DEMOLITION IN DUBLIN
Monument To Nelson fN.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) DUBLIN, March 8. A mysterious explosion early today blasted off the top 40 feet of the monument to the British Naval hero, Lord Nelson, which towers 134 feet over the centre of Dublin. Police said the deed was the work of “expert demolitionists.” No-one was injured in the blast, which blew to bits the 20ft statues of Nelson, which surmounted the monument, and about 20 feet of the pillar itself/ It was immediately speculated that the explosion was planned by the outlawed Irish Republican Army, which for years had threatened to blow up the statue. The 1.R.A., which seeks independence for all of Ireland, had referred to the monument as “a symbol of British oppression.”
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31005, 10 March 1966, Page 24
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124DEMOLITION IN DUBLIN Press, Volume CV, Issue 31005, 10 March 1966, Page 24
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