SERIOUS REVOLT IN SPUN
STRIKE AND ARMY RISING
GOVERNMENT ACTS QUICKLY
STRIKE PARTLY SUCCEEDS
TWENTY BOMBINGS OCCUR
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 7 p.m. Madrid, May 10. A general strike beginning at midnight, aiming at the overthrow of the Government in conjunction with a rising led by army chiefs resulted, in serious disorders throughout the country.
During a collision between police and Reds at Madrid a woman produced a bomb from a basket and hurled it at the combatants, killing a policeman and a Red and wounding five, including herself. ,A bomb exploded in a tramway depot and injured five. Six were killed and many wounded in fighting in the provinces.
The strike failed in Barcelona and was only partly successful in Madrid. The Government’s promptitude in arresting hundreds of suspects, including twelve staff officers, last night prevented the staging of a coup de’etat. Twenty bomb explosions occurred in the course of the day. Electric cables and water mains were damaged. Many rioters were arrested.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1933, Page 5
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