Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-27
CORK SHAKEN BY
VIOLENT EXPLOSION
Department Store Employing Sim
Feiners in Shattered by Bomb.
MacSwincy Weaker.
nv Associated Press so Every Evening

Cork, Sept. 2J,-There was violent
explosion which shook this city about
z b. clock this morning IL was followed by
the rattle Of rifle FIRE IN various parts of
the business district.
When the townspecple ventured forth
later IN the morning after the curfew had
expired, they found the main thorough
fare, Patrick Street. Uttered with glass
and the front Of largo department store
which is said tn employ large number
of young Sinn Feiners completely wrecked
as if by bombs. Windows we're smashed
in the upper storois Of almost every build
ing In the vicinity.
At military headquarters IL was said
that n preliminary showed there we're
no military patrols near the wrecked store
at the tjme Of tho explosion but that
troops were fastened to the scene. They
were fired on by Fnipors from the roof Of
the store, according to the report, and the
soldiers returned the fire.
II is understood the theory Of both the
military and police il that a bomb was
placed in a show window from the inside
but this Is denied by the owner. Half a
| dozen employees who were sleeping up
stairs in the rear of the premises were
] badly shaken but 80 far as Is known no
one WIS hurt.
London. Sept 27-Cork was shaken
| by a great explosion early today, large
| drygoods store being demolished. The
/ explosion WAS followed by rifle and ma
| chine gun firing. says a dispatch TO the
| Evening News. Several persons were
sleeping on the premises at the time the
explosion took place and the dispatch
declares military authorities in Cork
| allege bombs were placed inside one OF
the large windows Of the place.
Three men have been slain, apparently
IN cold blood at Belfast as a sequel Of the
murder of a policeman and the woundlng
of two others. Dispatches received here
| indicate the assassination of these three
men we're deliberately planned.
Serious rioting has occurred in belfast
and it Is said a number Of wounded persons
have been received in hospitals there.
Large forces of troops with armored cars
are on duty in that city.
London, Sept. 27.-Jord Mayor
! Terence MacSwiney of Cork passed an
other bad night at Brixton prison and was
| very weak and exhausted this morning
said bulletin issued by the Irish Self
Determination League. He had little
sleep before midnight, but none after
that time. This was the 10th day OF bis
hunger strike.
Dublin, Sept. 27.-Countess George
| Markievcz, Sim Fein member of Parlia-
ment St Patrick's division of Dublin,
whose recent whereabouts has been a
| mystery, arrived in Dublin today II is
stated the authorities have been seeking
her for a long time. The countess ar
| rival conceded with the carrying out OF
raids by the police and military this
| afternoon.
Belfast, Sept. 27.-The falls district
of Belfast seethed with excitement YES
terday as a result of the murder last
night of policeman, the woundIng of
two others and the swift vengeance enact
ed in the killing of three civilians, who
were shot down In rapid succession by
bands of men who visited their homes.
The affair had its beginnings at IL
o'clock as Constables Leonard and Car
roll were patrolling the Falls road. When
passing a public house they heard foot
steps behind them. Swinging around
they were confronted by two men armed
with revolvers, who ordered hands up.
simultaneously with the order, fire
was opened upon the officers and Leon
ard fell dead, the first bullet taking effect
in the breast. His companion had n re-
markable escape. Four shots were fred
at him. Three missed, the fourth lodging
In the thigh. Apparently thinking both
men dead, the assassins made off.
At about the same time Constables
Farrell and kearin were fired on when
about mile from the scene of the other
attack The assailants sprang upon the
policemen unexpectedly Farrell was shot
in the arm.
kearin was knocked down and several
shots were fired at him while he was on
the ground Some of the bullets passed
through his cap without touching his
body and he came out of the affair un-
scathed
Reprisals came swiftly. Soon after 3
o'clock this morning three civilians, Ed
ward Trodzen, John MacFadden and
John Gaynor, who lived near the scene
of the attacks upon the policemen, were
slain in their homes Different parties
visited each house.
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