CAMPAIGN OF ANARCHY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2027, 13 August 1920, Page 7

CAMPAIGN OF ANARCHY.

OUTRAGES IN ITALY. HUGE EXPLOSIONS CAUSED. By Cable. — Press Associat<on. — Copyright. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, Aug. 12. The Milan correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reports that an incendiary campaign on an unprecedented scale is proceeding in all parts of Italy. A large military powder magazine at San Gervase'o was blown up, shaking the whole of the city of Florence. Some bodies were hurled a mile. The death roll is not yet ascertainable, but over 100 injured persons have been sent to hospital. Many were wounded bv falling bombs. Many persons who were on fire in Ihe streets saved themselves by immersion in public fountains. An attempt to blow up a magazine at Mugnano, in Tuscany, bv setting lire to the adjacent woods, failed. Aimed bands assailed the magazines at Piacenza and Catania. The military Employed machine-guns in an all-night engagement, driving off the attackers at daylight. Anarchists exploded bombs in several Milan restaurants. Four fires which occurred in Genoa, Parma, Trieste and .San Antonio, caused damage amounting to £250,000, including large quantities of Government stores.

Other serious incendiary damage in North and South Italy is reported, including eight outbreaks in eight neighbouring villages, all of which were visible simultaneously.