The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-07
RIOT and PILLAGE
Many Persons Killed or Wounded
in Belfast, Ireland.
Two Taverns Sacked and Burned
and 100 Houses Wrecked.

Belfast, Ireland, has been the scene OF 81
series of terrible riots in which taverns were
sacked and burned, about 100 houses were
wrecked and many persons killed or wopndea
in encounters with the police. In the }yax1-
GUS assaults made by the police upon the ri-
oters, twenty-five Of the latter were severely
wounded by the buckshot fired at them. A.
cable dispatch from Belfast gives the fols
lowing details: e. ;fSS
made an attlck upon the tavern kept by!a 1
Catholic named Duffy. The police wereJ
promptly on the scene, and. after stubborn.
contest, during which they used their car
bines drove the mob away in disorder. Z,
The rioters reassembled with increased! :
strength and again attacked Dufy'Ha,
this time overpowering the Po.s
lice and driving them from the place. ina
the first assault Chief of Police Carr was;
wounded. He was carried away in critical.
condition. When the Orangemen returned
to the fight they were accompanied by O.:
large number of factory girls, who j
goaded or shamed the men on t0S
battle, and formed q most danger
Gus element. When the officers aban- !
doned Duffy's the mob took complete pos-S1
session of the tavern. It was at once;
thoroughly sacked. All the taps and
spiggots were set running and everybody
was invited to help himself according
to his taste. All the barrels Of liquor &
found in stock were carried into the
street, lifted up high and let fall until 1
they broke and liberated their eonss
tents. All the furniture was Carried ons.st
piled in the centre Of the roadway, and
burned in a bonfire to furnish the riotersG
with light during their Iebauch. Men, boys,
and girls drank until they fell helpless In the
cutters, the girls actin, with greater fury
during the earlier stages Of the orgie than the
men. the noise, tn, profanity, and the dis
order was terrible. 80
The mob ended their work here by fringa
the tavern itself and it was burned to tho
become infurated and not oyerpowered toys !;
their potations, ran through the Streets Z
wrecking and pillaging wherever they wentt
and increasing their following ttea
further they proceeded. These rioters after;
awhile congregated around the polices4
station and stoned the place until they were
tired. They then marched down to another
tavern. The police fastened thither IN adT2
vance and attempted to protect the properly
but thew were overpowered and driven away.s
The mob, left in possession, treated the tavern
as they had treated Duffy's, turned ON
all the taps, broke the full barrels IN =
the street, made bonfire of the furniture and
finally set fire to the building. The police
returned and this time got the better
for a time of the mob, whose rankSf
were depleted by the scores who had fallen
away in drunkenness, and extinguished the :
flames before they could gain controls
of the structure. But the officers were
unable to drive the rioters from the locality,.
and they remained and dominated everysS
! thing until morning. During the rowdyim
Of the night Mr.. Gladstone and Mr. Parneh !
were both burned in efigy, and dummyS
corpse labeled Home Rule was cremated. -
Rioting was renewed here this evening and
the riot act was again read. The mob in-,e
creased in size and began throwing stones at
the police. The latter fired, killing fourper.
sons. one Of whom was barmaid who was
looking out of O tavern window at the light
ING. The mob returned the fire, and brisk
fusillade was kept up for twenty minutes
Soldiers appeared and paraded the streets. to-
assist the police in case Of necessity.
The mob drove force Of 150 policemen
into the barracks and then attacked the
buildings, firing revolvers and throwing
stones at the doors and windows. The po.
lice fired, killing five persons. Several Prot
estant clergymen tried to disperse the mon,
but their efforts were unavailing. One OF
the persons killed was a widow, with two,
children. A force of $50 policemen were
sent from Dublin to Belfast to reinforce the
police there.
At Lurgan, Ireland scenes similar to the
above described were enacted. Thomas Gal
lasher, simpleton, was shot dead while
waving an Orange sash in the face ora home
Rule mob during an in,essant tre between.
that mob and its Orange opponents twenty
rioters were arrested. - -