The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-29
Special Cable Despotct 10 tn. suS.

SPECIAL Gable Despotct 10 THE SuN.
LONDON, April ga correspondent
Of the Daily Mail teiegraphng from
Holyhead Friday morning quotes a
Londoner. Al Cole, Nnu Just arrived at
Iiolyhead from Dublin as saying:
"on Wednesday a gunboat came up
the river and demolished Liberty Hall.
Three hundred Sim Feners are said 70
have been inside. hut that may he one
~ The wild reports that are prevalent.
Later | heard cheering and near Balls
Bridge | met a number o. soldiers and
marines
Il was taking with some OF them
when from an apparently peaceful house
down the road came the rattle of rife
fire. followed by the ping OF bulieta.
That Was the point. that was the night
and that the engagement in which SOL
dier- were injured
The rebels htI bafIica ded in Sack
vile street with barbed wire stretched
/ across. one oe my friends was not
allowed 10 leave the hotel there. and a.
presume tha, the Sim Feiners still
hold the street.
saw BiR Fire In Dublin.
Thursday morning | managed 10 get
10 Kingston IN n jaun,ins car. As We
LETT | saw a big fis
Another Londoner. ". A Reid. quoted
by the same correspondent, said.
y -, J,,l.l
and was passing kingsbrldGe in a cab
/ when people cam" running and shouting
! TO US 20 turn back as II was dangerous
TO proceed Then We tried to get through
Oh foot. but a No,ley of shots made us
halt. We spent the night In a billiard
saloon, TUESDAY morning we reached
Upper Mount street without mishap.
though We heard firing during the day
3 "Wednesday went to Davis's provi.
sion store at the corner OF a bridge.
| but found the military in charge having
! driven the rebels out rhe military
began to arrive IN the evening They
/ proceeded to creep 10 the houses oc-
/ cuped by the rebels, taking what cover
B tney could.
I The snipers We're ready, however
saw soldiers badly wounded 1t took NJ
: all aback a few minutes, when we were
inspired to action by the bravest deed L
ever saw. An Irish girl. not more than
10 years old. dashed out OF a house and
| ran ike a deer IN face OF the hail OF
the snipers' bullets. grasped n wounded
soldier under his arms ana dragged him
where others were ready 10 carry him to
/ the hospital.
Girl Inspires Neroi~m.
Then she ran back for another stricken
nan. Her example Inspired all Nurses
h.,.
and clergy and civilians Joined in tns
rescue, but tina, Young girl led US all.
SO FAR as ! know when ! left the
rebels were st.l holding SackNillc street,
the Westland Row Station. the post
o''ic" and IA nunib"r of big houses. Mo-
bette's confectionery store at the cor
ncr Of Grafton street was ransacked
like many other establishments. by the
rifraff. who took advantage of the reign
OF terror.
There Were many reports OF what
was happening in the remoter parts OF
ireland but these were conflicting. Peo
pie were chary of expressing opinions,
for, as they say; The man next 10 YOU
! may be a Sim fc,ner,
IT appears that the advance guards
OF the troops from England were al
lowed to enter Dublin without mishap,
and the heavy firing was reserved for
later bodies OF troops
Attack IN Castle Fails.
Meanwhile the castle was attacked
Unfortunately il proved too tough
strong body of rebels had fortified the
South OF Dublin workho,.se, which
seemed to be branch Of their general
headquarters Here, from tho upper
windows and ro"ftops. poured a persist.
eut fire upon III" soldiers
The main operations were directed
from Liberty HAN, from whose cellars
larIe quantities of ammunition were
handed out and distributed TIE
enemy swarmed around and across the
oConncl bridge into Sackvnle street,
lootng dozens OF general shops and leaN-
ing only one store intact, Jacobs bis
cult factory WAS commandccrcd and
looted Troops met the plunderirg
rebels in Sackvil. street. but not be.
fore the destruction had been wrought
Meanwhile all the tramway cars had
been seized by the enemy and converted
into barricades, a number being turned
on their sides. Motor cars, lorries. vans.
sidecars and brewers drays were sim.
larly utilized,
"St, stephens Green was occupied and
7 barbed wire was strung across the road
, Several well known clubs were looted
and converted into observation stations
and sniperS' posts, ridemen effectively