BLOODSHED IN INDIA.
$—:— RACIAL FIGHT. MOHAMMEDANS VERSUS HINDUS. MILITARY OPEN FIRE. (BX TEIEQRAFH—PBKS3 ASSOCIATION— COPlhiqnT.) (Rec. January 5, 0.15 a.m.) Caloutta, January L , Tbo police in a suburb of Calcutta wero mobbed because, in doforencb to Hindu feeling, they prohibited the sacrifioo of cows on a Mohammedan festival. '■ The Mohammedans and Hindus fought fiercely, sixty being wounded.' The military were summoned, and wero compelled to fire, killing several of tho rioters. i
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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72BLOODSHED IN INDIA. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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