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Following the seizure by followers of the outlawed Irish Republican Army of arms and ammunition from an Irish Army magazine at Dublin on Sunday, trouble spread to north-fern Ireland on Christmas day when 0 interned members of the IRA, mutinied and set the "Berry Gaol The prison was surrounded by large forces of police as the fire was extinguished.
Raids were carried out allover Belfast last night and scores of IRA. suspects were arrested.
The fire lasted for five hours. The {60 mutineers, who hed been interned for the duration of the war, over~ powered three wardens and locked them in cells, "They then set bedding afire and smashed furniture to feed the names.
'The 60 men then leaned from cell withdows singing Republican songs and shouting slogans to the crowds gathered in" the street, They dis-Played two Republican legs, 'They made a final stand against police and firemen' wielding bottes and boards studded with nails, Firemen directed their hoses upon the prisoners after the police had unsuecessfully stormed their barricades, and forced the prisoners to surrender.
One of the placards displayed by the prisoners said, "England is the champion of freedom. Is this Sree Som?"—United Press,
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