The Washington times., 1920-07-23
BAYONETSPUT
DOWN R|OT|NC
Irish Streets Bathed in Blood
Before Troops QueII
Street Fighting.
$50 INJURED. IN BATTLING
Damage to Property Is Estimat-
ed at $10,00O,000 From .
Fire and PilIage.

LONDON, July 23.-Thirteen per-
sons were killed in violent street
fighting that ragged at Belfast during
the night, according to revised esti-
mate Of casualties telegraphed from
the Ulster city this afternoon. This
number is believed to include some
of the wounded who succumbed to
their injuries.
The trouble spread to cambridge.
where soldiers charged mob with
fixed bayonets. Two persons are re-
ported to have been killed at Ban
bridge.
MORE THAN 100 INJURED.
An earlier dispatch filed at Belfas,
at II o'clock last night. said that
nine persons had been killed in fights
and riots up to that hour.
More than 100 persons, Including
many women and boys, have been
wounded.
Thirty more arrests have been made
at Belfast by soldiers and constables,
bringing the total Of prisoners to
nearly ninety.
A boy was shot dead in an out
break Of dghting at cambridge, the
native town of Inspector General
Smyth. of the royal Irish constabu-
lary, who was assassinated at Cork
last Saturday.
A dispatch from Belfast at noon
said that a heavy rainstorm had set
in which scattered the crowds and
aided materially in quieting the city.
THREATENED TO SPREAD.
Latest ndvices put the number OF
wounded mt $50, which was far In eN-
cess of earlier estimates. The most
Of the dead were snid to be Nation
aIists tanti-UniOnists).
Four regiments OF British troops
were on guard in the city during the
morning.
The trouble threatened today to
spread outside of Belfast.
Sir Hemar Greenwood, chief secre-
tary for ireland, estimated the
than &IO,OOO,OO
Fire broke out in Falls Road during
the height of the battle and the Are
men attacked the flames amidst flying
bullets.
There was heavy sniping at times
during the night the riflemen hidden
on the roofs and in the upper stories
of buildings in the Falls Road dis
trict.
MACHINE GUNS USED.
Soldiers opened fire against the
buildings with machine guns and a
spectacular battle ragged in the glare
Of the conf'agrations.
The Exchange Telegraph correspon-
dent at Belfast said 1T was impossible
to estimate the casualties because
many wounded, and perhaps some of
the dead, had been carried away dur
ing the darkness.
Many persons in Belfast are home
less. Some were evicted and others
were driven out by the fighting.
During a lull in the firing before
midnight the Unionists formed a pro-
cession and marched through the
principal streets of Belfast with the
Union. Jack. This further infuriated
the Nationalists and Sim Fciners.
+ Among the latest batch OF wound
ed taken to Belfast hospitals were
six policemen and a soldier. They
were said to be in serious condition.
Fifty-four cases of looting had been
heard in the Belfast courts up to
midnight. Despite the efforts of the
police and soldiers, pillaging con-
tinued.
mo one can tell where the Belfast
riots will end" said Sir Hamar Green
wood, addressing night session of
the House OF Commons "The dis
orders are evidently the result OF the
murder OF Inspector General Smyth
at Cork, who never used the words
for which he was slain"
The Irish secretary referred to an
anti-lrish speech which inspector
General Smyth was alleged by the
Sim Feiners to have made to the
constables in County Kerry recently.
Sir Hemar said the government is
preparing bill for the creation Of
new courts in Ireland to deal quick
ly with every criminal offense. These
tribunals, he said, would supersede
the civil courts.
Sir Nevil Macrcady. commander OF
the British troops in ireland, and
Lord French, viceroy OF Ireland were
called into consultation during tho
cabinet meeting today. The Belfast
fighting is believed to have been
under consideration