BLOODSHED IN MANAGUA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18844, 6 April 1931, Page 9

BLOODSHED IN MANAGUA.

Tragedy Follows Disaster. SHOOTING FOLLOWS UNHAPPY INCIDENTS. United Press Association —By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyrlscht (Received April 5. 5.5 p.m.) MANAGUA. April 4. A series of untoward incidents, due principally to conflicts between the natives and Americans administering relief or enforcing military law. have added to the tragedy of the earthquake disaster. A member of the American marines shot and killed a lieutenant of the Nicaraguan National Guard, and was himself machine-gunned to death by a native soldier to-day. The announcement that the American authorities would feed no native men, who declined to dig for the dead in the debris, resulted in an unpleasant situation, with many natives not appearing for rations. Four looters were shot to-day by the military. It is understood that twenty have been executed sines last Tuesday. Five natives, digging in the debris for trifles, were killed by falling walls in a brief earthquake to-day. Altogether 825 bodies have been removed from ruins thus far. One hundred are known to be buried under the collapsed hospital alone.