[Twenty-two Killed in Outbreak!
between Moslems and Hindus Deaths from Overdoses of Tonic Administered by Kennel-Boy Nagpur, Sept. 7.
Manchester, Sept. 2.
Twenty-two persons have been killed and over 100 injured and detained in hospital as the result of communal disorders here.
An official communique states that trouble between the Moslem and Hinda communities broke out on.
Sunday evening when a Mohai medan procession came into cent with some. Hindus, Stones were thrown and lathes used.
Rioting again broke out yesterday, and armed police and troops had to be called in to maintain order.
Scores of cases of arson occurred.
A Mohammedan, in the quarter where most of the arson occurred, There is no clue to the mystery cohtnected with the poisoning of six greyhounds on Thursday at the Bellevue track. 'The puzzling feature is that the dogs were kennelled in pairs, yet only the most valuable dog of each pair was affected, A post-mortem examination is being held on Tall Oak, who is stated to have been worth' £500.—Reuter.
London, Sept. 2. 5
The greyhound mystery has been cleared up. Inquiry revealed that there was no question of malicious poisoning, the dogs suffering from fan accidental overdose of tonic. fired on a crowd of Hindus, killing! three persons. Another Mohammedan, who fired on some Hindus from mosque, was arrested. Four Hindus who were setting fire to al Mohammedan house were also rested by the police.
Calm has been restored but two more isolated murders occurred this morning.
Troops have arrived from Kamptee and military pickets have been posted all over the city.—Reuter, The trainer dosed the dogs on Tuesday night and next morning Kennel-boy gave them another dose of tonic, thinking the trainer had forgotten ta do so.
Tall Oak received the last dose the bottle, which, probably owing to the bottle not being properly shaken, was rather strong and resulted in the dog's death.—Reuter.
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