FIFTY DEAD
FATAL BAPTISM. FANATICISM IN AFRICA. LEADER ESCAPES ARREST. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Aug. 25, 11 a.m. CAPETOWN, Aug. 24. It is stated that the deaths of natives reported as being slaughtered by native fanatic were caused by baptism in a river in Belgian Congo. So far fifty bodies have been recovered. A number of native assistants have been arrested, but the leader is still at large.—A. and N.Z. Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 August 1925, Page 5
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71FIFTY DEAD Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 August 1925, Page 5
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