The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-21
STILL RIOT IN
LONDONDERRY;
6 ARE KILLED
Nationalists and Unionist S
Defy Police and Stage Open
Civil War-Authorities Are
Powerless.
MOB FIRES ON TROOPS
(By Associated Press)

sons were killed. ten others seriously
wounded. probably fatally, and many
others less seriously hurt during a
period of desperate rioting in this
city Sunday.
Rioting was renewed this morning.
and resulted in one person being NOR
tally wouded and two seriously hurt
Rifle and revolver firing was almost
continuous. and, as people feared to
venture out to work, business was at
virtual standstill.
Civil war conditions prevail, and the
authorities are powerless, IL is declar-
ed in an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Londonderry this after
noon. Several additional persons were
| killed in this mornings rioting there,
according to this message.
The mob openly fired on the troops.
| This afternoon the rioting was still in
| progress.
John Gallagher. one of the men
wounded in yesterdays fighting be-
| tween Unionists and Nationalists,
| died today, bringing the number Of
deaths for the present outbreak Of
party strife up to six
| In many instances persons who
| were lIOlu "OuuuS
| went home without receiving treat
ment. The authorities have no record
| of the number of such cases. Among
| the wounded are several shipyard
workers with bad gunshot wounds.
The men killed We're Edwin Price,
James McVeigh, Thomas Mclaughlin.
Thomas Farren, and James Doherty.
| The authorities had taken elaborate
precautions in view of the expected re-
newal of the disorders. The military,
fully equipped, took positions at the
head and foot of Bridge street, which
is the Nationalist quarter, and on
: Fountain street, the Unionist quarter.
An armored car was drawn up at Car
: lisle road, between these localities, to
keep the rival factions apart.
Unafraid of Military.
The hopes that these precautions
would lead to the preservation Ct
peace, however, were not fulfilled, III
another night Of terror resulted
These latest scenes of rioting, which
left the city absolutely terror stricken
were said to have originated in what
at first apepared 10 be a minor SQUAD.
BILE between Unionists and National
lists at the junction Of Longtower
street, in the Nationalist quarter. and
Upper Fountain street. the CnOnist
, district, these two streets being sep
erated only by Bishop street. the scene
of bloodshed for many years during
periods Of rioting.
Riotinq for Two Hours
| From shortly after until II o'clock
pandemonium reigned. A shot fired
l from one party into crowd OF rival
} pa rtisans developed with ominous
speed into violent rioting. Party
\ Ut ;-%,
, assembled at the head of Upper Foun
tain street, poured volley after volley
, of rifle and revolver fire into Long
tower street, with disastrous results
; Another crowd of Unionists in AL
| bert street maintained a cross fire in
: the direction Of Bishops gate. with
the result that the people in the vicin
ity fled panic stricken 10 shdlter. The
Nationalists did not seem to be sc
we'll provided with weapons as their
opponents, but they maintained d Wig
orOus defense.
In an early stage of the battle two
i ;, men were shot dead in Longtowel
. street and number OF persons. in
= Guiding ba by in aims, were
= wounded
Rain of Bullets
McVeigh. laborer, was on his way
to butchers shop, when, reaching
. the end Of Longtower street, bullet
= struck him in the throat. He strug
gled in dying condition toward a
a public house nearby, where he fell.
Farren, the other man killed. was
standing in the doorway of his lodg
ing when struck by two bullets. one
entering his stomach, proving fatal.
] In the midst of the melee a mar
who knocked down a small boy was
:, chased by an angry mob of men ant
Il women.