UNRULY IRELAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1716, 6 January 1920, Page 5

UNRULY IRELAND.

FURTHER ATTACKS ON POLICE.

SENSATIONAL AFFRAYS

By _ Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association LONDON, Jan. 4. Unknown raiders blow up tho police barracks at Carrigtohill, gassed tho occupants and stole £65. Another party fired into the police barracks at Carrigpavar, The occupants had a narrow escape. A later message states that there aro sensational details about tho Carrigtohill outrage. It Is estimated that a hundred or more Sinn Feiners were concerned. They converged upon tho village on bicycles and motor cars. The police were just able to communicate with Cork before the telephones were cut. The Sinn Feiners commenced by firing volleys into the barracks. Six policemen replied, shooting into the darkness. Tho results aro unknown. Tho Sinn Feiners were able to place an explosive on the end of the barracks and blew' in tho wall.' They rushed dcross tho debris and captured and handcuffed the defenders. They' hold a council to decide whether the police should bo shot forthwith, but finally decided that they should not, as they had made a brave defence.

The Sinn Feiners decamped with the loot, just as armed reinforcements arrived from Cork. They released tho handcuffed police, but no arrests have been made.