THE IRISH TRAGEDY.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1765, 17 March 1921, Page 5

THE IRISH TRAGEDY.

CONFLICT IN DUBLIN. A MOST SAVAGE AFFAIR. [By Electric Cable* —Copyright.] (Auat. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, March 15. Shots were fired at a police car from a house in Brunswick Street, Dublin. The fire was returned and three civilians were killed, of whom two were armed. A quantity of ammunitioft and revolvers was found in the house. Five police were wounded, two of them seriously. (Received Wednesday, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 15. A semi-official account of the fight In Dublin showsothat it was one of the most savage affairs in the city’s history. Apart from the attack from houses, there was a regular ambush in the street. Several parties of armed civilians opened fire on two tenders loaded with auxiliaries, who were about to raid premises. The driver of the first car, with great presence of mind, instead of stopping, charged the group ahead, from which the heaviest fusllade had come, and the auxiliaries leaped into their midst. Shots and a fierce hand-to-hand duel ensued. The commanding officer emptied both hiSTCvolvers, and found himself confronted by a man with a large automatic pistol. He tackled his assailant low, and brought him to the ground and made him a prisoner. Three more of the attackers are reported killed. One auxiliary was so badly wounded that he died later, and another is dying. The auxiliaries, while routing out the urmed civilians in the vicinity, engaged in a series of isolated encounters, suffering and inflicting •everal casualties.