BELFAST RIOTERS
FIRE IN A SCHOOL MAYOR APPEALS FOR ORDER BELFAST, July .18 The worst fire in Connection with the disturbances in Belfast this week occurred in the Conway Street school, where incendiaries worked so thoroughly that the fire brigade was helpless. Andrews, who was shot on Monday, died in hospital, bringing tlje death roll to seven. The centre of trouble .11 the city has moved to the west, to districts where Protestants and Roman Catholics received anonymous warnings to leave their homes. Many removed their furniture protected by armed police. The furniture was set or\ fire in some streets, where Crowds of both factions gathered. The Lord Mayor, at the instance of loaders of religious denominations, political, business and trades union organisations, appealed for peace. He urged the citizens not to gather in the streets, and to refrain from using offensive language. He also asked all to resume their ordinary work and to adopt a conciliatory spirit toward their fellow-workers of different religions and politics.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 13
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