RAILWAY STATION TRAGEDY.
RUSSIAN OFFICER BURNED TO DEATH. REVENGE FOR ASSAULT ON 'A SOLDIER. St. Petersburg, July, 2. A Russian army officer, who was on the platform of Kursk railway station yesterday, .became annoyed at the impertinence of a drunken soldier and cut him down with has sword. '.-/;,',. •; . This act enraged the people on the platform. They surrounded the railway carriage, poured petroleum over it, and set it on fire. • , The officer fired on the crowd with his revolver until overcome by the flames. He was burned to death.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 5
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89RAILWAY STATION TRAGEDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 5
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