GOLD COAST
ACCRA, Thu.— The Daily Express correspondent investigating the riots says it is estimated that £2.000,000 worth of damage was done by looting and rioting. White residents have barreled together. to patrol the European residential section at night, and commerce is almost at a standstill.
As an ex-servicemen s procession was marching toward the Governor’s residence, looters suddenly broke into shops and handed out liquor and all manner of goods. These looters did not come from the ranks of the ex-service-men. * * *
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Northern Advocate, 12 March 1948, Page 4
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