The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-10
BELFAST STREETS
RED WITH BLOOD
DEAD AND WOUNDED LITTER
GROUND AFTER RlorINo IL
STOPPED ~ SOLDIERS
DISORDERS ARE WORST YET
Stream Of Lead Poured Into Crowd
From Armored Car.-lncendiarjom
Makes Busy Time for Fire
Department Members

Belfast, Aug. 3O.-Eleven men dead
is the toll of Saturday nights fight
ing in Belfast. In addition to the six
men killed during the height Of the
battle. two Of the wounded died yes
terday. A feature of the rioting was
the extent Of the destruction of prop
erty by incendiarism. The fire bril-
gade had an especially hard time dur
ing the night. Their work was made
hideouS by the constant rattle Of ma
chine guns. The Sim Feiners were
in strong force and appeared to be well
| supplied with ammunition.
The greatest of bitterness was dis
| played during the fighting. There was
a great amount Of wrecking of houses
and burning of furniture. both in.
| doors and on the street. The yells of
the mob and the shrieks of women and
| children and the groans Of the injured
| We're audible throughout the fighting.
| When the rioting was at its worst,
women could i've seen. clad in their
| night attire. rushing from their homes
attempting 70 lead their families from
the danger zone. The excitement was
intense until 10 o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. Isolated firing was to be heard
throughout the morning and the peo-
pie We're apprehensive lest there
should be renewal of the disorders
at nightfall.
Three attempts We're made last
night to burn the Independent Labor
party hall. The last attempt resulted
in serious damage to the building.
The police last night charged into
crowds in the Crumlin road with their
batons. hut order was not restored un-
til troops arrived.
1t is reported that an armored car
fired on a crowd around a bonfire and
| that a boy was shot through the
| breast. Two constables are declared
70 have been sent to hospitals as Il
result of their injuries.
In broad daylight Yesterday Sim
Feiner> entered Ballry Castle barracks.
county Antrim, and decamped with all
the arms and ammunition.
Belfast, Aug 3O-BelfaSt disorders
Saturday night We're the worst since
what is popularity known as the bat.
lie OF kaSlmir road. Six persons We're
| killed and nearly 40 wounded many
Of them seriously. All the killed We're
Young men, the victims of gunshot
wounds
BallFmacarett, n suburb of Belfast.
responded to the lord mayors appeal
and remained fairly quiet, but Satur-
day afternoon Cullinstree road. ahut-
ting GroSvenor road. the JnioniSt dis
trict. and from which side streets IA.
.liate to the Falls. became the storm
| center
Later the battle shifted to the north
arn part of the city by way Of Town
send street Il long thorou@hfare eX-
road The latter and the upper parts
Of Crumliu and Old Park roads We're
The centers Of the fierceSt fighting.
Sim Feiners in this neiGhhorhood
made an organized descent on Union
lists in Crgmlin road. smashing Win
dowS and firing into houses. Failure
by the police To hold them back led
20 the summonin. of military aid. For
several hours arnored cars We're in
action. together with squads of soldiers
and police. and volleys We're poured in
to the crowd. After two hours Of stiff
fighting the Sim Feiners were driven
back into Brown Quarters. but snip
ing into the CnionSt quarters con.
tinued far into Sunday morning.
London. Aug. 3O.-The condition OF
Terrence insolvency, lord mayor of
Cork. who is in Brixton Jail on hunger
strike. was unofficially stated to he
virtually unchanged yesterday. His
sister. who visited him. said he passed
restless night and was sinking. and
the doctors thought he might die
: Mayor McSweeney was still conscious
: however. and told her:
; II am convinced l will not be re-
leased. 1t will be better for my coun
try if ! am not"
Dublin. Aug. 3o.-Reports received
. at Dublin Castle tell of Incidents OF
lawlessneSs in many parts Of Ireland
: Mails We're held up in not less thar
seven places. Lord Carlctown was
stopped by armed men while motoring
near Skehanin in company with two
women. His gun was taken from him
l AGED WOMAN is VICTIM
OF NEW YORK THUGS