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Show SERIOUS RIOTING AT PORT OF SPAIN Police Fire on Mob and Several Ftr-. Ftr-. sons Ar Either Killed or Wounded. KINGSTON, St. Vincent, March 24 A serious riot was in .progress yesterday afternoon In Port of Spain, Trinidad, according to a dispatch received from that city. The mob attempted to burn the , Government Gov-ernment buildings and the police had to lira on the rioters, killing or wounding several of tbem. r ; ' . The British cruiser Pallas, at the Urns tha - dispatch left, ' was , landing blue jackets. : : ' The rioting was due to the refusal on the part of the Government to withdraw with-draw an ordinance concerning- the new waterworks, to protest against which several public meetings had been held. A demonstration was made during the meeting of the legislative council, coun-cil, and finally the mob stoned the Government buildings and set fire to them. The riot act was read and the police fired on the mob. The city is in a state of great excitement. |