The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-13
ARTILLERY SHELLS
BLAST STRONGHOLD
Of REBEL FORCES
Women and Children Believed
Killed in Battle Around
Apartment House
ENTIRE NATION IN ARMS
Forces Of Chancellor DolIfuss
Struggle to Put Down
Bloody Uprising
ENTIRE NATION IN ARMS

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children we're fed to the flames Of
civil war Tuesday as government ar
tillery smashed the Karl Marx apart
ment building housing zoos Socialist
families.
No one knows how many were kill
ed but unofficial estimates ran all
the way from 500 to 1000 and the
fighting was continuing everywhere
throughout the nation as night fell.
The howitzers apparently smashed
the third and fourth floors Of the
greatest apartment building in Eur
ope. The middle arch collapsed.
The Smelling OF the $4,000,0 900 struc-
turc was only one corner Of the
aspect of Austria Tuesday while the
forces OF Chancellor Engelbert Doll
fuss struggled through bloody streets
to put down the rebellion Of the So
cialist party.
Apparently at least 200 have been
killed.
Battles ragged at steyr, Graz, and
Linz as well as Vienna.
At Steyr, sharp fighting broke out
again early Tuesday morning when
Socialists stationed machine guns on
top hill commanding the town.
Hold Munitions Plant
Other forces Of Socialists were In
possession of the great wartime
munitions plant. Government forces
charged the plant repeatedly In q
desperate attempt to take the posi-
ton.
The battle at the Karl Marx build
ing was as horrible as any Of the
veterans who fought had seen In
the days Of the World war.
Machine guns blazed upon the win
dows Of the homes Of laborers at the
soldiers who sought to enter.
The government forces found ma
chine guns, hand grenades, and tear
gas insufficient to batter down the
stubborn resistance. So they unlim-
bered howitzers.
The big shells ripped into the con-
crete structure. Cement dust rose
in the air. Whole corners Of the
guiding disappeared.
Following up the artillery attack,
government forces swarmed into the
courtyard.
Socialists continued their firing
from machine gun nests. Rifle fire
also was directed against the attack
crS.
Hand grenade fighting developed as
the combatantS came to close quar-
tiers.
The dead were estimated at nearly
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reports indicated for greater casual
ties.
Tuesdays most savage conflicts
famed in Vienna.
Army leaders claimed to have gain
ed control Of the situation after vio-
lent clashes at Linz. capital Of up
per Austria, and at Graz. In SOUTH
eastern Syria province. but fighting
continued at both points.
Hundreds Known Dead
Unconfirmed reports indicated the
number Of dead on both sides might
run into the hundreds.
The death toll in southeastern
Syria province, where fighting CEN
tered around Graz, was estimated as
high as 50.
At least Is many were believed
dead in upper Austria. Most Of the
casualties resulted from Mondays
opening struggle at Socialist head
quarters In Linz.
In Vienna, 1t was believed more
may have been slain than In either
Graz or Linz. Twenty-Five soldiers
and policemen officially were report
ed slain.
Previously 81 had been estimated
slain In fighting ct Eggenberg.
Heavy fighting also broke out
again, after hours OF comparative
calm, In the FloridSdorf factory Sec
ton Of Vienna.
Socialists, who lost . fight for pos
session Of their own headquarters.
were stormed and captured.
Eleven were reported dead IN this
engagement.
At the same time, defenders Of the
big municipal flat, the Complex
6chlingerhof, refused to surrender
after they had been handed m ulti-
natum.
As . result. artillery fire was OPEN
ed against the buildings. Field howit-
xers were used.
Big Guns Finally Roar
The army held off with It's artillery
for hours. The big guns finally were
called into play. however. with ma
chine gunners stationed at the cor
ners Of the great building pouring =
deadly fire into the troops.
For hours the attackers confined
themselves to machine gun and rifle
fire. They planned to wait for .
chance to storm the building with
tear gas. They wanted to avoid any
possibility Of casualties among wom-
en- and children inside.
Field guns and howitsers were
turned during the attack on Karl
Marx court against neighboring COM
munity flats. the Complex Sandlei.
ten. This development approaches
the court In sine and u1odernity.
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