SEVERE FIGHTING IN DUBLIN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16829, 4 September 1922, Page 6

SEVERE FIGHTING IN DUBLIN.

Another Night of Terror.

Rebels Defeated in Counties. Bv Telejrrapb—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received September 4, 8 a.m.) LONDON, September 2. Dublin reports state that the worst night of fighting since the O’Connell Street surrender was experienced in the city on Friday, when a strong’ detachment of rebels attacked, several Nationalist posts, including the City Hall, the Four Courts Hotel and the Technical School They were driven off after two hours’ continuous shooting. Trams were stopped during the fighting, and the terrified passengers lay fiat on the floors while bullets whizzed along, emptying the streeets. Despite the intensity of the shooting, the casualties were remarkably small in number. Brisk fighting is reported in Cork, and Waterford Counties, and in each case the rebels were defeated.

Further Atrocities By Rebels.

Men Shot In Cold Blood. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received September 4, 8 a.m.) LONDON, September 3. A Dublin railwayman named John Stephens was dragged from his bed by armed men, early in the morning, taken in a motor to the outskirts of the city, shot, and left for dead by the roadside. He is now in hospital but his condition is precarious. Two other men were found shot dead in the grounds of a house at Black Rock.

National Troops Fired On.

Unarmed Soldiers Killed.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received September 4, 9.15 a.m.) ..LONDON, September 3. A machine-gun, mounted on a« motor cycle side-car, opened fire across the river, on a parade of unarmed National soldiers in Cork. Two were killed and eleven were wounded by expanding bullets.