Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-31
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IN BELFAST
REACHES ] a ! !,
Martial Law Was to Have
Been Proclaimed This
I. Afternoon.
City Quiets Down Late This
Afternoon; Streets Are 4
4, 4 I. Patrolled.

Belfast, Aug. a1.-The military, IL
was announced, at midday viii as
snnae control OF Belfast within an
hour as result Of Representations by
the lord mayor rs to thetugent neces-
sity OF affording the city protection
in view Of the fierce rioting and fight
ing in progress. 4.
BY mid -afternoon with the fighting
still proceeding in some area between
the Ulster loyalists. and Slim Feiners
the total death role since Monday
night, had reached fourteen. Scores
have been wounded, but the exact,
number is not known.
s EARLY today, Sir William : Coates,
the lord mayor. made strong repre-
sentations to- General Carter Camp
bell, commanding the British troops
in Ulster. and Chief Of Police Gel
ston concerning. the need for protec-
ton Of the city's citizens. .s
Last night, Ulster special constabu-
larry, nearly all former soldiers, were
IN action In the Stanhop street area.
Shipping Is carried out, field glasses
being used by the snipers.
City Quiet
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the city
was comparatively quiet The mili-
tary had taken to street duty, al
though they had not gone into Royal
avenue. Traffic had been restored in
York street.
r The critical time ahead was with
the return home Of shtpyard workers.
and II this period of the day should
pass without trouble, it was expected
that r1oting would be considered end
ed. !,
Factory Closed. Il
So bad was the ioting in York
Iva h. IL - -
that the workers in the great tlax
spinning works were allowed to leave.
When it Was time to report for work,
this morning, they we're unable to
entet the works by the door, which
was directly In; the tiinS o1s sfire,s and
] was necessary To- knock u hole In
the factory wall on a stde street.
q While Mary Lane, sAdacrarkesE was
Crossing Nelson street todzy, she was
shot I'm the; arm. ~ ,35 y, Z. &, .,,,4,s
Henry Bowers, ~ winobt obts swas killed;
last Fnisht; II was Ii hitting 4 4 cigarette
frognssthat. OF his: :5co1 III barton when ne
aas hit IL the head. HIS scompanion
was vol hdAd. II u q. 3I% z tisE =
Tram cars. this morning raced
through the riot district Of North
Queen street and Old Lodge road. pas
sengers lying on vthe floor. to escape
the bullets OF the rioters, but an Eng
tASuiiaH On ms honeymoon was shot
In the abdomen and is in q critical
condition. @ se.i.
4 Snipers Begin Work. H.. j;
+ Last nights scenes centered in Roy
al avenue. They began with d dster-
mined attack. by a party OF snipers
pm Crook street. At the end OF that
thoroughfare crowds had assembled
on which a heavy revolver, fire was
opened by a party of Slim Feiners. A
wild stampede resulted. si,E FL u, !.
Later operations were opened In
Stanhop street where Sim F,edners,
equipped with rifles, fired into Lime
street and Old Lodge road. Armored
cars temporarily quieted the activities
OF the. iflemen but at . p. m. they
were resumed and the police rein
forcements were hurried to the local
ity. - On the arrival OF the scurfew
hour matters quieted. but throughout
the night occasional shots were heard.
During the firing of this morning
crowds gathered in Royal avenue at
the corner of York street and gazed
toward the battle grounds Yester-
day, the anniversary Of the imposi-
ton of the curfew, was one, OF the
worst days in the ctty's history.