TOWNSFOLK VERSUS STUDENTS.
PITCHED BATTLE AT BRAGANZA
SEVERAL PERSONS' KILLED
(Received March 31, 5.5 p.m.)
Lisbon, March 30,
The townsfolk of Braganza armed themselves with fowling pieces in consei quenco of students' misconduct, and attacked the students, who wero armed with automatic pistols. A desperate encounter ensued. Wo- ] men with stilettos joined in the fray, in which five persons wore killed and 23 wounded. The military eventually re-established order. Many arrests wore made.
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Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13380, 1 April 1912, Page 5
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73TOWNSFOLK VERSUS STUDENTS. Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13380, 1 April 1912, Page 5
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