BURNED TO DEATH.
OUTRAGE IN RUSSIA. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. St. Petersburg, June 19. Eighty girls, employed on a sugarbeet plantation in the I'iriatin district, Poltava, were burnt to death in the shed in which they were sleeping. 'fTie inhabitants of the village became incensed at the importation of girl labor. They fastened the exits and set fire to the shed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 18, 21 June 1913, Page 5
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