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Show REBELS ATTACK IRISHOfHGIALS ONSLAUGHT MADE ON VARIOUS GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS; IRREGULARS FIRED UPON Volleys Causa General Stampede of Pedestrians Crowding Streets Of City on Their Way To Lunch Dublin. An organized, uttack wns tnade Wednesday afternoon on var-iosu var-iosu government ofTlces In Duliln. An attempt a!no was made to set the Income In-come tax office on fire. National troops, guarding the local government board office, fired and killed one Irregular Ir-regular and captured three others. Three government offices were raided simultaneously. Some of the ottackers attempted to set the buildings build-ings on lre, while others kept up a rain of bullets from thoir positions on adjoining roofs. The motorcar used by the Irregulars Irregu-lars attacking the central office wns captured by the government forces and was found to contain land mines. The fighting caused intense excitement. excite-ment. When the attacks commenced many people were on their way from their offices and places of business to lunch, and the firing caused a general gen-eral stampede. Tramcnrs were abandoned, aban-doned, the streets cleared and the fire bridgade turned out. After taking up their positions the Irregulars maintained a constant fire lor about an hour. |