A SIGHT FOR CIVILIANS.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF WEIRD SIGHT. (Reuter.) Received March 15, 8.30 p.m. CAPETOWN, March 14. The greater part of the population in Johannesburg, from roofs and watertanks and every point of vantage, watched the Fordsburg drama. Everywhere were khaki lines intermingling with the police blue, with big guns, machine guns and ambulances, while a tank waddling down past the stock exchange csmpleted the weird sight. Shells and bullets were whistling over the heads of the spectators. When the Government forces rushed the houses white flags began to flutter and the infantry went forward to surround the Trades Hall. Then the fighting died down, though the aeroplanes continued clearing up the sniping posts. The infantry dealt with stragglers inside the wide cordon and a stream of strongly escorted prisoners began to flow into Johannesburg.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18432, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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136A SIGHT FOR CIVILIANS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18432, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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