IRISH INCENDIARISM

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 January 1923, Page 5

IRISH INCENDIARISM

REBELS’ BUSY NIGUT. RESIDENCES DESTROYED. (Aualraiian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, January 30. 1 A grave outbreak by Irregulars occurrei on Monday night, when the houses o State officials, relatives of Ministers, am members of the Dublin Press were at tacked. The residence of Air Corrigan, cine State solicitor, was blown to atoms. M" Corrigan, her children and a maid wen evicted. Tim explosion shook the neigh bourhood, and . furniture was littered fee one hundred yards. The house adjoining the home of Robert Donovan, leader wntn on the “Freeman’s Journal,” for whom ’I is presumed the attack was intended, was entered by Irregulars, who evicted r e occupants and destroyed the building by

a mine. Armed men visited the residence of ?' r Brewster, manager of the “Independent” newspaper, wrecked the furniture, and ignited the premises. The Fire Brigade extinguished the flames after three rooms were seriously damaged. Armed men destroyed five hundred tons of hay at the home of Joseph Mooney, a director of the “Independent” newspaper. The approach of a detective patrol alarmed some men, who dropped a. parcel outside the home of Sir John Arnott, chairman of the “Irish imes.” The parcel contained a land mine. The home of Lawrence Flanagan, Mr Cosgrave’s brother-in-law, was ignited, but the flames were extinguished before the building was gutted. Bombing attacks were made on patrols and military posts. As a train was held up at Killiney, it was ignited apd destroyed. REBEL LEADER ARRESTED. LONDON, January 30. Free Staters have arrested Liam Sesy, who is supposed to share with Liam Lynch supreme control of the Irregulars. TERROR IN CORK.

LONDON, January 30. 'The “Daily Express’s” correspondent in Cork reports : Terror holds increased sway in Cork. 'The rebels in many rural districts practically dictate terms to the populace. The recent executions have disturbed the district, and some public bodies have shown republican sympathy, by motions of sympathy with relatives of those executed. Raids on Post Offices are of daily occurrence. A number of peaceable influential citizens have been held up, beaten, robbed, and left half dead on the roadside. Theatre and cinema proprietors arc between the devil and the deep sea as the rebels ordered all to close on every execution day, while, the Free State authorities say tha tthey must be kept open. The dockers and carters are striking and thousands of others are unemployed. Girls are playing an increasing part in the gunmen’s campaign Each gunman is accompanied

r puign. JLLcIUII t by a girl carrying revolvers under her skirts, and when the moment for ac- . tion arrives, she hands over the i weapons and receives them back again ■ immediately after the firing, and walks quietly away, while the gunmen are be. ing searched. The railway to Cross- . haven was almost entirely destroyed during this week-end, as the result ol simultaneous burning of nearly every station- The rebels are now concentrating on the Youghal line. COMPENSATION CLAIMS. (“Times” Service). LONDON, January 30. The “Times’s” Dublin correspondent states : The Dublin corporation is reconsidering the decision to pay halt wages to employees in military custody. General Mulcahy intimated that if the decision is carried out the persons responsible would be arrested. Details of the fierce week-end engagement in Limerick show that two separate parties of Free Staters were ambushed by a hundred Republicans arm. ed with machine and Lewis guns. The firing lasted five hours. The body of the killed Free State officer was stripped naked and left lying on the roadside. Advices from Dublin state that it m believed the Government is introducing a Bill to deal adequately with civilian damages, enabling compensation to be paid from the national exchequer. It is estimated that the claims will amount to thirty millions sterling, equal to about a year s revenue.