SINN FEIN OUTRAGE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3379, 7 January 1920, Page 6

SINN FEIN OUTRAGE.

POLICE BARRACKS ATTACKED. | LONDON, Jan. 4. Unknown raiders blew up the police barracks at Oarrigtohill. They gassed the occupants and stole’ £65. Another party fired into the police barracks at Carrignavar. The occupants had a narrow esc'ape. A later message states sensational details of the Carrigtohill outrage. It is estimated that a hundred or more Sinn Eciners were concerned. They converged upon the village on bicyefijs and motor cars. The police were just able to communicate with Cork before th e telephones were cut. The Sinn Peiners commenced by firing volleys into, the barracks. Six policemen replied, shooting into the darkness. The results .are unknown. The Sinn Peinors were able to place explosives on the end of the barracks, and blew in th e wall. They rushed across the debris and captured and handcuffed the defenders. They held a council to decide whether the police should be shot forthwith, but' finally decided that they should not as they had made a bravo defence. The Sinn Feincrs' decamped with the loot just as armed reinforcements arrived from Cork. They released the hand cuffed police. No arrests have been made.