THE ADANA MASSACRE.
GRUESOME DETAILS. AUTHORITIES ASSIST THE MOB. Received April 21, 11.30 p.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21. Consular telegrams estimate that there were 2000 deaths at Adana, and 3000 elsewhere in the vilayet, which is in a state of anarchy. .-,■. _ The position of Marash as. still precarious, owing to the renewed attacks on the Armenians. Advices from Laranaca state that the massacre at Adana began in the markets on Wednesday. A Moslem mob, impelled by fanaticism and a desire to loot, killed five Armenians, the remainder of whom withdrew to their own quarters and resisted the mobs for 48 hours. Hordes of Moslem villagers arrived, and were supplied with arms by the authorities, who affected to regard them as a military reserve. Women,"and clwldren were horribly mutilated. , : The town resembles a shambles.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12203, 22 April 1909, Page 5
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132THE ADANA MASSACRE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12203, 22 April 1909, Page 5
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