seven o'clock
The police made no attempt whatever to put down the riot . The English and Italian consuls , immediately they heard what was going on , drove together to the governor 's to call upon him to send for the troops , and to take vigorous steps to restore order . They were attacked upon the way and both wounded , but they succeeded in reaching the governor 's palace . By means of the strongest representations , and by telling him that he would be held personally responsible by the Powers they represented for the consequences of the disturbance , they at last induced him to act , and at seven o'clock the troops arrived and were marched through the streets , when the natives at once dispersed to their homes . Some seventy Europeans , including ten or twelve women , were killed , and all the shops in the quarter where the riot took place , pillaged . No damage was done in the business part of the town . There the Europeans at once armed themselves as soon as the news of the riot reached them , and formed up in the square .