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Full Title	The Irish Republic, v. 1, no. 1, September 1, 1939.
Contributor	McKiernan, Eoin.
Date Added	11 November 2021
Format	Newspaper
Language	English Irish
Publish Date	1939-09
Publisher	[New York : s.n.]
Source	Joseph McGarrity Collection.
Topic	Ireland > Politics > Newspapers.
About	More Details Permanent Link
Disclaimers	Disclaimer of Liability Disclaimer of Endorsement

OCR Se THE IRISH{FREPUBLIC IMPERTINENCE Reynolds News, 7-23-39 “Irish Civic Guards will relentlessly crush any effort to create disorder in Eire, but they will not be allowed to pass on information or make arrests on British Warrants, where the terrorists are concened. The reason is not that Mr. deValera has any sym- pathy with the I. R. A. but Irishmen who strongly disapprove of the bombings, would strongly protest, if the Irish Police handed over Irishmen wanted in England: on what Ireland regards as political charges, Scotland Yard men who recently went to Dublin, with names and details, were told to go home. Irish detectives, in fact, told them unofficially that they regarded their presence as ‘damned impertinence.” FLAMES SWEEP LONDON MARKET Reynolds News, 7-20-39 Early this morning, firemen from all parts of Lon- don were called to a fire which swept through Borough +Market. The alarm was given late last night. A quarter of an hour afterwards, flames were leaping 40 to 50 feet in the air and the glow could be seen for several miles from rooftops in London.. . . Burning debris fell in all directions . .. Flames burnt through the arches of the Southern Railway Bridge, which crosses Stoney Street and set fire to the tracks .. . All trains to Charing Cross and Cannon Street Stations were stopped and electric light and gas were cut off in adjoining buildings over a large area. Within 45 minutes the whole of London Bridge and Cannon Street Station were plunged into darkness...” Cannon Street Station was closed for two days while temporary repairs were made. UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE The death of the Scottish doctor in the King’s Cross explosion aroused the deepest sympathy not only in England, where of course it was hysterically exploited, but also in Ireland. The spontaneous ex- planation of one of the deportees showed that con- trary to English propaganda, there had been no decision to make the campaign more ruthless or involve avoidable bloodshed. Rather there was a failure in the timing device—usually a simple alarm clock electric contact arrangement—which caused the bomb to go off many hours before the due hour. Since we have NOT German technicians to help, our occasional inefficiencies or failures must be excused ... In a 7 months campaign England has suffered two fatalities, the I. R. A. three. Irish Bulletin 12th August, ’39 Official Organ I. R. A. BIG FIRE ON SECRET DUMP Reynolds, 8-7-39 Fire broke out yesterday on the British Admiralty property known in West Cumberland as “The Dump” at Great Broughton near Cockermouth and the pur- pose of which has not been disclosed . . . Officials would make no statement. Huge volumes of smoke were seen from miles away. An incendiary bomb exploded in the cloak room of the parcel office at Wolverhampton G. W. R. Station at 5:30 a.m. No one was injured. An explosion and fire occurred at the Electric power station at Thinford near Spennymoor.. Dur- ham and plunged Spennymoor and surrounding dist- trict in darkness. Cinema performances were aban- doned. ——— A woman resident of the Albemarle Court Hotel, Leinster Gardens W., found that her bed was smoul- dering, when she entered her bedroom on the top floor . . . by the time the firemen arrived the room was in flames. Fires broke out in two well known London Hotels. Well-dressed Irish Colleens had engaged rooms in them and forgot to come back for their grips. Armed Royal Marine Police who guard the Royal Dockyards are now on duty at British Naval Ports. The decision to arm the police was made when the naval authorities received what purported to be a threatening letter from the I. R. A. indicating that an attempt would be made to cause fires and ex- plosios at Portsmouth Dockyard. “London has begun to blow up of its own volition according to the newspapers of August 5th, 1939 who in turn took their cue from those who direct “official sources’. Not wishing probably to admit that it could have been caused by “Irish Outlaws” who had already been rounded up and deported the papers said that an explosion which rocked London was the result of an accident. The panic was worse than anything witnessed in England before.” Wolfe Tone Weekly HOLE 30 ft. DEEP: RESULT OF LONDON EXPLOSION Evening Mail, 8-5-39 “Heavy rain and grey skies early to-day heightened the desolation round the scene of the great explosion which rocked the City of London last night .. . Tons of debris were piled tightly round damaged premises . . . Pieces of lead roofing can be seen hanging from the topmost girders where they were flung by the mighty blast of the explosion... A large contingent of reserve police officers were drafted to the scene . . . the whole of the affected area was enclosed .. . The crater in the roadway torn by the explosion is estimated to be about 30 feet deep. It is still partly filled with a mass. of masonry, glass and splintered woodwork.” ‘

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