The sun., 1907-08-13
DLOODSHED IN BELFAST RIOT
NON ATTACKS POLICE nv Ma
TIONALIsT QUARTER.
Troops Csred out 90 Help ConstsbIes. and
BulIet and BsyoDet Are Used 60 or
srt Bottles and Paving stones women
carry Missiles for the M oters' Use.


,pee,ai Cable Despatch 10 THH Sun.
BILYAsT. Aug. ~. Fierce rioting was
renpwed in the Nationalist quarter to-
ght Bayonets again were used. and
,nlleys we're fired. Some persons we're
I,lnd and numbers were wounded, while
the injuries caused by other weapons could
MT I've computed. The outbreak was
clearly premediated. II began with the
a. ming Of two policemen who were walk
,p, along the street. civilian who was
walking near WAS assumed to be a detec-
,.e. and was stoned. The attack was
teuiish in it's unprovokedness. and the
men we're severely hurt
4 call brought the policemens COM
10, les. who carried the victims to the neigh
),ring barracks in Cullingtree road.
Thence a strong posse issued and arrested
=. iozen Of the attackers. who we're hustled
O, the barracks. foilowe ly a mob, which
FAMED broken bottles and stones on the
,nce MANY Of the constabies were
.uocked down. bleeding and stunned. but
al got within the barracks. The doors
we're locked against the besiegers.
Within a few minutes not a vestige Of a
window was left IN the tarraoks while the
,loors we're splintered and riddled as II by
.iapeshot.
Belfast rioters do not throw such stones
aaa boy uses to hit a mark. but stones such
as some streets are paved with. Children
AID women we're engaged during the day
~ digging these up. and the latter carried
hem in aprons to supply the men with am
m milton.
Telephone messages from the barracks
he r,llpt, apd ha
withdrawn from picket work only an hour
osrlier were hastily recalled. The dragons
aryived at a hard gallop. followed by the
y fantry al the double quick. The crowd
broke and fed into the side streets after
tvo charges had been made, but they soon
returned and threw stones and broken
Dottes az the infantrr, many OF whom were
emoved to the rear with their faces cut or
limbs disabled.
The troops meanwhile stood firm await
ng orders until they were told 10 charge
bIyonets. This they were now willing
enough to do. az a majority of them were
Smarting from more or less severe hurts
aud their tempers we're aroused. The
police charged alongside Of them and fierce
srrimmages followed. in which ugly wounds
we're distributed among both sides.
II is impossible to describe the scenes
hich converted the district into a he'll.
The fury Of the rioters was almost incon-
ceivable. Rage seemed to replace every
human quality. The cowardice charac-
teristic Of every infuriated mob was dis
played in all its ugliest phases. The volley
cowed the mob. Al a late hour the dis
iriS still was in a dangerous ferment and
vas held by troops and police.
When the fighting had lasted a while
without the troops gaining an apprecable
advantage the officers saw that sterner
measures were needed Preparatory
thereto they hastily summoned Brig. Gen.
Dawson, commanding the garrison. He
arrived with his staff and Magistrate and
Immediately saw that nothing short of
bullets was likely TO prove effective. The
troops. although they still held their ground.
had suffered a severe mauling.
The Sussex and Berkshire regiments,
he Rifle Brigade and the Cameron High
anders had all lost a number of men. and
officers. too. had been so badly hurt that
they could not remain with their com
mands Red Cross wagons were busy
removing them to the hospitals and 10
camp A Magistrate read the riot act,
NUlNN kIVNtch WIN "
curses on the bloody Saxons. Gen. Daw-
son than gave the order to fire. and two
,olIeys rang out in quick succession. fol-
lowed by loud screams of fear
1t was Immediately seen that several
II the rioters were down One man was
lead. one had a terrible wound in the alb
domen. the thigh Of another was smashed.
while many others were less seriously hurt.
\ Woman back of the crowd WAS shot in
the breast and died soon sfterward in the
hospital. Some of the mob got hit with
their own weapons. for in the thick OF the
fight soldiers and police picked up missiles
thrown at them and re turned them into !
N 9 crowd without any tenderness.
There ia no reliable estimate Of the casu-
,ties. Only one man and one woman are |
admitted to he dead. but experience Of !
paw riots here justifies the assumption !
I thatothers we're carried secretly into houses. |
The number wounded by bayonets, butts ,
81 rifles. police clubs, stones. bottles and the /
ike are calculated at hundreds Some !
officers and soldiers received very serious |
wounds from broken bottles, while others !
have fractured limbs or fractured skulls. |
All tho hospitals in the city are full