Pitiful Plight.
PRISONERS IN IRON CAGES. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright Bangkok, Oet. 29. A French newspaper published in Saigon states that 700 Russian prisoners on three tiers of iron cages on the lower decks of a steamer voyaging from Odessa to Yaroslava have been detained at the mouth of the Saigon, owing to a breakdown ol the vessel. The heat is sweltering. It is impossible to ascertain the mortality amongst the captives.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 251, 31 October 1901, Page 2
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