REFUGEES IN GREECE
IN A PITIABLE STATE
CHURCH OFFICER'S SUICIDE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.?
(AUSTRALIA? - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, 17th July.
The . Athens correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the condition of the refugees in Greece is indescribably pitiable. Lack of food and contagious disease are- killing them off quickly. There are many cases of suicide, including the. procentor of the Constantinople Chinch, who was reduced to fulfilling the office of candje-lighter in the Athens Cathedral. Privation so preyed on his mind that.lie hanged himself from a bar under the canopy of the pulpit. The body was only disclosed when the service commenced, and the curtains' were withdrawn from the pulpit to allow ■the priest to read the lesson.. The congregation was horror-stricken.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 7
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124REFUGEES IN GREECE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 7
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