OUTBREAKS IN BELFAST.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15275, 24 July 1920, Page 3

OUTBREAKS IN BELFAST.

ATTACKS BY SINK FEIXKRS. (Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) LONDON, July 22. j There was a serious devlopment' at ] the Belfast riots. A mob invaded the ] distillery v with -a view to inciting the ] workers to strike. Order vm only ye- ' stored after the arrival of a Lewis gun ( detifhineift. Stone-throwing continues . m the street^, .told looting is prevalent. \ A thousand windows havo been smashed. Firinjr occurred m the shipyard. A crowd armed witfc picks endeavored to cuter, but were repulsed by the' troops, suffering several casualties. : ! Three, more persons were killed i m Belfast m the evening, including a priest. ■' . A Dublin communique states that fifteen civilians attacked tcvo military officers who were returning to Ennisymon barracks. .Shots were fired, killing one and wounding several, but the oiiicors were umhui't. . The Belfast looters-dir«cted their attention principally' against hotels and licensed grocers. A young married woman was killed last night while ca,rrj'ing a baby. Hhe was going o;ii a visit to a. dying friend. Tlie ringing of the carl'ew has been enforced at .Cork. , Troops m motor lorries with searchlights are patrolling the streets. Sixteen arrests twere made. A motor car containing Sinn Fein volunteers escorting a prisoner accused of theft was attacked by military motor cyclists, at an . old castle m County Meath. Shots were exchanged. One volunteer was killed and four soldiers wounded. Sir Hamar Greenwood stated that it was estimated that two millions sterling of property had been destroyed by Sinn Feiners m" Ireland during 1919 and 1920. All 'advisable steps were being takem to ascertain the whereabouts of General Lucas, but without success up to the present. . A mob wrecked the Falls road post office. The police fired on the crowd, wounding several civilians. Oiie hundred raiders overpowered * the garrison- of ten marines at the Howes Strand coastguard station after an hour's fighting, and stole rifles and ammunition. One raider was killed. A sharp exchange of shots occurred betweem masked men and police going to Ballina -barracks. A sergeant was shot dead and a constable was dangerously wounded. — A. and N^Z.C.A. LONDON, July 22. Tlie Archbishop of Tuam wi»te to Major-General Macready, urging the investigation of the wrecking of tne town. General Macready promised, to communicate with the proper authorities, and added : 'The police doubtless were incensed at tho cold-blooded murder of comrades. Such crimes could not be perpetrated without the tacit consent and connivance of a large section of the population. Retaliation, however, could never serve aa a remedy for crime." — Times. t