Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-11-08
5 Shot In
Attack By
Sim Fein
Five Policemen Wounded and
Two Shops Burned in Riot.
ing at Londonderry
Saturday Night.
Many Flee From Homes

Belfast, Nov. Wild scenes were
witnessed in Londonderry Saturday
night as 4 sequel to sudden attack
on policemen there. Five policemen
we're shot, two Of them SO seriously
| that they are not expected to rccov-
err two shops were burned to the
ground and several others we're
wrecked. All the property attacked
belonged to Sim Feiners.
The attack on the policemen was
directed against the officers who
were guarding the customs house,
and a brisk exchange OF shots fol-
lowed.
The fray occurred at 9 p. m. in A
busy neighborhood and so terrified
the crowds that they fed horeward
in a panic. Afterwards the police
and the military raided large Sec
ton OF the city, searching everyone
they found outdoors and invading
and searching numerous houses.
Later a hostile crowd assembled
in Waterloo square. Sim Fem
thoroughfare, and had to be dis
persed by the military. Even after
the curfew hour there was almost
unceasing revolver and rife fire for
two hours or more, with OCCASIONAL
sounds like explosion of bombs.
Smash Shop Windows.
A number of armed nlen passed
along William street. smashing shop
windows with the butt ends OF
rifles, destroying the lamps on the
electric standards by rifle FIRE ald
plunging the whole street in dark
ness. Two premises were set on
fire, one a garage. A number of ami
mails were burned to death and the
motors in the garage destroyed
Many persons icft their houses and
spent the night in distant par or
the city. Two wounded policemen
were found lying in Foylc street.
A fire brigade called to fires in
William street, had thrilling eN-
oefience. Before starting the hrc-
men appealed to the military for aid
ard a number of armed soldiers
Travelled on the engines, On their
way, rifle fire was opened upon them
from both sides of the road. The
soldiers returned the fire and two
men were seen to fall.
z To escape the fusillade the engines
took circuitous route and called at
the military barracks to get more
soldiers before proceeding.
Constables Wounded.
z he official report of the disorders
says that three constables in plain
cl,thes received severe gunshot
wounds, it is believed, from the mill
tary escorting the FIRE brigade. OF
two stores wrecked, one belonged
to a member of the Londonderry
corporation.
Fierce rioting. confined to a limit
ed area, broke out in North Belfast
this afternoon, the neighborhood in
volged being known as the Stanhopc
area, which has figured in every dis
turbance since July. Hundreds join
ed in the fray, the unionists wit,
stones and the sim feiners with re-
volvers and rifles.
A large body of police made re-
peated baton charges, to keep the
factions apart until the arrival OF
military with an armored car. when
the rioters were soon dispersed.
A laborer was shot dead in Cork
by a military curfew patrol Satur-
day night, The soldiers alleged that
he thrice disregarded orders to halt.
Two Shot in Dublin.
Dublin, Nov. Am attack BY a
mob on two policemen Saturday
night eliminated in the shooting OF
two civilians, one of them seriously
The affray caused great panic as
crowds of people were just leaving
the theaters. The policemen, who
A ed from the mob, fired their revolv-
ers at their pursuers. One police
nan was captured and thrown into
the Liffey, but was rescued by other
police.