New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Disorders Culminate in
Orgy of Fire and Bitter
Fighting; Mob Burns
Homes and Furniture
Machine Guns and
Tanks i'm Action
Women i'm Night Clothes
Flee Through Streets
to Escape Slaughter

BELFAST, Aug. 20 (By The Associ-
ated Press) ).-Eleven men dead is the
toll of Saturday nights fighting in
Belfast. In addition to those killed
during the height of the battle two of
the wounded died to-day About forty
others were wounded. All the killed
were young men.
A feature of the rioting was the ex
tent of the destruction of property by
incendiarism. The fire brigade had an
especially hard time during the night
in fighting the flames. Their work
was rendered hideous by the constant
rattle of machine guns. The Sim
Feiners were in strong force and ap-
peared to be well supplied with arms
and ammunition.
The greatest of bitterness was dis
played during the fighting. There was
a great amount of wrecking of houses
and burning Of furniture, both indoors
and on the street The yells of the
mob, the shrieks of women and children
and the groans Of the injured were
audible throughout the fightng When
the rlotlng was at its worst women
could be seen, clad in their night at
.itS, iuSiiilS IIOlH lnclE homes, at
tempting to lead their families from
the danger zone.
Renewal of Fighting Feared
The excitement was intense until 10
o'clock Sunday morning. Isolated fir
ing was to be heard throughout the
forenoon, and the people were appre-
of the disorders at nightfall.
Three attemptS Waro ,,oodo ~ sill i.
to burn the Independent Labor party
hall. The last attempt resulted in
serious damage to the building. The
police charged crowds in the Crumlin
Road with their batons, but order was
not restored until the troops arrived.
1t IS reported that an armored car
fired on a crowd around bonfire and
that boy was shot through the breast.
Two constables are declared to have
been sent to hospitals as a result of
their injuries.
Last night was the worst since what
is popularity known as the Battle of
Kashmir Road
Ballymacarrctt, suburb, responded
to the Lord Mayors appeal and re-
mained fairly quiet, but Saturday
afternoon Cullingtree Road, abutting
Grosvenor Road, the Unionist district,
and from which side streets radiate to
the Falls, became the storm center.
Later in the evening the battle
shifted to tho northern part of the
city by way of Townsend Street, a
long thoroughfare extending from the
Falls to Old Lodge Road. The latter
and the upper parts of Crumlin and
Old Park roads we're the centers of the
tiercest fighting of the whole week
especially the "Marrowbone," the nick
name of the Nationalist enclave at the
top Of Old Park Road
Armored Cars in Action
Sim Feiners in this neighborhood
made an organized descent on Union
lists in Crumlin Road, smashing win
dows and firing into houses Failure
by the police to hold them back led to
the summoning of military aid For
several hours armored cars were in &C
tion together with squads of police and
soldiers, and volleys were poured into
the crowd. After two hours of stiff
fighting the Sim Feiners were driven
back into their own quarters. but snip
ing into the Unionist quarters con-
tinued far into Sunday morning.
In broad daylight to-day Sim Fein-
ers entered Bally Castle, County An
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