Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-04

b,bitants liyinE in dread of a return of ,bn raid of last week and handful or see-uinriy nervous police who had smut she-nselves Inside barracks with the body Of Inc slain district inspector Braoy were what the correspondent found when he reached this remote place in Ireland late today. Ing County Commissioner Russel tried to |, -,-s,-rnt the destruction of the town l f-or, tho managers of the two fire a,-ant creameries he cereived this ac- counts of an heroic struggle in the dark nsss and a thick fog to save the insti- futions with which the fortunes Of al most the entire community were tied ID. and from the wife of one of the man arrrs of the ereameries he heard story of how sho and her three children es- cap.d from bullets, and also how she while facing four rifles pointed at her heal contrived a ruse to safeguard her husband
 For many weeks. the correspondent was told. Inc local police had been subjected Go boycott by the townspeople, the shoukeepers even refusing to accept thelr trade For fortnight preceding Thurs dav's raid on the town the people were d,-siarsd 10 have been fired on from tht roofs of a large general store adjoining the barracks. This building later was riddicd with bullets and its inter'7r wrecked. This incident intensified the feeling between the people and the l0- lice.
 When the news on Thursday afternoon or the ambushing of a police lorry reached Tubbercurry. two-thirds of it's 900 population fled in panic, anticipating a speedy reprlsal. About midnight four lorriss filled with uniformed men and t is sad. including Commissioner Rus sell arrived n Tuhbercurry. Two Of them came from the direction of Bally' monte and two from the direction Of Sligo.
 Accounts of what happened afterward as given to the correspondent by varlous townspeople, follow:
 Tie lorries stopped in front of pub lie house. and when the occupants oi them gc- out Co-n-n Esioner Russel beg ged them not to destroy property. One man answered the coFhrnisioner with ar oath. and all the men rushed toward th' saloon. which quickly was broken open An orgy of drinking. bottle smashing ana vvrcckinr ensuel alter which the mer broke up into eroups sud proceeded sys temaf.ctiis with the Work of desruc- ton with incendiary bombs and petro they set fire to the towns largest gen. eral store which wai entirely destroyed
 
 teen smaller shops and residences were more or less damaged. The total mater ial loss is estimated at about a hal million dollars.
 The raiders remained in Tubbercurr- for nearly three hours. Refugees wh had been crouching in distant field said they had witnessed the spread o the confarration heard the detonation of bombs and of the fusilades of riff cha oF rtff tfni .......... Sim Feiners." Around tn watchers Of these events were womei and children screaming.
 Those who came in contact with th raiders said some of them were tall, wor long black coats and policemen's caps others. small in stature. were dresse entirely in khaki.
 shortly before three o'clock in tn noranr the men rcentered the lorrie and were driven of. one lorry going ta warf Bauynra. several miles to th southwest About that time. II was sai' a neiEhbor awakened Thomas Murrl cane. manager Of the Ballyara creamer. whcse residence stands several hundre yarls from the big cooperative plan Hurricane aroused his wife and chldre aud a priest who was visiting inc fam ily. and ran toward the creamerl Harny had Mrs Hurricane hustled tf
 
 iorry approaching The next minut several bullets tore through the upps part Of the house. one of them strikir the bed she and her husband had jul quilted She. the children and the pries took refuge in the kitchen.
 iorry drew up before the creamer and its occupants. with incendiary bomb set about to destroy it. Four men. hoy ever returne dto htc Hurricane residenc ihe front door Of ~iich stood open. Wh followed was related graphically to q Associated Press correspondent by Nil Hurricane.
 Through a window and the op door" she said. "they fired about tive ty shots My little boy. who was COT inr down the stairs which faced | door had -,li--~-'n-s eszrape n men then went around to the rear the house anu hreu irtO the kitche WIS sitting in corner with my ba in my lap. The other children were ing on the floor. One bullet grazed I hand which was Supporting the bab! head-
 Mrs. Hurricane showed the correspt dent her wounded fingers and point ou; to him a splintered hole in the W made by a bullet
 The children the priest and l." e tinued Mrs. Hurricane. iran into | sculicry. and another bullet, crashi through the partition, barely missed priests head.
 '-The men then ran around to front of the house. shouting. Come ou I went out with the children. The m threatening with their rifles, denan, to know the whereabouts of my hl band. This refused to tell them. children, mMnwhile were crying . tngging al my skirts.
 Suddenly, from q field across road. I heard my husbands voice. called out to me, sKeaD cool The I then wheeled and fired five shots in direction from which the voice cal I ruled down the arm of one of the n as he was firing. and cried out to husband The men still thought my h band was in the house and three of tt entered it to search for him. They 8 ed the priest, but soon realized Il mistake"
 After insulting and cursing the pri the men departed. Meanwhile two CT io-ries proceeded to the Acho Creamery. four miles east. which T was damaged with incendiary bon The wreckers left behind eledgehamn with which they had tried to bat down the steel door of a baconEstof house
 The manager of the creamery lit nearby and employees and ncighbors, hard work succeeded in protecting machinery, and the creamery can 2 bs rebuilt It Is supplied by, 500 ST farmers who would have suffered hea bad fhe plant been utterly ruined I,