The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-30
DUBLIN IN FLAMES AS GUNS PLAY ON STREETS UTTERED
 WITH DEAD BODIES
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point where Liberty hall stood before a gunboat destroyed it, as far as Sack vile street, to St. Stephens green, and the four courts district, and along the southern side of the river to the Butt and OConnell bridges. They also held isolated positions in 8 flour mill and disused distllery, opposite the North
 wall station.
 Over all this section there was con- siderable fighting the whole day. The distllery was the scene of one of the sharpest little battles of the uprising The
 rebels were forced out of the flour mill by bombardment, and many of them were seen, covered with flour, making their way grotesquely to the distillery. Once there, they hoisted the rebel flag, which noated from the corner of a square tower.
 Soon a naval gun opened fire. The first shot hit the tower and then half dozen in succession struck the roof around it. The flag still flew and the flour-covered rebels replied with rifles and a machine gun.
 The bombardment ceased after a dozen shots, but was renewed later. Hit aftef hit was scored, but the flag remained hanging from it's pole. One shot hit a water tank just below it and for a time there was miniature cascade down the walls of the distilery.
 When night fell and all firing except with rifles ceased the flag was still fly ing obstinately over the side of the little tower.
 LOMBARD BARRICADES Another brief artillery bombardment was directed against barricades in Sack vile street Clouds of thick smoke soon rose around various prominent objects in that part of Dublin as the shells burst, while between times the rattle of the ma chine guns seemed like a continuation of the extended reverberation of the heavy pieces.
 So closely guarded were the approaches to the fighting zone that it was impos- sible to guage accurately what damage was done.
 Correspondents who attempted to pass along street leading toward the cen- ter of the city, were stopped by sol- diers with weapons ready for use The troops had early in the rebellion learned to distrust civilians. Weather conditions were proof against the khaki uniformed combatants When the revolt began at 2 o'clock Monday after noon the soldiers walking about their usual places, were fired upon without warning and were taken unawares, so they could scarcely defend themselves.
 Other governmental uniforms brought comfort for their wearers. The Dublin metropolitan police were shot at by the rebels and most of the policemen changed to civilian clothes Postmen at the general postofice, one of the first buildings seized by the Sim Feins and later became their headquarters, were sent away and told to come back in a week for their wages, which would be paid in Irish republican coinage
 ALL WIRES CUT
 The rebels cut all the wires, de- stroyed the apparatus, and seized all the money they could find. Everything ay PntI tI,xr A.. l. seen by the rebels, who were as well in- formed as were the regular. soldiers Their clothing, arms and equipment were good and they were even provided with intrenching tools which they used when they marched on St. Stephens green.
 The rebels ammunition suppy ap- |peared to be plentiful and was used |unsparingly. Some bullets which entered the hotel where the correspondents 'as- sembled Were certainly of German man ufacture Other weapons used by the rebels were 12-bore shotguns and car- trldges filled with ugly leaden slugs. The battle was thickest today around the. entire block of business houses in the Sackville street quarter. These buildings had been occupied by the rebels at the start. and breaches had been made in a party wall between the stores, so that the men could retreat nghtlng from one room to another in the event of'.the places bein stormed Tonight the Irish capital was bril- liantly illuminated by the flames from an Important central block of houses a |couple of acres in extent. Frequent ex- ploslons occurred followed by salvos of machine gun and rifle fire turned on the repels, who were making their way. rom one building to another No exact idea of the number of cas- uait1es was obtainable, but many bodies were lying about the streets unburied. Houses contained many others The au- thorities said the troops had not sui fered nearly as much as the rebels, wnose strongholds were under fire at all times, both day and night .