DISORDERS NEAR ESSEN.
. MOB SEIZES OITY ; HALL. MILITIA ALSO CAPTURED. HEAVY • CASUALTIES OCCUR. By Telegraph—Press Association Copyricht. ,"•:•■■'•;' ' ■ (Received 7,40 p.m.) ,_■ A. and N.Z. •■•■: " ;.' BERLIN. Aug. 16. Communists at Datteln, 19 miles northeast of, Essen, stormed the City Hall, disarmed the police, and: took charge. The town militia, who were summoned to render •= assistance, were similarly ' treated. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. . ''i ilobs captured the town of Helmstedt, and the municipal services in Leipzig are paralysed by strikes. . The unrest in the Ruhr is duo to a shortage of food, and the Government ■is despatching large quantities of fats.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18481, 18 August 1923, Page 9
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