The Archive · 1905

Another Massacre of Jews in Russia

Eondon, 12th May.

Only scanty details have been received of the. massacre of Jews at Zhitomir, in the centre of Southern Russia, 'A private telegram received at St. Petersburg by an indirect route estimates the killed and injured at one hundred and twenty. The local garrison, consisting of three regiments of infantry and a battery of artillery, was reinforced by dragoons, but order was nob restored for three days, The worst scenes were enacted in the public squares, and a large number of houses were; pillaged.—Exclusive service,

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