$3,000,000 Damage to House Property: Disbandment of Looters despite Resistance Peking, Aug. 11.
Estimates of the destruction in the recent riot at Kiukiang which have reached Peking state that 370 houses and other buildings, valued at $3,000,000, constitute the chief item. A number of junks were capsized in the panic which accompanied the looting, and about 60 persons were drowned, while some 40 persons are said to have been killed by the looters.
In the course of the disturbance, 300 prisoners broke gaol and the majority made_ good their escape. Though no further outbreak appears to have occurred, the shops are remaining closed, pending payment of compensation, it is said.
Following suppression of the looters, the Kiukiang authorities set about disarming them as a preliminary to their disbandment.
is action met with some resistance, but on Tuesday morning nearly all had been deprived of their arms and embarked for removal: from Kiukiang. All have now been disarmed, it is stated, except three ying of artillery, who will be dealt with later.—Reuter.
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