New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
Dublin Rebels
Burn Custom
House; 9 Die
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the blazing building, where many of the
rebels surrendered
Firemcn Held Up at Station

lhc DIa2lnS DullQlng, Wncfe many or inc
rebels surrendered
Firemcn Held Up at Station
"The firemen were held up at the fire
station by rebels, so that the fire en-
eiues did not arrive until 3 o'clock, by
which time the fire had taken hold Of
the entire building. At the conclusion
of the fighting dead and wounded rcb
els lay about on all sides of the build
ing, while the ground was strown with
broken glass and empty cartridge cases
-Four auXiliaries were wounded,
seven civilians we're killed, eleven
wounded and about Ill captured"
Dispatches from Dublin describing the
attack on the Custom House say that
Crown forces in sortie entered the
building, and made many captures.
Some OF the raiders were saturated
with petrol, and IL is believed that
several met their death in the raging
flames
Narrating his personal experiences,
an inspector of the local government
board, who entered the Custom House
about | o'clock and was imm3diately
arrested by armed invaders, says that
for nearly half en- hour he observed a
constant stream OF boxes, each contain
ing about four cans of gasoline, passed
into tbs building and the contents dis
tflouted to the various sections. There
were also four large bales Of cotton
waste The men handling these acted
with great coolness. He counted about
fifty passing up and down stairs, but
there must have been many more
throughout the building
DUBLIN, May 25 (By the Associated
Pressl.-The destruction of the Dublin
Custom House constitutes the most
serious damage Of the rebellion. The
building, of which nothing remains hut
me sheIi, was erected during the Irish
Parliament and was one of the most
beautiful in ireland. 1t had little so
do with the customs, but housed many
tef the chief administration depart
nents, and its destruction is more
disabling to the ordinary machinery of
the government than if Dublin Castle
had been burned.
The local Government Board, whose
function it is to control all Irish rep
resentati"e bodies, had it's offices in
the building. This board has been in
constant conflict with various bodies
repudiating allegiance to it and allying
themselves with Dali Eireann, and its
records arc now completely destroyed.
Stockhoiocrs' Lists Destroyed
All registrations and lists of share
holders of public companies were kept
IN the building, which was also occu.
pied by the stamp office and the sta
tionery office, in addition to being the
central headquarters of the Inland
Revenue Department.
Soldiers surprised a party Of civilians
destroying the Balycarthy Bridge, near
/ Traiee, to-day, One of the civilians
was killed, two wounded ana nine cap
tured.
One Of the latest manifestations of
Sim Fein activity has taken the form
of opposition to Belfast whisky. Last
evening six men entered the British
Irish Steam Packet Company's bonded
stores, seized twenty cases of whisky
from Glasgow and emptied their con-
tents into the water. As no official
prohibition has been placed on Scotcn
whisky by the Irish republican parlia-
ment, it is presumed here that the raid
ers had heard the Glasgow consignment
covered whisky from Belfast, where Sir
James Craig, the Ulster Premier Desig-
nate, is the director Of the principal
distillery.