BATTLE IN LIMERICK.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 45, 5 February 1920, Page 5

BATTLE IN LIMERICK.

BULLETS FLY IN STREETS London. Feb. 3. The Irish authorities have instituted a new system of mixed military and police patrqjs. Nothing serious occurred at Dublin. Crowds jeering and singing provoked a street battle at Limerick. A patrol of thirty two soldiers and seven policemen accompanied bytanks and armoured cars beginning their rounds in the evening were subjected to hostile demonstrations culminating from side streets. The patrol returned the fire and continued their march, 1 when a Einlet from a side street wounded a sergeant in the head. The firing continued for some time. A•_ stray bullet killed a policeman inside a house. Another wounded a young woman in the stomach. She is in a dangerous condition. An ex-soldier was shot in the leg aqd several others slightly' wounded and taken to the hospital. MURDER SOCIETY’S GRIP FIRM HOLD ON DUBLIN. London, Feb. 3. Mr. Justice Moore, addressing the Grand Jury at Dublin, said the attempt on Lord French’s life and the killing of Inspector Redmond suggested that Dunlin was yet _ in the grip of a murder association. Over twenty’ Dublinites had planned to shoot Lord French in cold blood. If they had succeeded they would have brought undying infamy on the country.