Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1893 — AN ARAB TOWN BOMBARDED. [ARTICLE]

AN ARAB TOWN BOMBARDED.

A dispatch to the London Times from Zanzibar says that a lieutenant attached to the Italian steamer, St. Affeta, was recently stabbed and killed at Merkah, a seaport town off east Africa, situated for-ty-five miles from Magadoxo. Merkah was founded by Arab traders, belongs to Zanzibar and is built of stone. It has a population of three thousand, including a number of European merchants. The death of the Italian lieutenant was immediately avenged by bombardment of Merkah. during which a number of the Zomolls were killed and considerable damage done to the town. Merkah is now said to be quiet, and no further trouble is anticipated, especially as all those in the town have been disarmed.