IRISH OUTRAGES
AI ORE HOMES BURNT. (Auatraiian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, January 30. The Irregulars burned Milestown House, a valuable Louth mansion, with valuable- contents. The occupants were ordered out by the raiders. After ordering the Mayo family and servants to leave Palmerston, a beautiful residence at Straffon, County Kildare, rebels completely destroyed the building by fire, allowing only the family pictures and art treasures to be removed. SENATOR KIDNAPPED. LONDON, January 31. While walking with his wife in Sutton (Mayo) Senator Bagwell was kidnapped by armed men. and driven away in a taxi. The Free State authorities issued a proclamation that if Bagwell is not safely returned within fortyeight hours, punitive measures will be taken against the kidnappers’ associates. This is generally interpreted to mean executions. MAKING THE BEST OF IT NEW YORK, January 31. According to a Madison, Wisconsin, message, Sir Horace Plunkett, who is leaving to-day, en route for Ireland, declared that he was glad his house was destrojed, rather than some poor man’s one-roomed dwelling, and he expressed satisfaction that none was injured. He could not see any political significance in the destruction of his home.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 February 1923, Page 5
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