Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-14
Cork Quiet
AS Troo'n3,.s.,.
Ares $ : : :; ;a';;iy ! J.
Regulars Stand Guard Today
Over Twisted and Blacken.
ed Ruins of City, Burned
By Rioters.
Sim Fem Blames Police
Sim Fem Blames Police
by The Associated Press.

London, Dec. l3.-British regular.
stood guard today over twisted ant
blackened ruins left after the fires
which Saturday night and yesterday
swept virtually unchecked through
the city of Cork, Ireland. Charges
are made that police auXiliaries
maddened by the killing and wound.
ing of comrades ambushed by Sim
Feiners on Saturday, loosed the fire
demon on the city. Estimates Of the
loss run as high as $l5,000,0O0.
Hours of terror were spent by the
people of. Cork during Saturday
night, the widest disorder prevail
ing throughout the city. 1t is said
several lives were lost and dispatch-
es declare two brothers named De-
laney were called from their homes
and shot, one of them fatally. a..
Two Districts Ruined.
Two districts of Cork were swept
oy the flames. In the business sec!
ton, along St. Patricks street, from
Cork to Maylor, hardly shop was
left unscatched. This was the shop.
ping center Of Cork. South of s..
st. Patricks street the FIRE spfead
along Winthrop street and other
narrow thoroughfares as far as Old
George street. Thus an area OF
three blocks in this part of the town
was reduced to debris.
1t was not in this district, how
ever, that the loss of the fire was
centered. s
The magnificent city hall Of Cork,
located on the southern end of the
Parnell bridge that spans the River
Lee, was also laid in ruins. In adci-
ton, the ;Gafnegie library, to the
west, was burned, and the Corn Lx-
change. to the south, was partly d.
stroyed. Reports say Albert quay,
lying along the southern bank of the
river, is mass of desolation.
City is Again Quiet.
Dispatches reaching London TO-
day say that Cork was quiet and tia,
orders, had been given the regular
soldiers to shoot looters on sight
Damaged premises had been plum
dered in some instances, it is said.
+ All dispatches received here indi-
cate'the disorders and fires had di-
rect connections with attack made
upon the lorry carrying police aux
ifiaries. Some newspapers, however,
are frankly ,skeptical OF these reports
and suggest the fires might have
|heeu- caused blythe explosion OF
stored explosives. Others indicate
their belief the fires were reply to
the establishment Of martial law ia
southwestern Ireland, and it is re-
marked that dispatches have not
furnished proof that the fires were
set by men bent on reprisals.
Monsignor Daniel Cohalan, bishop
of Cork, is said to have announced
in his cathedral last evening his in
tention to cxcommunicate anyone
participating in further ambuscades
of crown forces in this diocese.
1t was reported from Cork yes
terday afternoon that newly-arrived
parties of auxiliary cadets marched
through the streets, holding up and
searching pedestrians and firing into
the air, following the ambush of aux
iliaries within half a mile of the bar
racks, II of them being wounded by
bomb thrown from a lorry.
Between 7 and 8 o'clock, period
of intense quiet fell on the city, but
near.9 o'clock uniformed men began
to display great activity in various
parts of Cork.
Tram Cars Stopped.
At some points tram cars were
held up and passengers taken out.
1t was reported that plumber were
beaten and others placed against the
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