A LADY'S ACCOUNT.
Wellington, December 4. A lady passenger from Wellington to London by the Ruahin i writes to her son as follows regarding the Brazilian revolution :—v We had an awful experience at Rio. Yellow fever wai raging, but; that would not; have prevented our going ashore, buf for the revolution which hid been going on for three weeks. All the shops were closed, railways torn up, the post office shut up, and the officials taken fur soldiers. All the gentry had left the place, and the streets were lined with soldiers. We had notice that they would bombard the fortress at one o'clock. The cannon balls and bomb shells were flyinj? in all directions. You could see the fl»sh of fire from them, and the noise was awful, but as we hoisted the British flag the captain of tha Brazilian man-of-war allowed us to pass before sunset. Fo vessel could go out or come into th«» harbor without his permission or he would fire on them. We passed through ten fortresses with loaded cannons pointed, and they only stopped 4rinß to allow uq to pM§."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 3147, 5 December 1893, Page 2
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187A LADY'S ACCOUNT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 3147, 5 December 1893, Page 2
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