FLIGHT OF REFUGEES.
EXODUS FROM FORDSBURG. AEROPLANES GIVE WARNING OF ' BOMBARDMENT. I CAPETOWN, March 14. , Huge crowds watched the bombardment of Fordsburg from the streets of Johannesburg. Prior to the attack aeroplanes dropped leaflets over Fordsburg advising the women and children and those well disposed to the Government to leave and proceed to the showground. A (great exodus immediately commenced, the people streaming along (the appointed route. Amongst them Were fifty police who had been imprisoned in the area for several days. Great confusion prevailed, and there were many pathetic scenes. All kinds of transport were used to removed the belongings. including wheelbarrows and perambulators. Those who were unable to secure vehicles carried what they could on their shoulders, 1J miles to the showjground. Nothing like such a scene has ever before been witnessed in (South Africa. Fortunately the weather was fine.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18432, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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142FLIGHT OF REFUGEES. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18432, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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