DISTURBANCES IN EGYPT.
■MURDER UE BRiTTSHEK-S.
I Australian & N.Z. Cable Association)
(Rec. April 7, 10.40 a.m.) ■ LONDON, April 6. General Allen by has given details of the murder f two British officers ami - live men aboard a tram from Upper Egypt on March 1 17th, Crowds collected at every e atioiv and threw- stone. A crowd, rushed the train at BeirouD pull- , ed : .-down ' the 3 engine-driver,- entered* the compartmeu'- , and killed two' officers.. Several natives remained aboard- the train until it arrived' aE lDermoos, where another large' crowd arnibd with sticks, stohek, and knives, ’' attacked - the tram and killed the remainder s of c the. party. All the bodies were.Teft aboard , -htf ! train .with the exception of • one, which is'missing.- , . Crowds at subsequent stations raised shouts fo joy on Teaming that the English had been killed. *
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 82, 7 April 1919, Page 5
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