The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-03
GIRL $ STORY
0F MASSACRES
IN ASIA MINOR
Miss Elizabeth Webb'S Expert
enCe During the Hor-
TorS at Adana.
Murdered MEN BROUGHT
INTO THE MISSION SCHOOL
.slTIsH CONSUL ONLY PRoTEc-
TION-DAYS AND NIGHTS
WAITING FOR SUCCOR.

adsra. Asiatic Turkey. May I. via
..,7stsntinople. May Miss Elizabeth
Webb. a missionary of the Ameri-
-,r hoard from Bunker Hill, H., has
---ftten narrative Of her experiences
ar fhe mission board during the first
-s-s of the massacres in Adana, when
III. Girls school to which she was at
-sqted was in the greatest danger and
.Es lives of the students were threat
.red from all sides. She says:
"Our friends came to school as usual
or Wednesday april 2D. although we
card that there was a great deal of
Unrest in the city. Soon firing began
and before noon things were in such a
disturbed condition that we were afraid
II. send the day scholars home. The
Girls were too excited to study. We
ourselves tried to go on with our an
mai meeting. but the reading of the re
-e-ts was interrupted by the scream
irr i'm the streets and the shooting.
Two of our Turkish children were pres
emf and we thought it would be posi-
bic 10 send word of our danger by a
Turk who had come to take them home.
Accordingly, notes to their father and
TO the governor were written, but there
we're no responses.
Night of Terror.
As night came on fires began to
flare up in all directions and we were
fearful that the rioters would break into
the school Finally about 9 o'clock, to
our relief the English consul arrived.
He had heard Of the disturbances and
had come from Mersina TO investigate.
nTrrs IA Tr~1Tf
He could stay only a moment, but he
left three Of his own guard of Turkish
soldiers TO take care of US.
All through the night we actually
seemed to be in a state of siege. The
three soldiers kept firing their Martins
and the fire was returned from the
miuaret houses nearby. ip the morn
iug our guard discovered that the men
I'D the minaret houses. whose fire they
had been returning. were Turkish sol
diars and that others who had been
firing upon US were friends whom we
knew by name. Finally, in spite of the
fact that the consul had said they must
remain until he returned, the guard
climbed the wall and ran away.
I'm the meanwhile. the fires about the
.ty had increased and the sound of
shooting could be heard from every
point. At last the consul passed. He
was able TO spare only one man. Soon
after the consul left Us, fires broke out
0 the adjacent streets. We had hung
flags on all sides of the building, but
This did not stop the thousands engaged
ia the riots from firing their weapons,
although apparently they were not di-
lrcted against US.
Dead Men Brought in.
Our only safety seemed TO be TO
check the flames. We women and girls
carried water. while the men cut down
Tho fences. A shed on the east side Of
The street was also torn down. About
This time we Wee Mortified to learn
that Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Maurer had
been shot, while fighting the fire. They
we're brought into our dining room. Mr..
Naurer already was dead and Mr.. ROg-
CTS only lived d few minutes. The Rev.
stephen r. Cambridge, who was near
them at the time. escaped, although a
bullet took off his hat.
OUT guard of one man next disap-
r1arel- things looked pretty dark.
came TO my room, where the girls were
seated. For me 10 tell them what had
happened would only cause a panic so
J said We have done all we can, now
.s- US pray
Before 7 had finished praying the
a-s.a Of the cCnsuTs guard and the
.1lsl officials whom he was patroll-
.z sounded iu the street.
Widow Waiting for Her Dead.
Unfortunately. he could not spare 9
-z71 for us. but promised 10 send one
immediately. It was a terrible situa-
.9-- women and girls practically alone
. me building. q murderous, blood
.HTsfr mob outside: with knife and
outlet for the Americans. To add to the
misery there were the dead on the floor
sow and the widow Of one of them,
-aIr Rogers. with an infant. ten weeks
re. 'l comfort The flames we had been
-=..ug finally died out, but fires could
seen ir all parts Of the city and the
sound ~ shooting was constant. The
''.0-E consul had promised US guard.
.-- none came The following day we
earned that Major DaUghty- Wylie had
.-I shot iu the arm
mat night young men from the Gre
-'.an and Protestant conference pa
rolled the streets around our building.
-.. situation was grave. A great crowd
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