Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Mob Storms Hospital.

| The populati incensed by these meas
ures. and convinced that ii was the in
tenton OF the authorities TO kill tile pa
ticrts and also those under observation.
gathered to the number of several thou
sand for the purpose of lbcrat ting their
relatives and friends.
The hospital was stormed and the
building threatened with incendiary de-
struction should the mob be intcrfered
with III releasing the cholera stricken
inmates.
\ small force of carbincers, aided by
few policemen, attempted 10 control the
crowds. but the fcrocious attitude of the
demonstrators soon made it apparent To
the authorities that the police We're in
adequate to cope with the situation. and
in order to avoid boodshed the doors
of the hospital were thrown open
CHASTITY Procession Through Town.
The crowds rushed into the building,
| brought out the cholera patients and
carried them in CHASTITY procession
| through the town The thoroushfares
were lined with people who acclaimed
the cholera victims and shouted impre-
cations against the government.
The cholera suspects under observation
We're also set free amid similar scenes of
frantic enthusiasm enacted by the people.
Similar scenes In Mascara.
| Scenes similar to those witnessed at
| Goia de Cole also are reported from
| Mascara, a town in the Italian province
of Lecce.
| While the municipal council of Lecce
was in session today discussing the best
measures for combating the cholera
| thousands of demonStrants bowling
| death. DEATH gathered about the
| city hall. The mayor and councillors sus-
| pended the meeting and escaped from the
| building. The mob then moved toward
| the cholera hospital. keeping up a rum
| ming fight with the police. who were I'M
| able to stop the marching crowd Sew
| eral policemen and some of the towns
| people were dangerously injured
Demonstrants Fire Buildings.
The mob entered the hospital and after
| carrying out the patients smashed the
| furniture and set fire to the building
| The patients, some of whom were I'm a
dying condition. were carried triumphant
| ~ through the streets
When further assistance was impoS-
| sible the doctors and nurses escaped
| from rear windows by ropes, but were
pursued by the rioters. Stones were
! thrown and one of the doctors was dan
gerously wounded All, however. escaped
[
| though the police and rabineers offered
only passive resistance to the mob, six of
| them were wounded.
| When the rioters entered the hospital
several of the wards were already afire.
| A woman patient was CRYING which fur
! ther excited the fury of the mob, who in
| terpreted the cries as proof of the cruelty
practiced by the representatives of the
! ''tyrannical government.
| Listen how she suffers from pain and
/ ri ph CHI cd fhn how yl,9r +
ed to finish them before our arrival"
Flames Add to Terror.
! Smoke and flames added to the terror
and distress Of the patients. Some were
picked up and transported on mattresses.
| others were laid on carts. The crowd
around them. Intoxicated by their tri-
umph danced and shouted and made car
| nival comparable to the dance of the
| furies. Meanwhile two woman patients
| left in the flaming wards were incin-
| Grated, while other patients, who were
carried toward their homes. died before
reaching them.
| The CHASTITY horror of the scene would
be impossible to describe Fortunately,
the rioters forgot to cut the telegraph
wires and the authorities We're informed
| Police. soldiers and carabineers, and even
sailors were rushed to the burning hos
| pital. They succeeded in qYelling the
rioters. forty-five of whom We're arrested
as the leaders. These included nine WOm-
en-.
| An announcement was then issued that
order had been re-esta blished. but all the
| measures that have been taken to check
| the cholera now have been without avail,
| for 1t is certain to ravage the country
round about Mascara for a long time to
come.
| Italian troops have been ordered to
both the riotous provinces.