DISTURBANCES IN INDIA
POLICE AND CIVILIANS ATTACKED CROWDS DISPERSED WITH REVOLVERS (United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright) DELHI, 30th May. British police officials and civilians at Dacca, East Bengal, and Howrah, near Calcutta, were attacked by riotous mobs yesterday. The superintendent of Police at ( Dacca was thrown down and beaten, and his revolver taken. Ho was then thrown into a ditch. Europeans who attempted to rescue him were severely beaten.
Railway waggons at Howrah were set on fire and the station bombarded with stones. The police fired revolvers and dispersed the angry mob. Railway officials and some police were severely injured with stones.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 31 May 1930, Page 9
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