SEVEN VICTIMS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1935, Page 7

SEVEN VICTIMS

RIOTING AT BELFAST RELIGIOUS DISTURBANCE STORM CENTRE, CHANGES SERIOUS FIRES LIGHTED APPEAL BY LORD MAYOR By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Belfast, July 18. The centre of the religious clashes which have continued since the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne on July 12 has moved to the west districts of Belfast, where Protestants and Catholics have received anonymous warnings to leave their homes. Many have removed furniture under the protection of armed police. Furniture was set on fire in some streets where crowds of both factions gathered. The Lord Mayor, at the instance of leaders of religious denominations and political, business and trade union organisations, has appealed for peace. He urged the citizens not to gather in the Streets, to refrain from offensive language and to resume ordinary work, adopting a conciliatory spirit to fellowworkers of a different religion and politics. The worst fire of the week occurred in the Conway Street school, where incendiaries worked so thoroughly that the fire brigade was helpless. James Andrews, aged 17, who was wounded in the stomach with a revolver bullet, has died in hospital, bringing the death roll to seven.