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Show f L A rmorecl Car Routs Sinn Fein STREET CURS IN ' BELFAST BRAVE BULLET STORNI Passenrjers and Motormen Lie Upon Floors in Passing Battle Line CASUALTY LIST IS HEAVY, OBSERVERS SAY Lord Mayor of Cork Shows Severe Effects of Hunger Hun-ger Strike BELFAST, Sept l Fighting war. resumed here this morning between Nationalists, Unionist shipyard work- era from the Shankhilt district, ami troops. Heavy firing continued nearly Uaalf an hemr. and ft Is feared the cas- I itslty list is heavy North street was thronged with ship yard workers at s o'clock. Suddenly there was a Berlea at revolver shots apparently coming from Mill field I which is the center of the Nationalist .-Meets abutt ng on North street. Nearly Near-ly military pldketa rushtd to the scone, took sheltei behind wall' wd poured I iri a fierce fire, which was returned by snipers. The battle was accompanied accom-panied bj ih shrieking of mill and foundry sirens. I'OO HOT mi; siw FEIN, ' Matters flnall became too hot for u:.e Sinn Ueii.ers and they were dls- iloi'.ged with the aid of an armored ii..r. Tlie shipyard workers in their ;eal to to lp 'in soldiers became a nu-i nu-i ,,, , jl el i',, . ..mi-.andjiik officers Sfiked t hem to withdraw lYam caru aught between the opposing forces iian a Gauntlet of bullets, the drivers cowering over their wheels and lh passengers lying on the floor It Is definitely known that one man was killed In the North street encounter. en-counter. IXOTH1 R BITTER . k.w I Titers was another blltei fiKht at the docks between shipyard workers and union do. k workers, the dockers iiring on the shipyard employes. The latter used sticks antl stones and a 'fierce battle waged until police and (soldiers with a machine gun ended the conflict. One docker was killed I by lh0 misdirected fire of his ow n I art) . The tota! number of fires in Belfast Since Wednesday last reached 214 this u ornlng. i OR1) M VYOR w I iv i LONDDN. Sept. 1 Lord Mayor Terence MacSivrney, of Cork, spent a restful night In Ihixton prison and secured se-cured several snatbhea of sleep Although Al-though very weak, he was bright and cheerful this morning There were, however, unmistakable signs of severe n ablation, dullness of the eves and general sinns of sinking o a rsshlt of bia lone; hunger strike. Mayor Jl.it-Bweney'fl Jl.it-Bweney'fl brother remained with him during the night |