CIVIL WAR IN DERRY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 230, 23 June 1920, Page 7

CIVIL WAR IN DERRY

BATTLE BETWEEN UNIONISTS AND

SINN FEINERS

CITY HELD BY ARMED BANDS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright

London, June 21. Rioting was renewed, at Londonderry in tho morning when one person was mortally and two seriously injured. Rifle and revolver firing is continuous in tho disturbed area. People are afraid to proceed to work, and business is at a standstill.

Later. Civil war prevail in Londonderry, and tho authorities are powerless against armed bands who hold the city. Several more people were snot dead this morning, and many were wounded. An intense battle continues between the Unionists and Sinn Feiners. Soldiers having restored order in one district find that shootings'" have broken out in another.

A corpso was found floating in the river riddled with bullets.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FURTHER RIOTING

CAUSES CESSATION OF BUSINESS. (Reo. June 23, 0.10 a.m.)

London, June 21. I Fierco rioting was resumed in Londonderry this afternoon. The postmen and cabmen left the streets, and thousands of factory girls fiod terrified along the streets, unable to return to work. Shops and banks remain closed. Holidaymakers returninjr from tho seaside are stranded, not daring to venture into the thoroughfares, where' bullets are flying. 'All workers on the quays are rendered idle, owing to the reckless shooting. •. Irish Volunteers itom the' north are mobilising with a view to marching on Londonderry. Two charred bodies were found in the debris of the courthouse at Drumcollogher, in County Limerick, which was burned last night.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

RAILWAY CRISIS REACHED PRIME MINISTER DEFIED. . Dublin, June 21. The railway outlook is gloomy, and a crisis hns been reached. The railwaymen defy Mr. Lloyd George's threat to olose ■ the railways, and are fully prepared to fight. They will bp supported by the Republican funds.—"The Times." STRIKE BELIEVED TO BE UNAVOIDABLE. (Reo. June 23, 0.10 a.m.) London, Jurie 21. It is feared that an Irish railway striko is now unavoidable, but it is not Jikely to bo prolonged, as the strikers' funds aro small. There will be a serious shortage of food in the towns, and unemployment will be general.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A STRANGE DEADLOCK. (Reo. June 22, 8.45 p.m.) London, June 21. A strange railway deadlock has occurred at Cloughjordan, in County Tipperary. Twenty soldiers and armed police boarded a train from Dublin as escort, but the drivers refused to continue until the escort quitted the train, which, was holding up several following trains.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.