Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-11
SOME WILD SCENES
IN LONDONDERRY
Five Policemen Shot, Two Shops
Burned to the Ground
Others Wreck e d-Property
Belonged to Sim Feiners

Belfast, Nov. wild scenes were
witnessed in Londonderry Saturday
night as n sequel to sudden attack
on policemen there. Five policemen
were shot two of them so seriously
that they are not expected to recover.
two shops were burned to the ground
and several others were wrecked. All
the property attacked belonged to
Feiners
The attack on the policemen was d.
rected against tho officers who were
guarding the customs house, and n
brisk exchange of shots followed The
fray occurred at nine o'clock In the
evening IN a busy neignporhood, and
so terrified the crowds Of shoppers
that they fled homeward In n panic.
Afterwards the police and the military
raided large section of the city. hold
Ing up and searching everyone they
found out doors, invading and search .
ing numerous houses.
Later in the evening n hostile crowd
assembled in Waterloo Square. a Sim
Fetn thoroughfare. and HID to he dis
curfew hour there was almost un-
ceasing revolver and rifle fire for two
hours or more. with occasional sounds
like explosions of combs
a number OF armed men passed along
william street smashing shop windows
with the butt ends OF rifles. destroy
ing the lamps on the electric stand :
ards by fifle fire and plunging the
whole street into darkness. Two prem .
ises were set OF fi:e. one being a gar.
age which was om:lctely destroyed. A
number Of domestic animals were
burned to death and the motors in tho
garage reduced to scrap.
Many persons left their houses and
spent the night in distant parts OF the
city.
Two policemen who had been wounded
were found lying in Foye street. 1t is
not known how they received the bullet
wounds from which they were suffering.
4 fire brigade called to fires in Will
liam street had a thrilling experience. Be-
fore starting, the firemen appealed to
the military for aid. and number OF
armed soldiers rode on the engines. On
their way rifle fire was opened Upon
them from both sides OF the road. The
soldiers returned the fire and two men
were seen TO fall
To escape the fuslllade the engines took
I a circuitous route and called at the mil
itary barracks to get more soldiers be-
fore proceeding.
The official report Of the disorders
says that three constables in plain clothes
received severe gunshot wounds. 1t Is be-
lieved from the military escorting the
fire brigade. OF two stores wrecked. one
belonged to member OF the London
derry corporation.
Belfast, Nov. Fierce rioting. for.
tunately confined to LIMITED area, broke
out In North Belfast this afternoon. the
neighborhood involved being the networks
of streets between Clifton street and Ole
Lodge road. known as the Stanhope area
which has figured In every disturbance
since July. Hundreds Joined In the fray
the unionists with stones and the Slim
Feiners with revolvers and rifles.
A large body of police made repeated
baton charges. to keep the factions apar'
until the arrival of military with Al
arinored car when the rioters were soor
dispersed.
a laborer was shot dead in Cork by .
military curfew patrol Saturday night
The soldiers alege that he thrice dis
regarded orders to halt.