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SOLDIERS KILLED BY GUNMEN. CORK CITIZENS KIDNAPPED. By Telegr&ph-— Press Association —CopjTigbt. Ao6fcr*lian and N.Z. Cable Association 3LONDON. March 1. As an outcome of the Cork executions gunmen attacked soldiers in the streets of Cork, killing fire and wounding eleven. A number of civilians also were wounded. It is rumoured in Cork that several persona recently disappeared. It is believed that they were kidnapped, their foie depending on the fate of the bis men eacfecute.il. CONDON. March 1. The official report states that the soldiers murdered at Cork last night were unarmed. A crowd outside the barracks at Cork during the executions recited prayers and then dispersed quietly, but the city is excited and the tension, which increased hourly, culminated at darksin a number of encounters between soldiers and civilians. Two soldiers were killed and six soldiers and several civilian* wounded. General Strickland ordered all persons to be indoors at six o’clock in future.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16365, 2 March 1921, Page 4
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156IRISH CRISIS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16365, 2 March 1921, Page 4
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