The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-13
800 BUILDINGS
BURNED In CORK
Fire RACES Through Center Of
City Unchecked Losses
Run Up to $15,OO0,OOO.
BOMB THROWN IN LORRY
Conflagration Follows Out
break and Disorders Cause
Night of Horror.

Cork Ireland Dec. 13.-(A. Ply
MORE than 800 buildings are said
70 nave been destroyed In the fires
which yesterday laid waste a great
part OF this city. Most Of the fires
nave been ektingulshed, but there
OF flames.
The. police and military are hav.
ing the greatest difficulty IA keep
ing the thousands Of spectators
from the wrecked premises, the
walls OF which threaten to col.
st. Patrick street. one Of the
main thoroushfares Of Cork, this
morning presented the appearance
OF having been wrecked by an
earth quake. Lootlng has been
general Outside the fire zone the
police seized gang OF burglars
VINO were killing a woman.
hundreds OF persons are homeless
Many have fled from the city in panic
The ruins are stlll smoldering thi,
morning, and the hremen. under mill.
tary guard, were still pouring water
1t is declared by Sim Fem sympa
thizers that before the fire aroke GU,
Saturday night black and tan police.
men broke into shops and looted
them, carrying Off the booty in va
ambush Of military detachment at
Pilons cross.
Martial law was enforced with the
utrost rigor today and SUNDAY.
Cork has Gained down today. after
passing through a 'veritabe reign of
flagration the city was filled with
tumult Fusillades of shots rang
through the streets. Panic stricken
mohs surged to and fro. Rioting
broke out MI, in which many were
ported to have been killed.
constabIes Reinforced.
before the outbreak number of
special constahles had arrived in Cork
to reinforce the black and tans. Some
that were ambushed
More thaR 100 buildings were burned
or damaged, including the city hall
which previously had been wrecked
by fire. The public library was de-
stroyed and the quay side Quilted. The
ings In the city, was Quilted. Two OF
the biggest stores in the city were
said to have been looted before being
burned. They were Grants dry goods
store and Egan's jewelry shop. The
swept
The outbreak which led to the con-
migration occurred at 8 o'clock Satur-
gay night when some one hurled
nomb in a lorry containing between
Gals"
The lorry was wrecked and all the
occupants but the driver wounded
An hour afterward, while people were
hurrying to their homes in obedience
forces l1a 'ne h,s eurfe Nv, regulations large
specials" appeared on the streets
and began holding up belated pedes-
TRANS. Fighting broke out and many
persons were taken to hospitals.
trio lights went out and the city was
plunged in darkness. SUDDENLY there
was muffled explosion and then
flames shot upward from building
in the heart of the city. The flames
spread quickly, and soon the whole
fires.
Spend Night In Fields.
Large numbers of refugees from the
city spent the night in the fields.
Their sufferings were intensified by
cold weather and snow.
Business is at a standstill in Cork,
Even the restaurants are closed. The
city Is without gas.
Many Arrests.
Early Sunday the black and tans be-
the civilians arrested were accused of
setting street cars on fire. Street car
traffic and telephone service were sus-
pended, and by the afternoon the
heart of Cork resembled verdun after
the German bombardments.
Black and tans, soldiers and ''spe-
clals' have raided the residential dis
tricts continuously since early Sunday
morning searching for arms
c THIS was the first appearance in
unionists and were recruited and
trained at Belfast and Tyrone. 1t is
feared their presence will add fuel to
the flames of Irish hatred throughout
south Ireland
Widest Disorder.
Cork during Saturday night, the
widest disorder prevailing through
out the city. 1t is said several
lives were lost, and dispatches de-
were called from their homes and
shot. one Of them fatally.
Two districts of Cork were swept by
the flames. In the business section.
along st. Patrick's street from Cork
TO MAYOR hardly shop was left UNI
scathed. This was the shopping cen
ter Of Cork and in untroubed times
Toasted many prosperous stores.
South OF st. Patricks street the fire
ran uncontrolled along Winthrop |
street and other narrow thoroughfares |
area OF three blocks in this part of
the town was reduced to masses Of |
debris
1t was not in this district, however, |
that the loss of the fire was conferred |
The magnificent city hall Of Cork, To- |
Gated on the southern end of the Par |
nell bridge that spans the River Lee, |
was also laid IN ruins. In addition, |
the Carnegie library just across An
glesea street to the west, was burned,
and the corn exchange, Just behind |
the city hall and to the south. was at
least partially DESTROYED. Reports say
Albert Quay, lying along the southern |
banks OF the river, Is a mass OF desc
lation.
Dispatches reaching London today
say that Cork was quiet and that or
ders have been given the regular SOL
diers to shoot looters on sight. Dam
aged premises have been plundered in
some instances, It Is said but the mil
itary is in absolute control at present.
Rumors relative to the loss OF life are
conflicting and are, for the most part.
vague and conjectural
Exact details Of the events leading
un TO the conflagration Of aSturday
night have not rs yet been received
here. Some reports tend to question
he accuracy Of earlier dispatches, but
others repeat the story told in first
reports All indicate that the disor-
ders and fires had a direct connection
with the attack made upon the lorry
carrying police auNiliaries Some
newspapers are frankly skeptical Of
these reports and suggest the fires
might have been caused hv the eNplo-
rear Lnake In County Longford
Violent Battle.
London, Dec l3.-Snn FeIners at