Simon Soon
Aournd 10AM, Vapoo Merican Noordin saw from his window a crowd running to and fro in the Street, armed. He then reported hearing what sounded like a cannon, and estimated that it would've been fired from the minaret of the Malay Mosque. Firing of cannon continued on 6 August.
NOTES
The Penang Riots Reports 1867: Report of the Commissioners Appointed Under Act XXI of 1867, to Enquire into The Penang Riots [PCRC]. Penang: Argus Press 1868. PRO CO 273 /21. 149.
