A NEGRO RIOT.
THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM FIRED. Washington, Sept. 29. A negro riot occurred at the Pratt Mines in consequence of a white man murdering a negress.
In revenge for the murder, the negroes fired the town of Birmingham, in Pennsylvania.
A force of military has been despatched to the sasne of the occurrence.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 359, 3 October 1889, Page 2
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55A NEGRO RIOT. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 359, 3 October 1889, Page 2
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