CHALLENGE IN NORTH
MINES SOWN AT GREENORE
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; ■<). ;':.-;-:-; ;. LONDONyvJTth August; :' ,•' ; Rebels seized Greenofe^:, oh, the Carlingf prd. Lough; County Louth;. and have sown mines in the-harbour, but declare^ that v they ;■' will • not interfere', (yr ith :".' the; daily steamship sferyice .from; Hblyhead: Rebels are massed at ;points commanding the harbour;; and .have placed machineguns , injositioh, with a- view to; pre-.' venting" Free, Stfrte forces .from' landing.! Eight armed men.;;waylaid • two bank managers* ? from r'lßallinainore, ' County, (^van, going to. branches; at -Swanlinbar/: ancf ;robbed,;,them "of ,£2000.i: :'Ak-) other bank nianajger. passed the1 spot* a few minutes: previously.;{.. *.''-. :: A.n alarming.' act .of .sabptage;:; is re-. pbi'teid , f torn ,'fralee. j. ftebels captured a train,' and ordered; thd driver to| evacuate the crejiv. and'start the. train-going 'at full Bpeeyy/T-THeV;i.dny&/Vfirem^j.'anid-:in^ec>- ! tor; all :■'■ refused ■ ;tb ■ bbey, '/althbugh : re-' rvblvers wSre.held:.;at;thßir. heads.■■■' Ari'ex-v raiWiymari ambrig»the;.rebels';tli«h start-edHhe-train; ;i:;;A;"»hunter,:iielr:jTralee; turned the train) which had then attained a great speed,'. ihtoTa Siding, averting a great. disaster,1 hv Tralee/r tvhere the Tihe ■ congested;larea»;'-*";' ,'■'■-■. ■ ■' '■ "■'■' ."■■ Two; hundred; rebels attacked National forces at Bundoranjja;, Donegal watering place.■ •*•'•/ Holiday-makers J: fled■'-.■>"'tfirror-strickeßJ. Reinforceiinehts "are proceeding to'the. garrisbn's'aid^":/;,:':,;",' •:V\-;i'-^'-'
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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184CHALLENGE IN NORTH Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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