Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-23
EW|R|SHR|OTS
RESULT IN HEAVY
CASUALTY LISTS
200 Reported Wounded, Ten
Are Dead in BeIfast-Po-
lice Adopt ReprisaIs.
By the Associated Press


BELFAST. July 23.-Conditions in
riot-torn Belfast were reported by
| the police at 1 o'clock this afternoon
| TO be normal" The city was begin
! ming to check up the loss of life anu
| damage resulting from the two days
and nights of fierce fighting between
Sim Fein and unionist mobs. with
the attendant looting by hoodlums.
Last night was one Of terror and
quieted. Sporadic shooting this morn
| ing caused fears that the turmoil
was to be continued today. Up to l
PM however, the city had remained
| comparatively quiet under a down.
pour of rain, although passions were
| running high anu it was unsafe to
predict what later hours might de-
velop.
The exact number of casualties re-
sulting from the fighting probably
never will be known. At least ten
persons. were killed last night and
| three the night before, while the
wounded totals several hundred.
! Some estimates place the property
damage at more than 100000. 1t is
certain that much property was de-
stroyed, and the looting has been
heavy. Last night the sky was Grim
son from bonflreS or burning 1urnl-
ture at many places.
Military reinforcements are being
| brought to Belfast, and the authori-
ties are taking all possible precau-
tions.
Three unionists were shot dead by
Sim Fein snipers and another mans
mead was blown off. A man helping
to carry the body of one of the dead
victims into a house was shot dead.
The disorders, which started We'd
nesday after some Sim Fein workers
in a shipyard were attacked, were re-
newed at frequent intervals yeSter-
day. Throughout the afternoon the
military was engaged on Falls road
in erecting barbed wire entangle
ments across the fronts of shops
wrecked in Wednesday nights dis
turbance, and posting large detach-
ger spots
All Streets PatrOlled.
Folders with fixed bayonets pa
trolled the disturbed streets and many
demonstrations which might have led
to serious results were thus inter-
rupted.
Looting and smashing of windows
prevailed throughout the trouble.
spirits, groceries and licensed prem
Uses being especially singled out.
Disorder broke out at $50 last night
on one of the roads leading into the
city. Troops were hurried to the
scene and fired on the mob. wounding
many, who were removed to hospitals
or their homes. The crowds re-
formed quickly, but were charged by
the troops and dispersed at $3.50. Re-
arrived on the scene,
and there was final bur st of firing.
hurried to the spot from
every quarter of. the city, followed by
fire brigades, in the belief the casu-
atty list would be heavy.
The soldiers complain they were
fired on from a monastery and allege
that Sim Fem scouts on bicycles en-
gagged in bringing up reinforcements
to the monastery.
Soldiers Burn Caltra. |
LONDON, July 23.-About 2 o'clock |
his morning Caltra, near Ballinasloe,
Ireland, was visited by police and |
military, who wrecked many houses |
n the town, including the Sim Fein |
laIi, which was burned amid cries OF |
Up Tuam," according to a message |
rom the Press Associations CORE
,pondent in Ballanasloe today. There |
vas much shooting, but 40 loss of life |
The slogan up Tuam" evidently |
-efers to Sunday nights incident, |
when Tuam was sacked.
The sacking is charged against the
police as a reprisal for the murder of |
two constables by mob.