THE MOUNTED CHARGE;

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1894, 31 October 1913, Page 9

THE MOUNTED CHARGE;

CASUALTY LIST. Sergeant O'Halligan, who wbb in charge, received injury to his right arm. A- piece of iron struck Ins elbow, and a lump of coal landed with forco on his shoulder. Mr. S. George Nathan, a special mounted constable, was in the charge, but his horse slipped on the tram-rails and rolled over on him. When ho was picked up it was found that ho had .sustained a broken collar-bono. Two of_ tho permanent men also fell, but neither sustained injury. Constable Draws Firearm. Constable Linskev lost his horso when ho fell, and was 110 sooner on Lis feet than lie was surrounded by strikers. Quickly drawing his revolver, Linskey faced his men, and ordered them to stand back. Two other mornted police noticed • their comrade's danger, and they galloped smartly up to the seenc. One of tho mounted men noticed a striker in tho act of hitting Linskey on the head with a bar of iron, and, drawing his revolver, ho called upon the lawbreaker to drop his weapon. Tho striker quickly did this, and this act happened simultaneously with the arrival of a motor-car. Striker Felled. The unmounted man jumped in, followed by a striker. "What do you want?" said tho policeman. "I want you," replied the striker, and with that tho constable struck the striker a heavy blow with his fist. Tho striker fell heavily to tho ground, 6s the chauffeur released the brakes and tho car sped away from tho Square. Other Casualties. I Several strikers received blows from t-lia mounted men's batons, as they rushed ac full gallop through tho crowd. Many of the onlookers received kicks from the horses. The polico state that one man named Jones received very serious injuries through' being tramped 011 -by a horse. Several of the mounted constables received minor injuries during tho riot on Waterloo Quay yesterday morning, but nothing of a serious nature. Constable Fallen, who was defending the entrance leading into tho Post and Telegraph Stores yard, received a nasty cut 011 his head, and had to go off duty.