THE CONSTANTINOPLE RIOT.
THE MASSACRE OE ARMENIANS. REMOVING THE DEAD. SCENES IN THE STREETS. [Per Press Association.] CONSTANTINOPLE, August 81. There was a million and a half worth of gold in the Ottoman Bank when the seizure was made. One hundred and sixty refuge carts full of corpses were seen bn Thursday, and some estimate the number killed at ten thousand, many women, and children being included. The scene in the streets resembled the description of the massacre of St Bartholomew. Sspt. 1. A. bomb, which was thrown yesterterday in Galata, killed a number of soldiers. The representatives of varioui nations have informed the Forte that they believe it connived at the massacre. No attempt was made to control the mob. For upwards of thirty hours boys were allowed to parade the streets stabbing the bodies of the victims. It is suspected in Berlin that the Government organised the hank episode. Four hundred Moslems have been anested and,charged with excesses. & O
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 11052, 2 September 1896, Page 5
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161THE CONSTANTINOPLE RIOT. Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 11052, 2 September 1896, Page 5
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