THIRTY MILLIONS' DAMAGE.

Northern Advocate, 3 May 1916, Page 3

THIRTY MILLIONS' DAMAGE.

THE COUNTESS SURRENDERS

MAXWELL'S STERN MEASURES,

(Press Assn.—Reed. 8.35 p.m.)

LONDON, May 2,

It .is calculated that the damage done in Dublin amounts to £30,000,000. The people are concerned as to whether Government will give financial aid.

General Maxwell on Sunday issued a proclamation warning the people of Dublin that he intended, if necessary, to blow up areas where rebels were entrenched and the inhabitants of the affected areas must leave their bouses, especially the women and children who would be well treated if they approached the sentries with a white flag. The men must not have their hands in their pockets, but if their bona fides was proved they would also be allowed to leave.

The proclamation struck terror into the rebels, who had been in good heart for the greater part of the week.

They adopted many ingenious devices to get ammunition. The guards opened two coffins at Rathmines and found one contained a body and the other ammunition. They have now realised the impossibility of facing cannon and the wholesale explosion of houses. The- Countess .Markiewicz, commanding the rebels at the Royal College of Surgeons at St. Stephen's Green, defended it stubbornly until Sunday morning and then the white flag replaced the green. A British officer ordered the garrison to surrender and at 11 o'clock punctually the Countess in a green tunic and hat came out followed by the men marching in twos. She led the men to the British lines, saluted the officers commanding, kissed her revolvers before surrendering them and announced: "I am ready." The men were disarmed and marched under an armed escort to Dublin Castle where 700 rebels ar.e gathered. Many of the Sein Feiners threw away their rifles and ammunition and endeavoured to escape in ordinary clothes. General Maxwell therefore closed the bridges and roads.