MANAGUA DISASTER
UNPLEASANT INCIDENTS NATIVES CLASH WITH AMERICANS TWENTY LOOTERS EXECUTED. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Managua, April 4. A number of untoward incidents duo principally to conflicts between natives and Americans administering relief or enforcing military law have added to the tragedy of the earthquake disaster. An American marine shot and killed a lieutenant of the Nicaraguan National Guard and was himself machine-gunned to death by a native soldier to-day. The announcement that the American authorities would feed no native men who declined to dig for the dead in the debris resulted in an unpleasant situation, with many natives not appearing for rations. Four looters were shot to-day by the military. It is understood that 20 have been executed since last. Tuesday. Five natives digging in the debris for trifles were killed by falling walls in a brief earthquake to-day. So far 525 bodies have been removed from the ruins. A hundred are known to be buried under the collapsed hospital, alone.
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Southland Times, Issue 21361, 6 April 1931, Page 7
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