The Archive · 1930

POLISH MEETING

Warsaw, Sept. 1s'

Following a political meeting, which had been attended by about 1,500 adherents of the Left and Centro parties, and when the pore ple were leaving the gardens where: the meeting had been held, a hands grenade was thrown and shots: fired from several revolvers.

Two people were killed and 12 wounded, including five policemen.

'A panic ensued and many people were trampled on in the rush to cape. Mounted police charged the crowd with drawn swords in an atv tempt to restore order.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account