RIOTING AMONG FRUIT PICKERS
SHOTS FIRED AND HOSES USED ON MOB MELBOURNE, March 13. Shots were fired by the police and fire hoses were used in an attempt to subdue 500 rioting fruit pickers in Redcliffs. For more than two hours the police, citizens and block-holders struggled with the pickers. It is believed a brawl among several of the pickers led to the riot and a general fight began. At one stage 2000 persons were struggling in the streets. The firing of shots and heavy streams of water from hoses dispersed the mob.
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Southland Times, Issue 23766, 14 March 1939, Page 7
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93RIOTING AMONG FRUIT PICKERS Southland Times, Issue 23766, 14 March 1939, Page 7
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