THE FATE OF RODOSTO.
SCENE OF MASSACRE, OUTRAGE, AND PILLAGE.
TOWN FIRED AT SEVEN POINTS
CHILDREN THROWN INTO
FLAMES
CONSTANTINOPLE ALARMED
Received 10-20 p.m., November 7. LONDON, November 7
The "Chronicle's" Constantinople correspondent states that bands of famished Nizzami from" Lute Burgas converted Rodosto into a scene of massacre, outrage and pillage. The town was fired at seven points. Children were thrown into the flames. The happenings at Rodosto are unnerving the citizens of Constantinople, where the arrival of foreign 'warships has increased the Moslem exasperation. Numerous murders of Greeks and Jews are reported. Thir-ty-six Greeks who were unloading a steamer were killed. The authorities are striving to repress the disorders. Many European women and children are embarking on the steamers. English residents are stocking their houses to withstand a siege. Twenty warships of various Powers are hastening to the Bosphorus.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 8 November 1912, Page 5
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