SEPOY RUNS AMOK
FIVE OFFICERS KILLED FOUR OTHERS WOUNDED | MURDERER SHOT DEAD WHILE FLEEING | !(J P.A —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright’ ! (Received 25th November, 9.40 a.m.) PASHAWAR. 24th November. A Sepoy attached to the Punjabi Batti lion, stationed at Nowshera, ran amok and shot dead Colonel E. H. Gray, the officer commanding, who was sleeping in a tent, after which he killed a British captain and a lieutenant, who rushed to the scene, and two Indian officers. He also wounded two British majors, a lieutenant and an Indian officer. The battalion, fearing a Pathan at- ; lack, manned the barricades and shot dead the murderer as he was fleeing ! from the camp. , DEATH OF WOUNDED MAJOR (Received 25th November, 11.45 a.m.) PESHAWAR, 24th November. One of the wounded majors died and two other officers are in a very pre- | carious condition. DEATH ROLL EIGHT (Received 25th November, 1.25 p.m.) PESHAWAR. 24th November. The death roll is now eight, including ♦he assailant.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 November 1938, Page 5
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