HOW IT STARTED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11686, 1 May 1916, Page 1

HOW IT STARTED.

STORY OF FIGHTING. NEWSPAPER MACHINERY WRECKED. J3y Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received May 1, 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 30. j The "Daily Chronicle's" Dublin fcorresycndent says that during the- week-end j many Sinn Feiners arrived in Dublin, j the holiday races and spring shovr [ jaffording credible excuses. ' The C'ty was quiet until 12.30 on Monday afternoon, when the riot broke j out. V POST OFFICE TAKEN. ! A small body of armed mcfi entered ■•.he Post' Office rosdstnnc<> and

'■" l a-squadron*of Hussars, which drew;, up i at tha building afterwards was fired at. One man dropped from his saddle; and two horses were shot dead. The castle was attacked at tha samo moment, and the poKceman - on duty was shot dead. The forecourt was entered and the great tomes from the Law Library were used to barricade the windows and doors. The rebels, who were strongly entrenched, offered stubborn resistance to machine gun fire and cavalry charges. A civilian, who unwittingly walked towards the Sinn Feiners' trenches was told to go back. He refused- and yvas shot dead, LIBERTY HALL SHELLED. A gunboat on the Liffey shelled Liberty Hall, and when the bombardment ceased thirty dead were found in the building. One of the rebels' first acts was to wreck the machines in the newspaper offices, and no papers were issued except the " Irish Times," which was a single sheet, containing 'a Government bulletin.