Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-09-12
3OUVAIN PEOPLE BURNED ALIVE;
SLAUGHTERED LINED the STREETS"

u Rutgers, manager Of the Lou
uoter works, who escaped from
,i,v with his wife and two chill
~ tails Of old and young being
er,1ed alive by the Germans, of
aots lined with slaughtered people,
~ n cellars of houses filed with
-Dnbling innocent people who were
~.taned Tuesday night by wholesale
-rrder and destruction.
rba Dutch press is filed with awful
,.tans of the great crime and an over
~helniy. wave of reaction against
SCI Germany has been created. The Tele-
raj says
avaufral or not. q protest must be
ado to the civilized people against
~ destruction of high culture by the
r.rman soldiers Even if it is true
~, shots were fired at the German
,roons by inhabitants of the town, the
,.vastation of the oldest and noblest
rrversity town is a revelation OF bar
rarity for through this destruction not
o,lv we're the inhabitants and the de-
tspding Belgians punished, but injury
vas inflicted on the whole of civilized
spmaDity 1t is a wound that can
never be healed"
sees Germsny's Name shamed.
Does the German empire realize
~ that by its deeds it is bringing eternal
shame on the great name of Germany?
L is to be hoped that the rubbish
heaps Of ruined cathedrals. houses,
universities and museums will be re-
stored. bat the history of this unhappy
town shall not be forgotten. The stain
which now defaces the escutcheon of
sIorious Germania shall never be
wiped out"
Story Of Another Eyewitness.
Dutch resident of Louvain who
was a salesman in q bicycle store
SAYS: AT midday on Tuesday there
was a fearful uproar in the streets
while we were at dinner. The crackle
Of musketry was soon followed by the
roar Of artillery. Hearing shrieks in
the streets l rushed to the window and
saw several houses in flames. Soldiers
we're smashing shop windows and loot
s. Ing in all directions. One had an arm
full Of groceries and others stocked up
with boxes of cigars. AS the people
rushed into the streets from their
~ burning houses they were shot down
al like rabbits"
The Dutchman told how he had hid
den with his employers in the cellar.
The shooting became more brisk after
Hghtfal Presently they found their
own house blazing and had to choose
between making a dash for their. lives
Or roasting
Bodies Thick in the Streets.
They had escaped by representing
Themselves as Germans, and a knowl-
edge Of the German language enabled
n them to carry out the impersonation
They were conducted to the railway
station by German soldiers. The sales
man continues:
Our walk through the streets to the
railway station was like a walk
4 through hell. The beautiful town was
sea Of flames. Bodies of the dead
lay thick in the streets. Dreadful
cries came from many houses. We
reached the railway station at $50
o'clock in the morning. The soldiers
we're still going about the streets with
lighted brands ana explosives in their
hands, setting alight any buildings
that remained intact. In the parks they
lad already begun to bury the dead
a many cases in the shallow graves
ID the large park each body was Wis
ible
Citizens Lined Up and Shot.
AT the railway station were 80 citi-
aens men and women. who had been
brought from houses from which sol
:: oleFs swore shots had been fired. They
we're lined up in the streets, protest
1g With tears in their eyes that they
As'e Innocent. Then came a firing
squad and volley followed volley and
le o0 fell dead where they stood"
ms incident was confirmed by a
b. 3N@4 'At@Al0ti WIZ say . lHdL OVV
ul1ens were ranged at the station,
aao tenth part were ordered shot
Sacked by Germans.
-ondon.-The Morning Posts CORE
'pohoent at Terneuzed, Holland, tells
" 'ae burning of Louvain and charges
,-4' many residents of that historic
'slglan city were killed.
Louyain," he says, was sacked
4sonesday night by Germans. The
s'sa'ef part of the population was
l4ssacTed. including women, children
~ Clergy Their nationality did not
'e one English and one American
es'ggman- All the noble public build
1ss' including the town hall, library
sll university were destroyed.
\ mat IS the tale of horror disclosed
z Sai'nes by fleeing refugees and con
~lsa by the correspondent and by
.''-ped notables from the destroyed
The atrocity seems incredible,
~ Il is believed here.
Germans Fire on Germans.
" nat seems to have happened is
-le German army, defeated at