BELFAST TERRORS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1922, Page 5

BELFAST TERRORS.

WARFARE IN THE CITY. ATTACK ON CATHOLICS. HOUSES SET ON FIRE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, April 18. Wholesale sniping by Unionist gunmen occurred in Belfast on Monday night and continued this morning. So far nine persons have been wounded, some critically. A large party made a desperate assault on the Antiqua Street Catholic quarter. At the points of rilles and revolvers they turned out the residents and then set fire to the dwellings, destroying fifteen. The fire brigade was twice summoned, and found seven houses burning simultaneously. This morning snipers occupied the ridges of the garden plots in Broadway, a hitherto peaceful district, and fired into the Catholic quarters, including St. Mary’s Training College. Two aeries of fires occurred in one street in Belfast and 15 houses were almost destroyed. Several people were wounded by gunshots. The disturbances in Belfast continued during the evening. Several shops were looted and more houses set on fire. The military continued a prolonged duel with the snipers. Officers and a private in the Norfolk regiment were wounded. ROYAL ULSTER POLICE. London, April 18. The King has approved of the new constabulary being formed in Ulster being named the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Irregulars captured Brigade Commandant Lineham and Vice-Command-ant Crowley of the Free State Army and imprisoned them in Kenmare barracks. They are hunger-striking.