THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.
A TRAIN WRECKED. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. A band of terrorists, by means of bombs, wrecked a train outside Rogoff. killing and wounding many. They decamped with a million t roubles. CARELESS ROBBERS. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. In. The Rogoff robbers overlooked a I large sum concealed in the wreckage. ' The booty consisted of fifty thousand j roubles in cash, the rest being un- ! realisable drafts and bonds. THE ROGOFF OUTRAGE. AN ORDERLY RETREAT. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. Details of the Rogoff outrage show 1 tlmt seventy men. armed with Mauser I rifles and revolvers, surrounded the I .station, cut the wires, and held up ! the train. Several bombs wrecked the postal j van and one carriage, and killed an escort of sixteen soldiers in the carriage, besides two officials. The Rogoff robbers shovelled the . gold, silver and notes into bags. The total sum captured is estimated at one million roubles (£1hO,hOO). The robbers then left the station ' in military formation, and escaped in , carriages. A body of Cossacks is pursuing them. _ EXECUTION OF BOYS. HARROWING SCENES. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 9. | Harrowing scenes were witnessed at the execution at Riga of three boys and four adults charged with robbery. The soldiers were unnerved at the youth of the three boys, and fired three volleys before they were all killed.
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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8054, 12 November 1906, Page 3
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