SHOTS FIRED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2702, 23 February 1916, Page 7

SHOTS FIRED

SCENE AT THE RAILWAY STATION At 11.30 information was received fiom tho Central Railway Station that some men had been wounded and one .killed by riflo fire. A band of about thirty roystorers arrived with missiles and assailed the military guard at Central railway station'. They came on throwing stones and bottles, and then charged on "to the platform. Seeing a number of police and pickets in a J,bunch than eeused the hose provided.

in ease of fire and played it 011 tlicni i They wore ordered to desist, but jeered j and plied it the harder, and a shot was i iired by one with on automatic pistol j afe the picket. A desperate scene fol- i lowed. The pickets fired twice. .The i first volley did no damage, and \hc rioters again played the hoso on the , pickets. This time the water was turned on full, and so strong was tlio stream that several of the pickets were i bowled over like ninepins. After an Interval of a 1W minutes from the time of the first volley, the pickets fired on the rioters again , and several of the soldiers were hit by the bullets and fell. The pickets then charged with tho bayonet, and the alley-way, which runs at right angles to the eastern arch of tho station, was olearcd of the rioters. Tho wounded men were carried 011 to tho railway platform and into the refreshment rooms on the station to await their removal to the hospital. Ono constable received a wound in the check, but not serious. The casualties were: Killed. Private E. W. Keefe, 6th Light Horse, bullet wound in cheek, bayonet wounds in left side'and neck and right shoulder. Kcofc died within a few moments bomg hit in tho arms of Constable Bailey, who had rushed forward to pick hint up, himself risking a bullet in so doing. Wounded. Constable Mackenzie, of Newtown, injury to cheek. Howard Williams ('2O), shot in the bocty. I'rivate Body, unconscious from baton stroke. Private Body had not, up to a late hour, recovered consciousness, and was adjudged to be in a bad way. J'oseofi Shaiy (29), 11th Reinforcements, 17tli Battalion, scalp wound. George Sharp (39), 13th Battalion (returned soldier), clubbed on head. Hugh People-, (29), "Moira," Darley Road, Randwick, shot in tho knee. Private Gemblo (21), Casula Camp, bullet wound' in back of tho head (not serious). Trooper William Clarke, Casula Camp, right knee-cap shattered by buUci Private David Seaton (40), D Cowpony, 19th Battalion, 53 . Gerard Street, Alexandria, injured. George Williams, 37, .a soldier Liverpool Camp, a cut on the back of 1 the head from a bottle. William Jones, 24, a constable, stationcd at Centennial Barracks, injury to the head, but no fracture. _ J. Dickson, 23, soldier (Liverpool), an injury over tlio eyo from a polico baton. , Arthur Taylor, 22, a soldier (Liver, pool), bruises to the head, injuries to shoulder and knee. Ernest Eagan, IS, trooper (Liver-, pool), cut on the head. Gladstone Banmatine, 20, a soldier (Liverpool), sprained ankle. .Charles Smith, 19, soldier (Liverpool), cut on head and injured finger. Stanley Nelson, 24, mounted trooper, i scalp wound. T. A. Wilson, 40, soldier (Liverpool), ■ injuries to the head. : Joseph O'Connor, 27, soldier (Cas- ; ula,), injuries to head and shoulder. • Robert Churchlaiid, of Moreo,_ in- : juries, to head through being hit by . baton.

L. G. Langdon, 30, a sapper, extensive cut. on the head, necessitating three stitches. Stan Bates, 30, soldier (Liverpool), injuries to head through baton. Thomas Gunther, 23, of the mounted police, fracture of a small bone of foot. Herbert Mersham, 19, soldier (Liverpool), a broken nose. John Crump, 25, soldier (Casula), buller. wound in tho leg. Harry 'Miller, 30, soldier (Liverpool), "shot at and fell." William Clark, 19, soldier (Casula), bullet wound in knee. Jamos D- Stone, 29, soldier (Show Ground), scalp wound, necessitating three stitches. • Private Body, who was injured, was not a mutineer, but one of the pickets. So was Joseph Shaw, who is suffering from a scalD wound. t