooligans. The streets are littered with riot debris, and 100 gas lamps are broken.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20551, 20 May 1932, Page 11
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181VIOLENT RIOTS. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20551, 20 May 1932, Page 11
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