BOMB EXPLOSION

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1928, Page 5

BOMB EXPLOSION

SCENES IN IRELAND

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

(Received this day at 11.20. u.m.) LONDON, Nov. 11.

Uonib explosions before dawn awoke Dublin to the fact that Armistice Day bad arrived and there is still a dangerous section of extremist Republicans abroad. During the night explosives were placed at the base of the King William equestrian monument at College Green. The explosion damaged the pedestal and bronze horse and .shattered windows in banks and offices in the vicinity. Simultaneously a bomb exploded at the base of a bronze statue of King George II at St Stephen’s Green, damaging the stone work. Both explosions were heard for miles. Police rushed to the vicinity but made no arrests. It was feared further outrages would interfere with processions, nevertheless thousands of bemedalled and poppied ex-servicemen accompanied by Glade sliirted British pascisti, and women relatives of the fallen, despite the pelting rain, marched to the cenotaph at Phoenix Park on which Deputy Shaw placed a wreath on behalf of the Free State.

The crowd, after the silence, sang “God Save the King.’’ The return march was marred hv several scuffles, youths attempting to break the processions and ranks and seize, the Union Jacks being roughly handled. They were rescued with difficulty by the on ic guard. Excited crowds thronged the principal streets with the expectation of further disturbances.