THE DAILY PROVINCE
MAY 3, 1907

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HINDU MOB MAKES ATTACK ON
EUROPEANS
--------------------Natives at Rawalfindi Burn Bungalows and Pillage
Church--Agitators Are the Cause of Disturbances.

--------------------Allahabad, British India. May 3.--Serious anti-European riots have
occurred at Rawalpindi, Punjab. A Hindue[Sic] mob burned two bungalows,
pillaged the mission church, looted the post office, burned a garage and all the
motor cars in it, destroyed the electric light plant of the house, and smashed
the windows of the residences of many Europeans. Armed police eventually
regained the upper hand and dispersed the rioters. The town is now patrolled
by a squadron of the Tenth Hussars.
The outbreak is attributed to the incendiary influence of a number of
well known agitators who have been making speeches throughout the Punjab,
and who are also held responsible for the recent outbreak at Lahore.
Rawalpindi is a fortified town of the Punjab, capital of the Rawalpindi Division
and district. It is situated forty-seven miles from Attock, an important
strategic point on the Indus, and has a population of about ninety thousand.