Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-06-03
CUSTOM HOUSE At
DUBLIN DESTROYED
Irish Capitals Finest Building
Burned by Sim Feiners.
TEN KILLED, MANY WOUNDED
Black and Tans Trap Irish in Burnlno
Structure and Capture About e5
Men-Loss by Fire Placed
at $5,0oo,OOo.

dublin, May 26.-The biggest coup
eve. engineered by the Sim Fein
wiped out in one stroke the whole of
the documents of the British govern
ment in Ireland relating to customs.
excise and income of the local govern
ment. The damage will run into mil
lions of dollars.
During the burning of the S5,OOO.-
Oo0 customs house, the most imposing
Dulidlng in Dublin, a violent battle
RACED for hours. More than 5000 shots
We're hred in the battle between the
republicans and the "black and tans."
Ten deaths have been recorded and
scores of wounded are being cared
Tor. The dead include at least two
members of the "black and tans."
iSlxty-five Sim Feiners we're taken
prisoners.
When the Sim Feiners rushed the
custom house they had complete pos
session of it within a minute. The
stan of 200 stood about trembling
with their hands up while the raiders
dashed about the building sprinkling
gasoline, paying particular attention
to the parts of the building where the
important papers were stored.
Sim Feiners Are Trapped.
Soon after it's destruction began the
alarm reached the military who ar
rived in time to trap the raiders in
the blazing building A terrific ma
chine gun, rifle and revolver fusilade
!ensued. The Sim Feiners made sew
.eral desperate sorties in their efforts
to escape, firing as they came upon
the troops surrounding the burning
structure.
Several were seen to fall in hand
lto-hand conflicts, and when the last
party of seven sailed out, Dublin
Castle claims that only one escaped.
The remainder are declared to have
been killed or wounded.
The black and tans stormed the
burning building after the last sally
land Dublin Castle claims that ''many
rebels then surrendered" Some of
them were found saturated with gaso-
line which they had poured on the
floors. 1t is believed that several of
the raiders were burned to death be-
fore the crown forces entered the
building.
An auxiliary officer climbed to the
roof Of the building shortly before the
flames enveloped it and saved the blue
ensign which was still flying at the
Flagstaff. While he was doing this
heroic deed another black-and-tanner
entered the building and rescued a
cat.
When the lighting ended the dead
and wounded lay all around the build
ing and the ground was strewn with
broken glass and empty cartridge
cases.
Liberty Hall Burns.
During the firing of these shots
along the Quays one mans head was
blown completely off.
The fire set by the raiders was soon
out of control by the fire brigade and
the great customs building was COM
pletely destroyed Liberty hall, near
by, which was the Larkin headquar-
tiers during the 1916 rebellion, was
burned TO the ground.
The raiders, after leaving the Gus
toms building to burn. were finally at
tackled by ''black and tan" REINFORCE
iments that arrived in three lorries.
The Sim Feiners went into ambush
and poured hail of rifle and revolver
shots and bombs upon the lorries. Vol
lev after volley of shots rang out The
llorries retreated.
A large number of republicans had
gathered along the quays. Soldiers
and "black and tan" policemen were
sent to dislodge them. Heavy fight
ing developed, during which the crown
forces charged time and again.