East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-13
INCENDIARY FIRE, BREAKING IN
800 PLACES, DEFIES EXHAUSTED
FIGHTERS AND CITY IS IN RUINS
Damage Estimated Between IS Million and 20 Million Result
Of Simultaneous Blaze and BombIngS and Life Toll is I'm
known While Vast Areas Are SmO0derng.

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LONDON. Dec. f3.-(By Webb sfir-
ct fighting. -eiaoe -4fse -aE,asg ,rtbelIa0s,.
1915, is raging in many parts OF Ire-
land Attacks ON British soldiers be-
gun while the heart OF Cork was still
/ Tanned in inccndiary fire.
Soldiers and poice according 20
dispatches received. are more than
holding their oKn-
Barracks Are Attacked.
| DUBLIN, Dec. I3.---AFilifaFy bar
racks at BallinaIe were attacked By
Sim Feiners today. One policeman
was killed and three severely. wounded
In five hour fight. during which one
wall Of a building was blown IN. Po-
! lice succeeded in holding the struc-
ture.
Police barracks at Cattlough were
fiercely attacked last night, and Il is
reported several were killed. All wires
are cut 50 there is no confirmation OF
the word a detachment OF soldiers.
en- route to the rescue and fired upon.
returned the shots. killing one Sim
Feiner.
CORK. Dec. 1s.-CU. P.)-cork
continues today to burn. Spread
over a quarter of mile Of the main
business section OF the city. fnccndiary
fires. started Saturday night swaiinv
ed up more property last night. EaR
mated losses reash $50, 100000. JsIny
buildings have been burned. :acasI ng
q city hall At least 1900 pc. ssnA
are out of work.
Disagreement exists as to whether or
not the fire WAS started ~ british po-
lice in reprisaI for ambush py If:sh
Sim Feiners. Il Is believed. there
must have been casualties IN the cor
flagration but the smoking rsins has
permit ed no search for bodies.
Police Are Blansed.
Siea Fsin leaders charged The eet
structnr to tie black and tan police.
At dh>e Satu daT. two lorrtss Of sci
diers, nteriS.g this territoss fc~ an
foreenert of martial law. xete o0nst-
ed az I.illons nearby. two not.s.s iater
disturbances began on ,lte s'ree:s.
SmuIr neousls flames broS.s CIT IL a
num,rr of oe'ldings
Citizens are in panic. Thousands
fled Saturday night and those who re-
manned are sleepless. Thousands
more took bedding and valuables with
them to the country today. Refnssea
cities sprang UP in surrounding d.sT
ricts. Fire fighters arrived from Dub
lin and Limerick to relieve the w~tr-
led Cork brigade in their attempt 10
a
Cork Becomes Quieter.
LONDON Dec. l2;zlA. I: P::l-BEit-
ish regular troops guarded todEyr tffgF'
twisted and blackened ruins left in
the path of fires which Saturday
night and Sunday swept virtually un-
checked through the city OF Cork.
Ireland. Charges are made that po-
lice auxiliaries. maddened by the kill
ing and wounding of comrades am
bushed by Sim Feiners Saturday.
loosed the fire demon on the city.
Estimates place the loss as high as
SIS, 600, ,00O. st. Patricks street, the
shopping center. and city hall and.
Carnegie library. on the bank OF the
river Lee are burned. The corn ex-
Dispatches say Cork is quiet. Or
ders have been given soldiers to shoot
looters on sight.
Heart OF City Destroyed.
The central portion OF the city of
Cork had been burned to the ground
by last night.
The conflagration followed an ann
bush Of the military at Pilions Cross
night in which four per
sons were killed and many wounded.
Three civilians were taken from
their houses and shot dead after the Z
ambush of the military. Then the
fires started. There were bomb ex-
plosions and tfiring also was heard
The populaee was panic stricken. A
from Cork said that the fire
fCnpeio,,oa on no0a <