RIOTS AT CARDIFF.
INCENDIARISM AND CONFLICTS WITH POLICE. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright Received 20, 1.40 a.m. London, July 19. Riots at Cardiff are due to the seamen's strike. Earlier in the day the dry dock laborers and cargo men struck in sympathy with the seamen. All were soon out of hand, and collection boxes at the east dock were fired.
Subsequently the strikers fired the Liverpool and Dublin Steamship Co.'s warehouse, believing it was used to shelter blacklegs. The damage amounts to £12,000. Meanwhile a dozen barrels of beer were rolled from the quay and the contents distributed to the mob, many becoming intoxicated. Barrels of beef packed in ice were also looted.
Firemen, using the hoses, frustrated an endeavor to fire barrels of petroleum. The strikers retaliated with stones, and there were numerous baton charges by the police. Thirty were badly injured, including several police. Though military assistance was at first requested, it was decided to introduce 350 police.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 22, 20 July 1911, Page 5
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159RIOTS AT CARDIFF. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 22, 20 July 1911, Page 5
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