The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-13
GREAT FIRES BURN
BUSINESS CENTER
OF CORK, IRELAND
Fires Set as Reprisals
For Bombing Twelve
Black and Tan
Members
HELP FROM DUBLIN
The Property Damage Is
Estimated at Twenty
Eight Million

T CORK, Dec. 12.-Cork Is rapid.
taking on the likeness OF the shellet
t city OF Rheims.
For the past fortnight along thu
principal streets houses have con
tinued to disappear here and there
and the Inhabitants Of the city have
become SO terrified that few venture
upon the streets at night. Afrait
also to remain in their own homes
thousands have taken to living In the
subrubs owing to the terrorism going
on after night fall.
Last night the outrages culmin.
ated In the practical destruction Of
the whole business part OF the city
when 139 houses and large shops
went uA In names. The city hall,
where two previous attempts at In
cendiarism had failed, is now totally
destroyed, as is the Carnegie library.
Inc quay side is also gutted by fire.
The whole center Of Cork has prac-
tically disappeared.
The excitement and panic thruout
the city all night and all day today
are indescribable, newspaper men
who witnessed many OF the fires
agree that the city passed thru one
Of the most terrible ordeals in
history.
About 5 o'clock Saturday night a
party of BLACK and tans" In semi
,armored automobiles were attacked
by Sim Feiners, who hurled bombs
at the machine, Wounding twelve,
three of them seriously and them
selves escaping without casualties.
When citizens of the city were
hurrying home to escape the 10
o'clock curfew, the black and tans"
appeared on the streets and immed-
lately began to attack pedestrians.
The people were beaten with butts
OF rifles and Led panic-stricken. Calls
were sent for city ambularfces and
the injured were sent to hospitals in
such large numbers that the ambu-
lances were unable to cope with the
situation and many men had to be
left lying in the street.
The electric light, the gas and
power stations were ordered to cease
working and the whole city was
plunged into darkness until it was
lit by the frightful confiagration
when the orgy Of property destruc-
tion began.
A large drygoods store, employing
hundreds In the great building, was
set alight. Owing to the repeated
attacks that had been made upon the
FIRE brigades when they had at
tempted to extinguish such out
breaks the firemen did not dare to
venture into the streets and the
lames were allowed to consume
building after building.
Further on down Patrick street,
york's principal thorofare, Egan's
ewelry store, the largest in south |
ireland, was broken into and all |
kinds of valuable gems removed.
Shops alongside were fred, the raid
srs sprinkling petrol. The flames
spread with alarming rapidity, house
lfter house igniting and soon the
whole block was involved, including
he largest Irish drygoods house out
'ide of Dublin.
The flames from fire ignited the
lext block, every building being
burned in both blocks. And as q re-
ult the entire heart Of the city was
,utted.
1t is feared that many people were
,urned to death altho no effort has
'et been made to ascertain the num-
'er Of victims.
At 9 o'clock this morning (Sun-
lay) 139 houses were destroyed and
he fires were still going on un-
,bated. With daybreak attempts
we're made by the fire brigades to
tenn the confiagration. All the fire.
nen able to turn out were seen busy
lghting the flames. but with new
utbreaks continually coming, the
York Of the brigade with all the
treams it was able to play upon the
many fires, was almost worse than
seless.
An urgent telephone appeal was
ent to Dublin begging assistance
rom the firemen Of that city. The
)rd mayor Of Dublin pointed out