Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1920 — Black Hole of Calcutta. [ARTICLE]

Black Hole of Calcutta.

This name was given to an apart*meat In Calcutta in which a party of English were confined on the night of June 20, 1756. The garrison of the fort connected with the English factory at . Calcutta was captured by the Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulu, who caused all the prisoners taken to be confined in a room 18 by 14. feet 10 inches. This cell had only two windows, obstructed by a veranda. Of the 150 people who spent the night in a horror of thirst, heat and agony from pressure, only 23 survived the experience.