70:
333:
244:
meters in private homes. A number of public meetings had been held to protest against the increase, culminating in a demonstration on 23 March in
Brunswick Square, located outside the Red House. Protesters threw rocks at the building, smashing windows (including a historical stained glass window commemorating the arrival of
248:) and causing members of the legislature to hide under tables for protection. The protesters then set the lower floor on fire, at which time police opened fire on the crowd, killing sixteen people, and injuring forty-two others (including two teenagers and one child). The fire completely gutted the Red House.
243:
Around 1900, Trinidad had a high consumption of water. In 1874 the yearly water consumption per citizen was twice as high as in London. Following the building of national waterworks infrastructure, the
Government passed an ordinance that increased the cost of water, enacting the installation of water
144:
314:
393:
193:
137:
130:
237:
374:
154:
408:
203:
295:
208:
233:
319:
367:
265:
74:
403:
360:
198:
245:
8:
398:
340:
229:
122:
348:
291:
168:
178:
344:
183:
173:
332:
387:
225:
39:
152:
232:, then a British colony. As a result of the riots, the
290:. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 365.
385:
394:Riots and civil disorder in Trinidad and Tobago
368:
138:
288:Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago
375:
361:
317:: In Our Pages:100, 75 and 50 Years Ago.
145:
131:
285:
16:1903 social unrest in Trinidad and Tobago
386:
126:
51:Rioters Victory - Red House destroyed
327:
156:Social unrest in Trinidad and Tobago
13:
308:
266:"The Trinidad Water Riots of 1903"
204:National Union of Freedom Fighters
14:
420:
238:Executive and Legislative Council
75:Government of Trinidad and Tobago
331:
209:Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
68:
22:Trinidad and Tobago Water Riots
279:
258:
80:Trinidad & Tobagoan Police
1:
251:
42:, Brunswick Square, Red House
347:. You can help Knowledge by
320:International Herald Tribune
315:1903:Riots Over Water Prices
236:, which was the seat of the
7:
10:
425:
326:
409:Trinidad and Tobago stubs
268:. NationalArchives.gov.uk
194:Labor unrest of 1934–1939
164:
101:
96:
60:
55:
47:
34:
26:
21:
286:Pemberton, Rita (2018).
199:Black Power Revolution
112:16 killed, 42 injured
97:Casualties and losses
246:Christopher Columbus
228:on 23 March 1903 in
341:Trinidad and Tobago
230:Trinidad and Tobago
404:March 1903 events
356:
355:
217:
216:
169:St. Joseph Mutiny
121:
120:
117:
116:
92:
91:
416:
377:
370:
363:
335:
328:
323:, 25 March 2003.
302:
301:
283:
277:
276:
274:
273:
262:
159:
157:
147:
140:
133:
124:
123:
103:
102:
73:
72:
71:
62:
61:
19:
18:
424:
423:
419:
418:
417:
415:
414:
413:
384:
383:
382:
381:
311:
309:Further reading
306:
305:
298:
284:
280:
271:
269:
264:
263:
259:
254:
240:was destroyed.
218:
213:
179:Canboulay riots
160:
155:
153:
151:
113:
108:
88:
83:
69:
67:
43:
17:
12:
11:
5:
422:
412:
411:
406:
401:
396:
380:
379:
372:
365:
357:
354:
353:
336:
325:
324:
310:
307:
304:
303:
296:
278:
256:
255:
253:
250:
224:took place in
215:
214:
212:
211:
206:
201:
196:
191:
186:
184:Hosay massacre
181:
176:
174:Arena Massacre
171:
165:
162:
161:
150:
149:
142:
135:
127:
119:
118:
115:
114:
111:
109:
106:
99:
98:
94:
93:
90:
89:
86:
84:
82:
81:
65:
58:
57:
53:
52:
49:
45:
44:
38:
36:
32:
31:
30:23 March. 1903
28:
24:
23:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
421:
410:
407:
405:
402:
400:
397:
395:
392:
391:
389:
378:
373:
371:
366:
364:
359:
358:
352:
350:
346:
343:article is a
342:
337:
334:
330:
329:
322:
321:
316:
313:
312:
299:
297:9781538111451
293:
289:
282:
267:
261:
257:
249:
247:
241:
239:
235:
231:
227:
226:Port of Spain
223:
210:
207:
205:
202:
200:
197:
195:
192:
190:
187:
185:
182:
180:
177:
175:
172:
170:
167:
166:
163:
158:
148:
143:
141:
136:
134:
129:
128:
125:
110:
105:
104:
100:
95:
85:
79:
78:
77:
76:
64:
63:
59:
54:
50:
46:
41:
40:Port of Spain
37:
33:
29:
25:
20:
349:expanding it
338:
318:
287:
281:
270:. Retrieved
260:
242:
221:
219:
188:
66:
222:Water Riots
189:Water Riots
48:Resulted in
399:1903 riots
388:Categories
272:2021-04-25
252:References
234:Red House
87:Rioteers
35:Location
107:Unknown
56:Parties
294:
339:This
345:stub
292:ISBN
220:The
27:Date
390::
376:e
369:t
362:v
351:.
300:.
275:.
146:e
139:t
132:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
