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RAIDS ON POLICE BARRACKS. (B? C* h * ?—Pr~j Association —Copyright.) t (Amiriiiia ir.c ?~.Z. | (Iteceivod January o:h, f'.-lj p.in.) J LONDON. Ja:iu..ry 4. , Lnknown raiders blew tip ti.o police 1 y barracks at C'arrigtoiiill (near Queens- j town), passed the occupants, and otole Ll>"j in cash. Another party fireil into the police barracks at Carriguavar Cork). Tiie occupants had a narrow ec;:po. A l;;t< r ine.-.-ai,e states that #rrsa-||. tional details ci ti:e (.arrigtoiiill cut- ; • rage have been received. It is esti- \ t nutted that a hundred or more. s>:nn ; c I' fillers v. ere coikcnied. 'i:u y eon- ' j ( verged upun the vidage en. bicycles and j ?| in iiioiar ear.-. 'J'iie noiiee were just j ' al.!e t.» eoanaur.icate with Cirk beloro i a t!:o teloidione wiies were cut. j The v»inn Fi iners foniiiienced I'J* fir- i ing volleys i:itr> tho barracks. Six j poli e:nen* replied, .siiooiing into tho ' darkness. The results nro unknown. ' The Sinn Feiners «ere able to place ex;ilc<ivcs on the end ot t!:e barracks. • j and blow in tiM> wail. They rushed across liie debris and captured and , • handcuffed the de.'enders. _ , 'fi Tisev then h "IT ceiineil to decide who- j ther tho p'li e should ho shot forthwith, , but finally decided that ilicy phould not, j .. as t hey had n vlo a bravo defence. i j. T! e Sinn Feiners decamped with their I loot just as armed reinforcemenis ar- i rived from Cork. Tho latter released tho liandcufTcd jiolicv, but no arrests j were mnde. v ===== g