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Domestic News June 14, 1924

Seward Daily Gateway

Seward, Seward County, Alaska

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In Lewisburg, Pa., police from Williamsport assisted in subduing over 200 Bucknell University students on a rampage since Wednesday, involving explosives, small fires on cars, burning women's dresses, trampling veterans' parade flags, and smashing windows, injuring several people.

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POLICE CALLED TO
SUBDUE STUDENTS
OF BUCKNELL UNIV.

STUDENTS ON RAMPAGE START
SMALL FIRES AND BURN
DRESSES OFF WOMEN

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., June 9.

Police were asked by the chief of police in Lewisburg to send officers from this city to help subdue two hundred or more youths, said to be students of Bucknell University, who are on a rampage in the borough since Wednesday. The Lewisburg Chief of police said the students were firing cannon crackers, dynamite and other explosives in the main streets, starting small fires on automobiles and burning the dresses off of women in the streets. A number of persons were injured when they trampled the flags of the Veterans memorial parade at the cemetery, and smashed a number of windows.

What sub-type of article is it?

Riot Or Protest Crime

What keywords are associated?

Bucknell Students Rampage Lewisburg Explosives Small Fires Dress Burning Veterans Parade Window Smashing

Where did it happen?

Lewisburg, Pa.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Lewisburg, Pa.

Event Date

June 9, Since Wednesday

Outcome

a number of persons were injured when they trampled the flags of the veterans memorial parade at the cemetery, and smashed a number of windows.

Event Details

Police from Williamsport were asked by the Lewisburg chief of police to help subdue two hundred or more Bucknell University students on a rampage since Wednesday. The students were firing cannon crackers, dynamite and other explosives in the main streets, starting small fires on automobiles and burning the dresses off of women in the streets.

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