Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1920 — BURN 3,000 REFUGEES [ARTICLE]

BURN 3,000 REFUGEES

MOSLEMS ' PCUR BURNING OIL ON THE ARMENIANS. Turks Break Through the Roofo of Seven Churches Where the Christians Were Gathered. w Chicago, March 13. —An Aleppo dispatch to The Daily Tribune says: “The French in evacuating Manish, which was entirely destroyed, left in their wake thousands of men, women and children. Many were lying in the streets without food, medical care or protection from the severe cold. Casualties among Armenians alone include 10,(88) dead. “Twenty American relief workers are reported safe, while 2,500 refugees were saved by crowding into a hospitarflying the American flag. "The refugees tell a story of almost unparalleled misery. The Turks! during the tight from January 21 to February 6 broke through the roofs of seven churches where Armenians were crowded, poured burning oil on the congregations and set the buildings afire. Three thousand perished thus. “Six thousand more Armenians were killed by a bombardment while of the 3,000 accompanying the French troops evacuating Marhsh on February 12. 1,000 died by the wayside from cold, exposure, lack of food, wounds and other causes.”