RIOTS IN CORK
SEVERAL HOURS’ SHOOTING
CUSTOMS OFFICER SHOT DEAD
By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. London, January 16.
The shooting disturbances at Cork lieban as the crowd was leaving a football match. From 4.30 armed police parties in motor lorries were breaking up groups in tho principal streets. Shortly before 5 o’clock the rebels attacked two policemen, whereupon police reinforcements rushed Up and riotous scenes followed. The filing lasted several hours. A Customs officer, Mr. Pring, while walking home with his sister, received a bullet in tho head and died instantly. Two women and four civilians were among the wounded.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
MILITARY SEARCH IN DUBLIN
AREA COMPLETELY ISOLATED.
(Rec. January 17, 7.45 p.m.) London, January 17.
An area in Dublin on the north bank of the river Liffey, over half a mile square, densely populated and containing the city’s principal markets, was completely isolated yesterday, movement inward or outward being forbidden until tho military had completed a house-to-house search, which is expected to last three days. Troops were posted with machine-guns at sand-bagged windows at many strategic points.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 97, 18 January 1921, Page 7
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179RIOTS IN CORK Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 97, 18 January 1921, Page 7
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