SINN FEIN OUTRAGES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17825, 6 January 1920, Page 5

SINN FEIN OUTRAGES

POLICE BARRACKS RAIDED. DEFENDERS CArTURED AND HANDCUFFED. RAIDERS DECAMP WITH LOOT. Proas Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. January 4. (Received Jan. 5, at 9.45 p.m.) Unknown raiders blew up tho police barracks at Carrigtohill (in County Cork), gassed the occupants, and stole £65. Another party fired into the police barracks at Carrignavar (in County Cprk). Tho occupants had a narrow escape. A later message states that there are sensational details in regard to the Carrigtohill outrage. It «is estimated that 100 or more Sinn Feiners were concerned. They converged upon the village on bicycles and motor cars, and the police were just ablo to communicate with Cork before the telephones wero cut. The Sinn Feiners commenced by firing volleys into tho barnicks. Six policemen replied by shooting into tho difl'kness. The results are unknown. The Sinn Feiners were able to place an explosive on the end of the barracks, and blew in tho wall. They rushed across the debris and captured and handcuffed tho defenders. They then held 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, jusi as armed reinforcements arrived from Cojk. The latter released the handcuffed Dolice, but no arrests have been made.—A. and N.Z. Cable.