Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-30
Eleven Die and Much
Properly Is DESTROYED
/, in One MiqfIt's finhtms

BELFAST, August 29+Eleven men
eeed Is the toll of Saturday nights
nthtmg in Belfast. In addition to
te men Killed during the height
oIsfhe battle others who were wound
ed died today
feature of the rioting was the
extent on the destruction of property
Dy inoendiarism. The fire brigade
mad an especially hard time during
the night in fighting the flames Their
work was rendered hideous by the
constant rattle of machine guns. The
Sinn Feiners were in strong force
and appeared to be well supplied with
arms and ammunition.
The greatest of bitterness was dis
played during the lighting There
was a great amount of wrecking of
houses and the burning of furnit une,
both indoors and on the street.
THE yells of the mob. the shrieks
Ofswomen and children and the grpans
Of, injured were audible through
out the fighting.
When the rioting was at it's worst
women could be seen. clad in their
might attire. rushing from their
homes. attempting to lead their fam
lilies from the danger zone.
The excitement was intense until
10 o'clock Sunday morning. Isolated
firing was to be heard throughout
apprehensive lest there should be
renewal of the disorders at nightfall.
Nearly Forty Wounded.
Nearly forty were wounded many
of them seriously. All the killed were
young men. the victims of gunshot
wounds.
BaIlymacarrett a suburb of Belfast
responded to the lord mayors appeal
and remained fairly quiet, but Satnr-
day afternoon Cullingtree road abut-
ting Grosvenor road, the unionist dis
trict. and from which side streets re-
diate to the falls. became the storm
center
Later in the evening the battle
shifted to the northern part of the
city by way of Townsend street, a
long thoroughfare extending from the
falls to Old Lodge road. The latter
and the upper parts of 'Crumlin and
Old Park road were the centers of the
especially the Marrow bone the
nickname of the nationalist enclave
at tthe top of Old Park road.
Sinn Feiners in this neighbOrhoud
made an organized descent on union
lists in Crumlin road. smashing win
doHs and firing into houses Failure
by the police to hold them back led
to the summoning of military aid
For several hours armored cars were
In action. together with squads of DO
lice and soldiers, and volleys were
poured into the crowd. After two
hours of stiff fighting the Sim Fem
ers were driven back into their own
quarters. but shipping into the unionist
quarters continued far into Sunday
morning.
In broad daylight today Sim Fem
ers entered Ballycastle, County An
trim. barracks and seized all the
arms and ammunition
A well known republican called at
the barracks and engaged the gar
rison sergeant and three constables
in conversation. when a motor dashed
up and five men, reyoivers in hand
leaping out. ran past the party into
the barracks. The police We're too
surprised to offer resistance and the
raiders got away with the booty.
A Sim Fein notice. posted near
Newmarket railway station. Cork
says that all military found outdoors
after 8 o'clock at night will be Sc
verely dealt with.
Reports Mt Dublin.
DUBLIN, August 29-Although Dub
lin was almost completely free from
acts of violence during the week end
reports received at Dublin castle tell
of incidents of lawlessness in many
other parts of Ireland
Mails We're held up in not less than
seven places. Lord CastIetown was
stopped by armed men while motor
ing near kehanagh in company with
two ladies. He was Obliged to sur
render his gun. Several barracks and
coast guard stations are reported
burned.
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