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RIOTING IN BELFAST FOUR DEAD, 20 INJURED LONDON, July 13. A recrudescence of the shooting at Belfast- occurred in the evening, Ellen Connor, a septuagenarian, being found dying in the' street with wounds iu the head. A volley fired into a public house injured a customer. Occasional shots fired during the daytime wounded a watchman and a boy. Armored cars are patrolling the dockyard area. The curfew has been introduced. The frenzied crowd wrecked and burned a number of houses in the York street area. The police used batons, rifles, and armored cars, and, finally, the military was called out.. Numbers of the Border Regiment arrived in lorries and stcel-helmetcd. The. casualties were four killed and 20 sent to hospital, including a policeman shot in the shoulder. Between 30 and 40 were treated for minor injuries.
The police state that the trouble began in a rush from the market area at'the Orange Day procession.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18758, 15 July 1935, Page 7
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