IRISH CRIMES;

Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1921, Page 5

IRISH CRIMES;

BOMBS IN DUBLIN. SHOOTING IN MAIN KVJLD STAMPEDE OF PEOPLE, By Xelegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 13, 9.5 p.m. London, Jan. 12. Three bombs were flung at & police lorry passing Bachelor’s Walk, one of Dublin’s leading thoroughfares, and two exploded. The police immediately opened fire with rifles and revolvers, and Sinn Feiners, from a side street, replied. There was a wild stampede of people in the streets near by, and several women fainted. One Sinn Feiner was seen !to fall, but his comrades carried him ! away. There were no polio© casualties. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A TRAIN DERAILED. SINN FEIN ATTACK REPULSED. Received Jan. 13, 9.5 p.m. London, Jan. 12. Sinn Feiners derailed a train in a wild stretch of country in West Donegal by placing large boulders on the line. When the train left the rails a hundred Sinn Feiners lying in ambush fired into it, and the woodwork was riddled and windows broken. Troops replied vigorously, and the Sinn Feiners fled. It is believed several Sinn Feiners were wounded, but there were no casualties amongst the troops. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GAOL FOR M.P. Received Jan. 13, 7.50 p.m. London, Jan. 12. Walsh, a member of the House of Commons, who escaped from Mountjoy Prison, has been sentenced to five years penal servitude. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.