SHOOTING IN BELFAST

Evening Star, Issue 22087, 22 July 1935, Page 7

SHOOTING IN BELFAST

DISTURBANCES COHTIHUE NINTH VICTIM SUCCUMBS Frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyrigh; LONDON, July 21. Shots again rang out at Belfast during the funeral of James Andrews, a victim of the rioting. Thousands were watching the cortege when the sound of gur ■) cr.. d a stampede to the side st: s. !i r ' ing the gunman the police were forced to draw their batons to prevent the cordon being broken. The crowd roughly handled a suspect. \

The procession was returning from the funeral waving Union Jacks, the crowds of women and girls singing, when a man fired five shots from a small automatic, wounding John O’Hara. The crowd attempted to capture the assailant, but the police intervened. The magistrate sentenced Henry Connor, of Belfast, to three months’ imprisonment for intimidating a woman, to whom ho handed a paper on which was written: “ Clear out or be burned out.” The ninth death has occurred —that of George M‘Kay, who was wounded in the head. FAMILIES FLEEING FROM DISTURBED AREAS POLICE BEGIN RAIDS FOR ARMS. BELFAST, July 21. (Received July 22, at 10 a.m.) Armed men forced their way into the house of John Hamill, seriously wounding him. ‘ Appeals for peace were heard in all Protestant and Catholic churches today. The estimated damage and, loss through last week’s riots is between £40,000 and £50,000. Hundreds of families have fled from the disturbed areas. Those remaining live in a state of terror and bolt apd bar themselves indoors early in the evening. The police have begun raids for arms throughout the city, and soldiers with fixed bayonets are stationed at many points behind a new type of wire* barrier.