BELFAST RIOT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18758, 15 July 1935, Page 11

BELFAST RIOT

ONE DEAD, 40 WOUNDED AN ECHO OF THE BOYNE FIGHTING IN STREETS MARTIAL LAW DECLARED (Elec. Tot. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received July 13. 3 p.m.) LONDON, July 13. Hardly had Lord Craignvon told Orangemen at Gilford that the prospects in Northern Ireland were bright- and hopeful, when a fierce riot broke out- in Belfast, necessitating the proclamation oi martial law. Lord Craigavon said that recent conversations with Dominion Premiers had made him realise the importance ol Ulster ns a factor in imperial affairs, in which Orangemen, were destined to play an important pari. The Belfast, disturbance was precipitated from the dockland quarter, where stones were thrown, and revolvers fired from upper windows at a (Scottish band returning from a. proeession in celebration of the. Battle of the Boyne. The pipers and drummers .scornfully continued to march to music. Police rcinforeoinenls were rushed to the scene, and ail armored car tired over the heads of the mob. ilmnsn’ml". of which stampeded for refuge in the nearest- buildings. Mrs. Margaret Rodgers was killed, and Miss .Margaret Lang was shot in the stomach, and is not- expected to recover. A constable, a, .defective, and nearly 40 others were wounded by revolver shots. The tiring was believed lo he more widely spread than was actually the ease owing lo (he. volley-like sound of the Lanlbeg drums, which are deafeningly beaten willl the. hands as part, of the ceremonies until blood streams from the performers' thumbs, discoloring the drumheads. Parades in 17 oilier centres passed off quietly.