ALL ABOUT A SPIRIT.
MOSLEM RIOT IN CAIRO
QUELLED BY A FIRE ENGINE
LONDON, November 7. There was a riot in Cairo last night. Lights were 6een inside a Greek church, which is in course of construction there, and a rumour spread among the Mnhammc'dans of the district that the spirit.of,tho patron saint of the district had moved from its tomb to the church, whero it wa« imnrisoned.
A mob gathered and the Moslems beca,mo threatening. Tho police interfered, and hand-to-hand fighting followed, quiet only being restored with the aid oi a fire-engine.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 8 November 1912, Page 7
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