REFUGEES FROM TRIPOLI.
AN INDESCRIBABLE VOYAGE
SEVERAL RAVING MAD
iteeeived October 3, 9.20 p.tn. j MALTA, October 3. i The, steamer Castle of Grath has ar- ; rived from Tripoli with 1200 refugees. ■ They have been huddled on the deck for three days in a continuous storm of rain, and have been suffering terrible) seasickness. , Owing to being; without f cargo, the steamer pitched horribly, and j tne refugees were repeatedly thrown on j to the decks. Seven are raving mad as the result of their experiences, and oth- } ers' minds are unhinged. The majority are penniless. Many fell on their knees ; imploring the aid of the journalists and j officials who boarded the Castlo of ; Grath, and clamoured for food and wat-! or, holding up- emaciated children. 4 The refugees state that an.infuriated.: mob of Arabs and Turks besieged the: Italians in their Consulate until a bat-• taliori of Turkish" infantry escorted them j to the' Castle of Grath, whence the ad- j miral transferred the Italian refugees'
to'another ship, owing to the crowded condition.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12817, 4 October 1911, Page 5
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