The Troubles 19

ISSUE 19 January/February 1973TROUBLESTheTheTROUBLES

SIX MEN GUNNEDDOWN IN NEW LODGESIX MEN GUNNEDDOWN IN NEW LODGE

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It can often be a contentious issue of debate of when and how Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ began, who and what isto blame, and even which event in case led us to where we are now. You can go back 30 years, or even 300 years andbeyond for in reality Ireland has been engaged in conflict with England for centuries.Therefore, in order to compile a chronological record of the modern Troubles - the term usually given to the mostrecent conflict, we must mark a defining point of start, which we have taken as partition itself and from which webegan in Issue 1. In turn again, we feel it is equally important to give you the reader some understanding whyevents spiralled as they did into a bloody civil war.This is not another view of the Troubles, this has been done and redone. This is the historical recording of eventscompiled by people from different parts of Belfast who lived through them. Our objective as local historians is tocompile what we hope will be as near as possible a definitive reference to events as they unfolded through the lastthree decades.In terms of research we have used as much material as possible and from diverse perspectives. We areconfident that we have covered events as they were reported at the time. If however you feel that we have eitherleft something out or indeed got something wrong we are more than happy to hear from you. As mentioned abovethis series of publications is the historical recording of the Troubles and all corrections are more than welcome.

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SOURCE MATERIALRegular readers will be aware of slight changes being made to the layout of theTroubles magazine. This is due to a new format we're adopting in order tomerge it with our sister publication Belfast Magazine. This will not occur untilafter Issue 20 and readers have nothing to worry about in terms of content andavailability. The amount of pages will be the same and instead of beingavailable four times per year it will now be available six times. per year. Therewill also be a decrease in price as the new price will be £2.50. At the back ofeach issue we also listed Those Who Died which was taken from thepublication Lost Lives. Having completed 1972 we have decided that we shouldlist these deaths the way they were reported at the time and not make anycorrections which came out after the inquests etc.The page content of the whole combined magazine will be approximately 120pages and this should be great value as most of our readers purchase bothpublications.We wish to hear your comments on this and remember it's NOT happeninguntil after Issue 20 (February 2006)

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JANUARY 1973

British troops moving in to set up a check point near theborder at Clones

Monday 1st January 1973Man and woman killed in DonegalIn what has been described as the first assassinations in theSouth, the bodies of an engaged couple have been discov-ered on a lonely Donegal Road. The dead have been iden-tified as Oliver Boyce, aged 25, a carpenter, of main StreetClonmany and Breige Porter, aged 21, a factory worker, ofMatherinure, Buncrana. It is believed that the couple, whowere both shot a number of times, had set out for a NewYear Eve party. They are reported to have been seen walk-ing along the road after their car broke down. Their bodieswere found in a ditch at Birdstown, a small townland be-tween Muff and Bridgend. A local farmer has reported thathe heard a scream and 15 shots at around 2.00 am. MrBoyce’s car was found three miles a way from the scene atMuff

Monday 1st January 1973Incendiary removed from barA passer-by has removed an incendiary device from thefront of a Dungannon public house shortly before it ex-ploded. An Army spokesman has said that the device wasthrown into the gutter where it exploded. No one was in-jured.

Monday 1st January 1973Gun attackA man and a woman passenger have been detained in hos-pital after gunmen opened fire on a Corporation bus in WestBelfast. The shots are reported to have been from the Prot-estant Highfield estate as the bus halted at a stop on theSpringfield Road. The bus was struck 18 times but no onewas seriously hurt.

Monday 1st January 1973Weekend shootingsThere were a number of unsuccessful assassination attemptsin Belfast over the weekend and more than 250 shots werefired in Republican areas. Many of the shots were at un-known targets. Soldiers have also claimed to have shot aman in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.

Monday 1st January 1973Man shot in New LodgeA 21-year-old man has been found in the New Lodge Roadarea suffering from gunshot wounds. His name has notbeen released but it is thought that he was shot in the shoul-der in the Spamount Street area.

Monday 1st January 1973Ardoyne shootingsAccording to the Army about 150 rounds were fired in theArdoyne area during the night. Fire was returned on anumber of occasions and a man was reported to have beenshot in Gracehill Street.

Monday 1st January 1973Shots fired in FallsAround 25 shots have been directed at soldiers who wereoccupying an observation post in the bus depot. It is be-lieved that the gunmen were operating from the directionof Milltown cemetery. No one was injured in the attack.

Monday 1st January 1973Army post attackedShots have been fired at an Army post in the Ardoyne areof Belfast. In Brompton Park also in Ardoyne, occasionalshots were directed at troops. No injuries were reported

Monday 1st January 1973Soldiers open fire in BallymurphySoldiers have opened fire on two men who were believedto be carrying guns at Springfield Park. The soldiers firedfrom Moyard Park in Ballymurphy. No hits were claimed

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TOP - Funeral of UDR Captain James Hood who was killedby the IRA.BOTTOM - The car in which Jack Mooney was shot dead atthe Rolls Royce factory in East BelfastRIGHT - Jack Mooney pictured with he son PaulFAR RIGHT - Shots being fired by women members of theIRA over the coffin of Rose Curry who was killed in an ex-plosion in the Lower Falls area

Monday 1st January 1973Gunmen open fire on youthsShots have been fired from a passing car at four youthswalking along Deramore Avenue in the Ormeau Road area.One youth, aged 19, was injured but his condition was notserious and he was discharged after treatment.

Monday 1st January 1973Teenager injured in gun attackAn 18-year-old youth has been shot as he walked withfriends along Westway Gardens.. Witnesses have said thata car drew up beside the men and an occupant called out toone of the men, a shot was then fired. The youth was takento hospital

Monday 1st January 1973Soldier wounded in New LodgeA soldier was been hit in the arm when a gunman openedfire on a foot patrol in the New Lodge area of Belfast. Asecond soldier received a leg wound when soldiers cameunder fire at Berwick Road in the Ardoyne area. Neither isseriously injured.

Monday 1st January 1973Belfast explosionAn explosion which was heard over a wide area of Belfasthas been caused by the Army. Army bomb experts are saidto have blown up a looking suspicious car which was foundat Empire Street in the Donegal Road.

Monday 1st January 1973Car bomb at NewtownbutlerA bomb which is estimated to have contained 30-50 lb ofexplosives has exploded at a garage in the village ofNewtownbutler. Three nearby houses were damaged inthe blast.

Monday 1st January 1973Houses petrol bombedThree houses in the Whitehill estate in Bangor were at-tacked with petrol bombs during the night. One womanreceived burns to her arm.

Monday 1st January 1973Bomb at civil rights leader’s homeA bomb containing 30 lb of explosives attached to a 5 gal-lon drum of petrol has been found at the home of a CivilRights leader. The bomb, which was found at the rear ofthe home of Mr Kevin Agnew in Maghera, had been placedat the rear wall of the home. Army experts have said thatthe fuse had burned out. A telephone warning had been givento the RUC. Mr Agnew and his wife were not at home atthe time.

Monday 1st January 1973RUC barracks attacked in DownpatrickGunmen operating from an empty shop in Irish Street inDownpatrick have fired a number of shots at the local RUCbarracks. No one was injured in the attack.

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1st January 1973Guns stolen from houseFour masked men have burst into a home at UpperGreenisland, in Carrickfergus and got away with five le-gally held guns. The householder, who the RUC say wasnot connected with the security forces, was tied up. Theraiders got away with four shotguns and a pistol.

Monday 1st January 1973Mystery explosion in DerryThere has been an explosion in Derry during the night how-ever its source has not yet been traced. According to theArmy the muffled explosion was heard in the vicinity ofFanad Drive-Bligh’s Lane.

Monday 1st January 1973Malicious fire in NewryA fire, which is believed to have been started maliciously,has caused extensive damage to the Hermitage lounge barin Newry.

Monday 1st January 1973Army patrol attacked in TwinbrookOne shot has been fired at an Army patrol in the Twinbrookarea of Belfast. There were no casualties and fire was notreturned.

Monday 1st January 1973Incendiary device explodes in MillisleAn incendiary device has exploded at a café in the CountyDown village of Millise. The café, on Main Street, wasmade of wood but only slight damage was caused.

Monday 1st January 1973Shot fired at gravesideA volley of shots have been fired over the grave of a manwho was shot dead by the Army in Derry on Friday. Thedead man, 30-year-old James McDaide, who came fromthe Shantallow area of the city, was shot by a soldier atBalllyarnett. Full IRA honours were accorded to dead man.

Monday 1st January 1973Official IRA killed RUC manThe Official IRA have claimed responsibility for the kill-ing of a RUC man in Lurgan as he delivered Christmaspresents to 11-year-old girl in the Kilwilkie estate. At thetime it was widely believed that the shooting had been car-ried out by the Provisional IRA.

Tuesday 2nd January 1973IRA women go on runIt is believed that many members of the women’s sectionof the IRA have gone on the run following the detentionlast night of a 19-year-old girl, Elizabeth McKee. MissMcKee last night became the first woman to be served witha detention order. She was one of a number of peoplearrested on Tuesday night when troops swooped on theRiverdale Park area of Belfast. The detention order comesone year after the first rumours that women were to be de-tained. It is though that she will be kept in the women’ssection of Armagh prison.

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Tuesday 2nd January 1973Sinn Fein to open office in BelfastThe Provisional wing of Sinn are said to be in the processof opening an office in Belfast to distribute literature andact as an advice centre. A spokesman for them has saidthat premises have already been acquired and that they willbe operational in the near future. There has been no reac-tion from the government on the possibility of Sinn Fein,which is a banned organisation, opening offices.

Tuesday 2nd January 197382 people charge in DecemberIn a detailed report on the security situation, which has beengiven to the Secretary of State, William Whitelaw, 82 peo-ple were arrested on arms and explosives charges last month,46 of these were Protestants and 36 Catholics.. In Protes-tant areas 21 guns and 6,500 rounds of ammunition and900 lbs of explosive have been seized, whereas in Catholicareas, during the same period 22 guns, 1,600 rounds ofammunition and 650 lbs of explosives have been uncov-ered.

Tuesday 2nd January 1973Derry Republican ChargedThe Derry Republican leader, Martin McGuinness, has beenremanded in custody for a fortnight, when he appeared be-fore the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. He has beencharged with membership of the IRA, possessing 250 lbsof explosives and 4,757 rounds .of ammunition

Tuesday 2nd January 1973Man killed at Rolls Royce plantA 31-year-old Catholic has been shot dead as he drove intothe car park of the Rolls Royce plant at Dundonald. Thedead man has been identified as Mr Jack Mooney, ofWhiterock Park, The dead man’s father, who was travel-ling in the car, was uninjured in the attack but two othermen who were travelling in the car were wounded, one hasbeen shot in the chest and the other in the foot.

Tuesday 2nd January 1973Rocket attack on Army postA member of the RUC and a girl typist have had a narrowescape when a fragment from an RPG7 rocket thudded intohe office where they were working. The rocket had beenfired into the Springfield Road Army-RUC base from anearby street.

Tuesday 2nd January 1973Incendiary attack in DerryA fire which is believed to have been started by an incendi-ary device has gutted ladies and children’s outfitters at GreatJames Street, in Derry. The outbreak was discovered by anArmy patrol and although firemen were quickly on thescene, the fire spread rapidly.

Tuesday 2nd January 1973Bomb damages public houseA bomb has extensively damaged a disused house at AnnStreet, Dungannon. A warning was given and there wereno casualties.

Tuesday 2nd January 1973Arson attack at Limavady farmThe RUC are investigating the cause of a blaze which de-stroyed a hayshed containing 8,000 bales of hay and otherfarm materials at Tartnakelly, Limavady.

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RIGHT - The Ben Madigan Station where Trevor Rankinwas shot dead by Republicians.LEFT - Trevor Rankin

Tuesday 2nd January 1973Explosives find at GreencastleThe RUC has said that the Army has made safe 2 lbs ofexplosive mixture which was found at Catherine’s Row,near the M2 junction at Greencastle.

Tuesday 2nd January 1973Death figures for 1972The official death figures for civil unrest in 1972 show that467 people were killed. Including last nights shooting vic-tim, the death total since 1969 is now 679.

Wednesday 3rd January 1973Sniper shoots soldierA soldier has been slightly wounded when an Army footpatrol came under fire in the lower Falls area of Belfast.

An Army spokesman has said that the soldier received agraze to his cheek when the shots were fired in WaterfordStreet

Wednesday 3rd January 1973Man shot at GlencairnA 31-year-old man has been found lying on the road with agunshot wound to the knee in the Glencairn area of Bel-fast. It is unsure how the incident happened but it is thoughtthat he was captured by three men in a car and then shot.

Wednesday 3rd January 1973Gunman shoots man in kneeAt around 9.30pm yesterday a 20-year-old man was shotin Distillery Street, Belfast, when a car pulled up besidehim and called him over. As the youth went over to the carhe was shot in the knee. The RUC have said that a .22 riflewas used.

Wednesday 3rd January 1973Rocket fired at RUC baseA rocket, which was launched at an RUC base in Benagh,County Tyrone, has failed to hit the building and explodedinside a derelict building. No one was hurt in the attackwhich was launched from a nearby hill on the Omagh-Ballygawley Road. It is understood that the rocket nar-rowly missed the barrack’s married quarters.

Wednesday 3rd January 1973Shots fired into homeA man and his wife narrowly escaped death when a bulletsmashed through the window of their home at Fairway,Antiville, Larne. Three shots were fired at the house by anumber of men.

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LEFT - IRA bomb attack on a store at the junction of RoyalAvenue and Donegall Street

Wednesday 3rd January 1973Nail bomb discovered in ArmaghSoldiers have discovered a nail bomb lying in a hedge nearSt Patrick’s Cemetery on Cathedral Road, Armagh. Ac-cording to an Army spokesman the device had been lyingthere for some time.

Wednesday 3rd January 1973Arson attack on vanA fish and chip van has been destroyed by fire after a stonewas thrown through the windscreen of the vehicle as itpassed a housing estate at Ardmore, near Derry. It is be-lieved that fat tipped out and ignited as the van driver brakedsharply.

Wednesday 3rd January 1973RAF border operationsIt has been revealed that the RAF have been using theirlatest helicopter, the Puma, to fly troops on border opera-tions. The Puma, which can fly at a speed of 160 mph, hasnever been used in the north before and its presence hasbeen kept a secret since its arrival several weeks ago. AnArmy source has said that troops are normally transportedin Wessex helicopters but that they prefer the Puma. Onereason being is that it has an unloading door on each sideof its fuselage.

Thursday 4th January 1973Man charged with UVF membershipAn Army source has said that troops are normally trans-ported in Wessex helicopters but that they prefer the Puma.One reason being is that it has an unloading door on eachside of its fuselage. An Army source has said that troopsare normally transported in Wessex helicopters but that theyprefer the Puma. One reason being is that it has an unload-ing door on each side of its fuselage. An Army source hassaid that troops are normally transported in Wessex heli-copters but that they prefer the Puma. One reason being isthat it has an unloading door on each side of its fuselage.

Thursday 4th January 1973Shots fired at soldiersA working party of soldiers who were close to FinistonSchool in the Oldpark area have come under fire. No onewas injured and fire was not returned.

Thursday 4th January 1973Border base for Irish ArmyThe Irish Army has almost completed its negotiations forthe leasing of Bishopscourt, a 26-room mansion nearClones, County Monaghan for use as a temporary barracksby troops on border patrol. The move follows recent bomb-ing in the South and demands for greater protection.

Thursday 4th January 1973Fierce gun battle in ArdoyneA man has been shot and seriously wounded during a fiercegun battle in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. The man, whosename has not been released, was wounded near his homein Ladbrooke Driver. More than 100 rounds of ammuni-tion were fired through out the night and in the early oursof the morning Army posts at Alliance Road-Berwick Road,Glenpark Street, Louisa Street and Jamaica Street wee at-tacked.

Thursday 4th January 1973Explosion in DownpatrickAn Army bomb disposal expert has dragged a bomb out ofcouncil offices in Downpatrick. It exploded a short timelater. No one was hurt and only superficial damage wasdone to the property.

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RIGHT - Troops and RUC search through the rubble after abomb attack in Melville’s in Gresham Street.

Thursday 4th January 1973RUC attackedShots have been fired at An RUC Land Rover in the Oldparkarea of Belfast. No one was injured in the attack. A shorttime later shots were fired at Andersonstown RUC barracksfrom the City Cemetery and at Tennent Street RUC bar-racks from the direction of Ambleside Street. No one wasinjured in the attacks.

Thursday 4th January 1973Bomb in South ArmaghThe Provisional IRA in South Armagh have admitted re-sponsibility for the planting two bombs inside a widowshome at Drumuckaval near Crossmaglen. The explosionwrecked the house and brought down electricity cables onthe Dundalk-Crossmaglen Road. The home is in a remotearea where several members of the security forces havebeen killed by the IRA. In a statement the IRA identifiedthe woman and said that he had been dealt with leniently.The statement said that the woman had been co-operatingwith the security forces.

Friday 5th January 1973UDA explain ‘Eliminate’The UDA’s Headquarters at Newtownards Road, Belfastwas besieged for a time today by pressmen seeking clarifi-cation of the UDA’s intentions following their anti-assassi-nation statement. The UDA’s vice-chairman, TommyHerron accompanied by UDA council members have saidthat the word “eliminate” which had been used in a UDAstatement had been used in a different context. They hadnot suggested that the assassins themselves would be killedbut that the UDA had used the word in educational sense.

Friday 5th January 1973Bomb found in shipyardA 25 lb bomb has been found at Harland and Wolff’s mainoffice block at Queen’s Island. The device was later madesafe. It is not known how the bomb came to be planted atthe Shipyard but during the night armed and masked men,in a building contractors van, tried to snatch wages fromthe Harland and Wolff building but they fled empty handed.One suggestion is that the bomb was left by the raiders butthe RUC have said that there is nothing to suggest that thereis a link between the two incidents.

Friday 5th January 1973Arms find in DerryThere has been an arms find at Tamneymore, on the out-skirts of the Waterside in Derry. The find, which is be-lieved to have been made on the basis of a tip-off, includedtwo rifles, 530 rounds of ammunition, 20 detonators, 60 12bore cartridges, a magazine for a Thompson submachinegun, a mask and several lengths of safety fuse. Thearms were wrapped in plastic bags, which were found in ahole in a field, which was covered by an old door and turfedover.

Friday 5th January 1973Dublin bomb hoaxConnolly Station in Amiens Street, Dublin has been evacu-ated because of a bomb hoax. An anonymous telephonecall to a Dublin newspaper said that a device had been placedin the toilets at the station. The Garda later found a pack-

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age in a toilet but it was examined by Army experts it wasfound to contain old newspapers.

Friday 5th January 1973Short Strand riotsRioting has broken out in the Short Strand area of Belfast.The overnight riots, between workers from the SiroccoWorks and residents of the Short Strand, have been de-scribed by the RUC as the worse riots for several weeks.

Friday 5th January 1973Arms raidA member of a group which raided the home of aCarrickfergus arms dealer may have accidentally shot him-self during the raid while escaping with stolen guns. Sevenmen are said to have arrived at the Marshallstown Roadhome of the arms dealer to find only the mans 17-year-oldson and 15-year-old daughter at home. An undisclosednumber of weapons were taken. According to the boy andgirl, shots were heard as they men left and later a pool ofblood was found outside the house.

Friday 5th January 1973Sinn Fein offices remain closedProvisional Sinn Fein’s headquarters in Dublin are to re-main closed by the Gardai for at least another three months.A Sinn Fein spokesman has said that it intends to hold aprotest vigil at the Kevin Street building. The Spokesper-son said that a National Executive meeting was due to beheld on Saturday in the building but if necessary it wouldbe held outside in the street.

Friday 5th January 1973UDR man shot deadA member of the Ulster Defence Regiment has been shotdead as he returned from duty to his County Derry home.The dead man, who was a captain in charge of C Companyof the 5th battalion UDR, has been named as Captain JamesHood. The dead man had been returning to his home atStraiddarren between Claudy and Feeney in the companyof his son who is also a member of the UDR when, as heapproached the back door of the house, a single shot rangout. He was shot once in the head. His son, who had beenparking the car at the time found him.

Friday 5th January 1973Man attacked in DerryShortly after 7 pm ten shots were fired at a man, whosename has not been released, in Moyola Park, Derry. Theman, who is a Protestant, living in the predominantly na-tionalist estate, was uninjured but one round did hit his car.The motive for the attack has yet to be established.

Friday 5th January 1973Bus burnedA double-decker bus has been set on fire in Shipquay Street,Derry. The top deck was badly damaged. The vehicle hadbeen left unattended when the attack happened. Two youngboys were seen running away from the scene but it is notknown if they were connected to the attack.

Friday 5th January 1973Shots fired in CregganThe leader of an Army patrol in the Creggan has fired oneshot at a crowd of 300 children and youths who were riot-ing in the area. No one was injured in the shooting and theshot is said to have been aimed over the children’s heads.

Friday 5th January 1973Blast bombs thrown in DerryTwo blast bombs have been thrown at an Army patrol inLone Moor Road, Derry. No one was injured in the attackbut a man and child were treated for shock.

Friday 5th January 1973Man attacked in East BelfastA 21-year-old man who was walking across waste groundin Conlig Street in East Belfast has had a narrow escape.The man, who has not been named, had three shots fired athim from a passing car but he was not injured. The carsped off after the shooting.

Friday 5th January 1973Motorist attackedA motorist has reported that a shot was fired at him as hedrove along Denmark Street, Belfast. None of the shots hithis car and he was uninjured.

Friday 5th January 1973Belfast shootingsThe RUC have reported that shots were heard in three partsof Belfast last night but there were no reports of injuriesand neither the RUC nor Army were involved.

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Friday 5th January 1973Army defuses bombs in DungannonAn Army bomb disposal expert has defused two bombs inDungannon town centre. Both bombs were planted by thesame two men. The first bomb, which was concealed in asuitcase, contained 50 lb of explosives and was left Alex-ander’s drapery store in Market Square. The men thenwalked a short distance to a café in Market Street, wherethey left a 20 lb bomb in a duffle bag. A two minute warn-ing was given in each instance but the bombs were defused.

Friday 5th January 1973Car bomb explodes in LurganA car bomb has exploded at an electricity sub-station onthe Tandragee Road, Lurgan. Although the blast left a fivefoot crater in the ground, the sub-station wasn’t damaged.

Friday 5th January 1973Arms raid in TyroneTwo men with revolvers have stolen two legally held shot-guns from a house at Drumquin in County Tyrone. Thefamily was held at gun point while the men removed theguns and some cartridges from a bedroom.

Friday 5th January 1973Clubs raidedThe RUC have raided two more shebeens in Belfast duringthe night. Both were in Protestant areas of the City and aquantity of drink was seized. The RUC backed up by troopsraided a club in Mersey Street in East Belfast. A quantityof beer and wine was seized and names were taken. A simi-lar operation was carried out on a club in the Shankill Road.A quantity of beer and stout was taken in this raid. Therewas no trouble during either raid.

Saturday 6th January 1973Youth killed at Filling StationAn 18-year-old youth, William Trevor Rankin, of DublinStreet off the Ravenhill Road has been shot dead at a fill-ing station on the Shore Road as he inflated the tyres of hismini. The dead man, who worked as an apprentice me-chanic at an engineering firm at Whitehouse, was shot twiceby two youths, one of whom was armed with a revolver.

Saturday 6th January 1973Soldier shot by sniperA soldier has been seriously injured when a sniper openedfire on his patrol in the Falls area of Belfast. Six shotswere fired troops as they got out of an armoured car at thecorner of Merrion Street. The wounded man was rushed tohospital where he is described as being seriously ill. It isbelieved that the sniper opened fire from a derelict housein Leeson Street. A short time later shots were also fired atsoldiers on duty at Albert Street Mill. On this occasionthere were no hits and fire was not returned.

Saturday 6th January 1973Army dogsIt has been reported that hundreds of soldiers in the Northhave been collecting dogs as pets. The pets, many of whichare being kept in Army bases and barracks without the per-mission of the commanding officer, and are without licence,have been abandoned as their owners returned to Englandafter their tour of duty here. It was thought that more than100 dogs would have to be destroyed but a spokespersonhas said that they would try to ensure that the dogs werenot put to sleep.

Saturday 6th January 1973Arrests in County DerryTroops have detained six men during a series of searchesin the Dungiven area of County Derry. Army activity hasbeen stepped up since the recent killing of UDR CaptainJames Hood. The circumstances in which the men weredetained are not immediately known but they were laterhanded over to the RUC for questioning.

Saturday 6th January 1973RTE refuse air-timeMrs Maire MacStiofain, wife of imprisoned IRA leaderSean MacStiofain, has been refused three minutes paid airtime to appeal for her husband’s release. Mrs MacStiodainhas said that she has received a letter from RTE regrettingthat they “are not prepared to make air time available forthe purpose outlined”. Mr MacStiofain, who is on the 48th

day of his hunger strike at the Curragh Military Hospitaldaily diet consists of three pints of water, juice of an or-ange and two spoonfuls of glucose.


Saturday 6th January 1973Hand grenade is thrown into houseA hand grenade has been thrown into the home of a Catho-lic priest at Killycomain Road in Portadown. Superficialdamage was caused to the premises but the housekeeperwas struck in the chest with shrapnel. Her condition isdescribed as satisfactory.

Saturday 6th January 1973Hi-jack attempt in LimavadyTwo armed and masked men have attempted to hi-jack acar at Drumond, Limavady. The driver, who lives in thearea, drove on. Shots were fired at the man.

Saturday 6th January 1973Hoax bomb at Filling StationAbout 200 youths stoned the Army in Derry as they at-tempted to deal with a bomb at a filling station. Earlier,two youths entered the premises on Racecourse Road inthe Shantallow district and told the manager that a maskedman told them he left a bomb on the premises. It was laterrevealed to be a hoax.

Saturday 6th January 1973Long Kesh search protestWives and relatives of internees from Ardoyne are refus-ing to visit the men at Long Kesh in protest at the searchesby military policewomen. The women, who went to thecamp to visit, refused to submit to the search and left with-out seeing them. A statement issued by the women saidthat they are being forced to strip to their underwear andare manhandled by searchers.

Monday 8th January 1973UDR man attackedA member of the UDR in Carrickfergus had a narrow es-cape when a number of shots were fired through the door

of his home at Ederney Walk. The man had just come offduty and gone into the house when he heard a rap at thedoor. As he went to answer it three revolver shots werefired and two men were seen running away. The man, whosename is not being released, was uninjured.

Monday 8th January 1973Army post stonedAbout 200 youths have stoned an Army post at Bligh’s Lanein Derry. The youths dispersed after 20 minutes. And ataround the same time rubber bullets were fired at a crowdof 50 youths who stoned a mobile patrol in the Rathlin Drivearea of Derry.

Monday 8th January 1973Shankill arms findSoldiers have uncovered a .50 calibre heavy browningmachinegun of the type used in bomber and on surface ves-sels during the Second World War. An Army spokesmansaid that the weapon had its breach block removed and wasincapable of firing in its present condition. However, hepointed out that it may have been stored in a separate place.Also uncovered in the search in Battenburg Street was anassortment of bullets. The find was made in a garage.

Monday 8th January 1973RUC man in narrow escapeA member of the RUC has been ambushed on the road be-tween Cullyhanna and Newtownhamilton. As the RUC mandrove along the road in his private car he spotted three menwith rifles at the roadside. The man sped off and cameunder fire. Ten bullets ripped into his vehicle, shatteringthe windscreen and bursting a tyre but he managed to driveon. The RUC man, who hasn’t been named, was woundedin the foot but his condition is not serious.


RIGHT - The cross border Aghalanc Bridge near Belturbetafter a bomb attack.

Monday 8th January 1973Riots in DungivenRioting has broke out in Dungiven after a meeting was heldin the town to protest about the detention of a number oflocal men. Stones were thrown at the local RUC barracksand at an Army observation post. Some shops in the townwere also attacked and had windows broken. No one wasinjured in the attack.

Monday 8th January 1973Girl wounded at bus stopA 16-year-old girl has been detained in hospital after a shoot-ing incident on Belfast’s Shore Road. The girl had beenstanding near a bus stop near Skegoniel Avenue when shewas hit in the buttock by a high velocity bullet.

Monday 8th January 1973RUC patrol attackedFive shots have been fired at a two man RUC patrol inRoden Street Belfast. Neither man was hit and fire was notreturned.

Monday 8th January 1973Shots fired at Army postShots have been fired at an Army post in Mulhouse Street.There were no casualties and fire was not returned but in afollow up operation a .45 pistol was seized.

Monday 8th January 1973Portadown bombA bomb has exploded outside premises in West Street inPortadown. An anonymous warning had been given andthe area had been evacuated before the blast occurred. Noone was injured in the attack and only moderate damagewas caused to the premises.

Monday 8th January 1973Home attackedFour shots have been fired into a house at Garnerville Road,Portadown but none of the occupants were injured and ataround the same time, two shots were also fired into a houseat Churchill Park. No one was injured in either attack.

Monday 8th January 1973Pipe bomb discoveredThe RUC at Bangor have discovered what appears to be apipe bomb in a telephone kiosk in Kilcooley estate. Thedevice, a metal tube with wires attached, was removed forexamination by an Army expert.

Monday 8th January 1973Claymore mines explodeTwo small Claymore-type devices have exploded near aSaracen armoured car in the Kilwilkie estate but there wereno casualties.

Monday 8th January 1973Dungannon gun attackTwo shots have been fired into a house at Circular Road,Dungannon but no one was injured. And at Moygashelabout 30 families were evacuated from their homes after amilk churn was discovered outside a home at Hillcrest Park.When the churn was examined by Army experts it was dis-covered to have been filled with sand and fertiliser.

Monday 8th January 1973Derry bomb attacksThere have been two bomb attacks in Derry. The first at-tack was on a temporary supermarket at the junction ofStrand Road and Meadowbank Avenue. The building wascomplexly destroyed by the 20-30 lb bomb but no one wasinjured in the attack. The bomb had been thrown throughthe window. In the second attack, which was on a caféabout 30 yards away from the supermarket, a 20-30 lb bomb


was placed in the kitchen at the rear. A warning was givenand the bomb exploded 30 minutes latter.

Monday 8th January 1973Gun attack in StrabaneA shot has been fired at soldiers in Strabane but no one wasinjured in the attack. Also in the same general area, sol-diers found two milk churns which were welded togetherin the loft of a derelict building. It is thought that theywere being prepared for use as part of a land mine.

Monday 8th January 1973Prison movesBelfast Jails 220 Provisional IRA prisoners have beenmoved in a major security operation to Long Kesh. Thetransfer has meant that Belfast Prison no longer houses anyspecial category prisoners. In return 150 remand prisonerswere moved to the Crumlin Road prison. A prison officialhas said that the moves were carried out in order to makebetter use of prison accommodation. But it is thought thata big factor in the move is the high escape risk attached topolitical prisoners. Only a week ago a tunnel was discov-ered close to Crumlin Road prison. It was being dug fromthe outside and was only a week from completion.

Tuesday 9th January 1973Soldiers attackedSoldiers have fired rubber bullets at a crowd of between 50and 80 people in the Beechwood Avenue-Beechwood Cres-cent area of Derry. There are no reports of any injuries.Also in Derry a single high velocity shot at CrowmoreGardens, Derry. There were no casualties.

Tuesday 9th January 1973Shots fired after robberyThree armed men have raided Scarva post office and gotaway with an undisclosed sum of money. When the menleft the village there car was recognised as being stolenand shots were fired at Lenaderg near Banbridge. Fourshots were fired but no one was injured.

Tuesday 9th January 1973Derry MP to quitMr Robin Chichester Clarke, the Unionist MP for Derry atWestminster and younger brother of the former Prime Min-ister, Lord Moyola, has decided not to seek re-nomination

Tuesday 9th January 1973Bomb findSoldiers from the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers havediscovered a claymore type mine which contained between200 -300 lbs of explosives in the Park area of County Derry.The explosives had been packed into two milk churns whichhad been dug into a bank at the side of the road and thencamouflaged. Wire led from the bomb to a nearby field.

Tuesday 9th January 1973Motor-cycle gun attackTwo youths on a motorcycle have fired 14 high velocityshots at a group of shops facing the fire station on the fringeof Ardoyne. According to witnesses the gunmen rode upTwadell Avenue from the direction of Ballygomartin Roadand sped off down the Woodvale Road. No one was in-jured in the attack.

Tuesday 9th January 1973Protest in Dungiven150 people have taken part in a protest in Dungiven againstthe continued detention of two local teachers. An RUCspokesman said that the demonstrators marched from theCastle to the RUC barrack. They later dispersed withoutincident.

Tuesday 9th January 1973Solders fire at sniperSoldiers have fired three shots at a sniper who aimed oneshot at the local RUC base in Crossmaglen. No one wasinjured in the attack.

Tuesday 9th January 1973Petrol bombs thrown into homesThree petrol bombs have been thrown into a house on theDesertmartin Road, Tobermore. Only slight damage wascaused to the house which is believed to be occupied by aProtestant family.

Tuesday 9th January 1973Hoax bomb in LurganArmy bomb disposal experts have dealt with a suspect de-vice on the step of a local factory. Wires were found lead-ing from the device. On investigation, the device, a box,was backed with stones.


Tuesday 9th January 1973IRA leader intensifies hunger strikeIRA leader Sean MacStiofain has intensified his hungerstrike and is now only taking water. McStiofain’s wifeMoira said that his decision followed criticism by leadingmembers of the Republican Movement of his partial hun-ger strike.

Tuesday 9th January 1973New Army chiefIt has been announced that the new Commander of LandForces in the North will be Brigadier Peter John Hall Longwho is now a Major General. He replaces Major GeneralRobert Ford.

Wednesday 10th January 1973UDA leadersA Belfast man who was cleared of arms charges at the OldBailey last month has now resumed his position at the headof the Ulster Defence Association. He is Charles HardingSmith, age 41. Along with Jim Anderson he becomes a

joint chairman of the thousands strong militant loyalist or-ganisation. Tommy Herron remains the UDA’s vice chair-man and all three sit on the organisation’s inner council,which has been increased from 13 to 17 members.

Wednesday 10th January 1973Soldier injured in accidentA soldier has been taken to hospital from Forkhill RUCbase suffering from severe burns to the legs and hands. Thesoldier, along with another member of the Royal Hamp-shire Regiment, was painting the married quarters whenthe paint went on fire.

Wednesday 10th January 1973Belfast blast bombsSoldiers have found two blast bombs in a garden of a housein Commedagh Drive, Andersonstown. They were madeharmless.

Wednesday 10th January 1973Bomb rocks city centreA bomb, estimated to have contained 40 lbs has explodedon the stairway of Baxter’s health studios in Upper Don-egal Street. The area was evacuated and the bomb explodedten minutes later. Earlier in the day Army experts disman-tled a 25 lb bomb in the premises of Mobile Oil Companyin Gamble Street. The men who planted the bomb

Wednesday 10th January 1973Shankill weapons findSoldiers on a routine patrol in Argyle Street in the Shankillarea have discovered more than 1,000 rounds of ammuni-tion and three .303 rifles which are of Austrian origin. Theweapons were uncovered in an empty house.

Wednesday 10th January 1973Shebeen raidedThe latest raid at unlicensed drinking premises has been inthe Unity Flats complex where 145 dozen bottles of beerand stout, along with 30 bottles of spirits were seized.

Wednesday 10th January 1973Arms find in York Road500 rounds of ammunition have been uncovered by the RUCat an empty house at Ivan Street, Belfast.


TOP - Bomb attack on Clarkin’s Bar, Springfield RoadBOTTOM - Fire bomb attack on the Ulster Carpet Centre

Wednesday 10th January 1973Youths stone RUCTwenty youths have stoned an RUC vehicle at AlbertbridgeRoad-Hart Street. There were no casualties.

Wednesday 10th January 1973Mail raidTwo youths, at least one of whom was armed, have raideda post office at Belvoir Park, Belfast. The men made offwith an undisclosed sum of money.

Wednesday 10th January 1973Time for ‘extreme action’President of the Loyalist Association of Workers (LAW),the Rev Roy Magee, has said that acknowledged leaders of

the loyalist community who refuse to meet the presentunited front, should be set aside. “This extreme action iscalled for because this is the eleventh hour and the cause ismore important than any man.”

Thursday 11th January 1973Bank robbedA Tyrone bank manager has been held captive in this homefor more than ten hours during the night by five men whorobbed the safe when the office opened. The man was laterreleased on the Fermanagh-Donegal border. An undisclosedsum of money was taken in the robbery at the Munster andLeinster Bank.

Thursday 11th January 1973Radio shop bombedA bomb has exploded at an electrical and radio shop inBelfast’s Gresham Street. The bomb placed in the shop ofWilliam Melville blew out the front of the shop. No onewas injured in the attack.

Thursday 11th January 1973UDR man tarredA member of the Ulster Defence Regiment has been beatenup and tarred on the Shankill Road. The part time member,whose name is not being released, was walking along theShankill Road when a car drew up alongside him. Fourmen jumped out and after a struggle, tar was poured overhim.

Thursday 11th January 1973Machine gun foundA sub-machine gun, which had earlier been used in an at-tack on the Army near Armagh, has been found five milesaway on the outskirts of Armagh City. The weapon wasfound on the Newry Road after soldiers challenged twomen who then ran off.

Thursday 11th January 1973Milk churn bombA Catholic church has been damaged by an explosion justoutside Ballymena. The bomb, contained in a milk churn,is estimated to have contained between 10-15 lbs of explo-sives. No one was injured in the attack.


TOP - Bomb attack on Spence’s Auction Rooms in GreatVictoria Street.BOTTOM - The componds at Long Kesh

Thursday 11th January 1973Brady jailedThe President of Sinn Fein, Rory Brady, has been convictedof membership of the IRA by a Special Criminal Court inDublin. He has been sentenced to six months imprison-ment

Thursday 11th January 1973Soldier woundedA soldier has been shot and wounded in the neck in theWhiterock area of Belfast. The incident happened when asniper fired one shot at a foot patrol in Britan’s Parade.The soldier, who was a member of the Royal Green Jack-ets, was rushed to hospital. His condition is not known.

Thursday 11th January 1973Sniper attack in BelfastA sniper has fired five shots at soldiers on duty at the frontentrance to Casement Park on the Andersonstown Road.There were no casualties and fire was not returned.

Thursday 11th January 1973Filling station bombedThree men, at least one of who was armed have planted abomb at a Derry filling station. The bomb, estimated tohave contained 20 lb of explosives, exploded at the Mexfilling station on Strand Road.

Thursday 11th January 1973Girl attacked in Sion MillsA 17-year-old Catholic girl has been attacked in Sion Millsby two men who cut a cross on her forehead. The attackhappened in Bog Lane and it is thought that the girl mayhave a Protestant boyfriend.

Thursday 11th January 1973Bridge bombedThere has been a bomb explosion on the border betweenDerryline and Belturbet. The explosion, which destroyeda customs hut and a bridge, is said to have happened on thesouthern side of the border. The bridge, a temporary one,had been erected by Cavan County Council to replace thestone one which had been blown up in November.

Thursday 11th January 1973JailbreakA Northern political prisoner, who escaped from theCurragh military camp, has made an escape bid from Dub-lin’s Mountjoy jail. The Men, Thomas McGrath of Tyroneand Bearnard Hearty of Dundalk, had been on a work partyinside the prison. They climbed over two walls beforereaching the perimeter wall. There they sneaked through atemporary wall made by construction workers who werebuilding a new gate. The men were at large for 20 minutesbefore they were recaptured.

Thursday 11th January 1973Girls used to spy say IRAIn a statement issued through the Irish Republican Public-ity Bureau, the IRA has said that two girls from the Ardoynearea of Belfast have been spying on the IRA. The state-ment said that the girls had been recruited by the Army tospy on republicans. The statement condemned the use ofthe girls to spy and they said that the only reason the girlswere not being punished was because of their ages.


Thursday 11th January 1973Householder want new name for jailMore than 300 families living in the shadow of the North’stop security jail are asking that’s its name be changed. Theresidents of the Maze district, near Lisburn, have com-plained that house values in the area have fallen since theLong Kesh camp was renamed the Maze Prison.

Friday 12th January 1973Army kills woman in ArdoyneA 76-year-old woman has been shot dead by the Army inthe Ardoyne area of Belfast. The dead woman, Mrs Eliza-beth McGregor, was shot at the corner of Highbury Gar-dens and Berwick Road, the woman was then rushed tohospital were she died two hours later. She had beenwounded in the head and groin. According to an Armystatement the woman was shot by accident and that the sol-dier had been aiming at a gunman who was kneeling nearby.

Friday 12th January 1973Carpet store bombedA bomb has exploded in Belfast city centre. The bomb atthe Ulster Carpet Centre caused extensive damage. Sur-rounding buildings were also damaged in the attack. Noone was injured in the blast.

Friday 12th January 1973Army-RUC patrol attackedAn RUC spokesman has said that a military vehicle hadbroken down in Montrose Street in East Belfast and that anRUC patrol had gone to assist. However, five minutes af-ter they arrived two low velocity shots rang out. One rico-chet hit an RUC man in the leg but only caused severe bruis-ing. He did not require hospital treatment

Friday 12th January 1973Hoax bombAn Army bomb disposal team was sent to TemplemoreAvenue late on Thursday night to deal with a bomb in abox which had been left outside a public house. On exami-nation the bomb turned out to be hoax. The box was foundto hold sand, some wires and a clock.

Friday 12th January 1973Petrol bomb attacksFour men, believed to be Protestants, were treated for burnsafter a house was petrol bombed in Greenisland. The housewas only slightly damaged and the men’s injuries are not

serious. It is also reported that two shots were fired intothe house.

Friday 12th January 1973Explosion at AnnaghmoreA mechanical digger, valued at £30,000, and which is ownedby the Ministry of Agriculture, has been badly damaged inan overnight explosion. A number of windows in the areawere broken over a wide area but no one was injured in theattack.

Friday 12th January 1973Bomb defused in LurganAn Army bomb disposal expert worked for two hours be-fore successfully defusing a bomb which had been plantedat the side of the courthouse in Lurgan. The device wasfound to have contained 50 lb of explosives.

Friday 12th January 1973RUC attacked in PortadownMembers of a RUC Special Patrol Group came under at-tack at the Tunnel area of Portadown. 13 shots were firedat the RUC men were fired at them from a nearby paro-chial hall and 17 shots were returned. No one was injuredin the attack.

Friday 12th January 1973Ambush foiledSoldiers have foiled a planned ambush on the Armagh-Newry road at Armagh. One soldier, who was covering acolleague carrying out a road check, spotted a gunman in ahedge and shouted a warning. 14 shots were fired but themen made off into the darkness.


TOP LEFT - An IRA picture released to the press showingtwo Protestant men they were holding. They claimed thatone of them was a member of the UDA.BELOW - Taxi men block the Shankill Road protestingagainst police harassment.

Friday 12th January 1973Arms findA rifle, a pistol, and a small quantity of ammunition, sev-eral hand grenades and some petrol bombs were discov-ered when soldiers searched the Drumarg and Dalton es-tates in Armagh.

Friday 12th January 1973UDR patrol attackedA group of youths numbered about 20 or 30 strong havestoned a UDR patrol at Fairmount Park, Dungannon. Noone was injured during the incident and no arrests weremade.

Friday 12th January 1973Explosives find in DerryTroops using a sniffer dog have discovered 90 lbs of achlorate based explosive mixture on two County Derryfarms near the village of Dreem.

Friday 12th January 1973Explosives found in ShankillA joint Army-RUC task force has seized almost half-a-tonof bomb making chemicals in two separate searches in

Malvern Street. The first search uncovered four cwt ofnitrate beside two stolen cars. Later, just after midnightanother four cwts were discovered on waste ground. TheRUC believe that the second haul was abandoned after thefirst was discovered

Friday 12th January 1973500lb bomb destroyedAn Army explosives expert has destroyed a 500 lb bomb atCrossmaglen. They were contained in two milk churnswhich were discovered on a minor road. The bomb wasdetonated by the Army. The blast left a large crater in theroad. An Army spokesman has said that the only casualtywas a cow which had its leg broken.

Friday 12th January 1973Boy blinded for lifeThe parents of an 11-year-old Derry boy have been told byan American eye specialist that their son would be blindfor life. The boy, from Derry’s Malin Gardens in theCreggan estate, was struck between the eyes by a rubberbullet which was fired at a group of boys who the Armyclaim were stoning an Army observation post at RosemountRUC barracks. The bullet struck him in the face crushinghis eyes. The incident happened on the 5th May last yearand the group the ‘Worcester Committee for Justice’ fi-nanced the boy’s trip to America to see if his sight could bepartially restored. However the family was told that dam-age was irreversible. Although a file was sent to the Direc-


tor of Public Prosecutions at the time it was decided thatthere was no grounds for prosecution against the soldier.

Saturday 13th January 1973No dual role for UDR menA spokesperson for UDR headquarters has said that theUDR will be telling their 9,000 strong force that they can-not hold dual membership of the Ulster Defence Regimentand militant organisations such as the UDA or the CatholicEx-Servicemen’s Association. Some members have alreadybeen discharged; others have resigned or simply not turnedout for duty.

Saturday 13th January 1973Enquiry in prison escapeThe Minister of State, David Howell, has ordered an inquiryinto the 16th escape from Crumlin Road Prison since 1969.The latest escape was by a 17-year-old Derry youth, DanielJoseph Keenan, who was a remand prisoner in the jail. Keenanis said to have walked out of the prison in place of anotherremand prisoner who was due to be released on bail. TheIRA has said that the escaper is now in the South.

Saturday 13th January 1973Public house bombedA 50 lb bomb has badly damaged a public house in CountyTyrone. The target was the ‘Halfway House’ on thePomeroy Road about three miles from Cookstown. A warn-ing was given and there were no injuries.

Saturday 13th January 1973Booby trap bomb discoveredA booby trap bomb has been discovered in an unoccupiedhouse at Mullaghbawn, Forkhill in South Armagh. Sol-diers had gone to the house on the basis of an anonymousphone call. ‘Suspicious goings on’ had been reported alsobeen reported a week ago. According to the Army a quan-tity of ammunition inside the building had been booby-trapped and that had anyone touched it the building wouldhave blown up.

Saturday 13th January 1973Tories drop ‘Unionist’ tagThe word Unionist may be dropped from the title of theConservative and Unionist Party following the publicationof a review committee under Lord Chelmer. A spokesmanat Conservative Central Office has said that while hecouldn’t comment on the name change proposal, some con-

sideration had been given to it in the past. Such a move itis thought will provoke dismay and anger among UlsterUnionists and a fear that the Tories no longer want the twoparties to be linked.

Saturday 13th January 1973Shots fired at Peter’s HillA soldier has fired one shot while on sentry duty atCarrickhill during a protest by taxi drivers. According toan Army spokesman the soldier had become surroundedby a crowd of around 40 people and the shot was fired ashe tried to extricate himself. The drivers were protesting atthe harassment of taxi drivers on the Shankill Road.

Saturday 13th January 1973Explosives foundTwo pounds of explosives and detonators have been foundin the grounds of Our Lady’s Home at Beechmount in theFalls area of Belfast.


LEFT - Bomb attack on shops in Smithfield Square.RIGHT - Bomb attack on Gardners Newsagents in BotanicAvenue.

Saturday 13th January 1973Man beaten unconsciousA 25-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital af-ter being beaten up in Cultra Street in the North QueenStreet area. The RUC are not releasing his name but it hasbeen said that he was beaten round the head with a bottle.

Saturday 13th January 1973Unlicensed clubs raidedSecurity forces have swooped on four more unlicensed clubsin Belfast. The clubs raided were the UDA club at GlendhuEstate in the Garnerville area. A club in the York Roadarea, one in Clovelly Street, in the Springfield area and thefourth in the Grosvenor Road area. Soldiers fired rubberbullets when they came under attack at the UDA club atGlendhu

Saturday 13th January 1973Blast bomb explodesA blast bomb has exploded near Mountpottinger RUC bar-racks during the night but there was little damage and nocasualties.

Saturday 13th January 1973Bomb attack in BelfastA bomb , which was planted at the Shakespeare Bar in Vic-toria Street by two men and a girl has been carried from thepremises by an off duty RUC man. The bomb exploded inthe street a short time later but no one was injured.

Saturday 13th January 1973Bomb defused in ArmaghA 30 lb bomb which had been planted outside the FaneValley Food Hall at Scotch Street in the centre of Armaghhas been defused by an Army expert.

Monday 15th January 1973RUC men killed in DerryTwo members of the RUC’s Traffic Branch have been killedand a third seriously injured when an explosion wreckedtheir car at Harbour Square in Derry. The RUC men diedwhen a bomb estimated to have contained 15 lb of explo-sives exploded under their car which was parked 10 yards

from an army observation post. It is thought that the booby-trap bomb had been placed under one of the men’s cars andpossibly wired to a switch which had been placed behindthe front wheel. The dead men have been named as Con-stable Mervyn Samuel Wilson, aged 23 and David WilliamDorsett, aged 37.

Monday 15th January 1973RUC man killed in land mine attackThe third RUC man to die over the weekend was 34-year-old Reserve Constable Henry Sandford of Ballygroogan,Cookstown. He was killed when a land mine was deto-nated in front of his Land Rover in which he was travellingon a routine patrol. The explosion happened in the remoteCappagh mountain area of Tyrone.

Monday 15th January 1973Bomb explodes at Belfast barTwenty five people have been taken to hospital after a bombexploded without warning at a public house in OranmoreStreet, Springfield Road. Local people say that the 30lbbomb exploded at the side of the building and partly de-molished it. A car is reported to have sped away from thescene. Three people are still undergoing treatment in hos-pital for their injuries.


TOP - Loyalist car bomb attack in Dublin’s Sackville Place.BOTTOM - IRA bomb attack on shops in Central Belfast.

Monday 15th January 1973UDA and RUC clashA member of the RUC has required hospital treatment af-ter being involved with a clash with members of the UDAin the Braniel area of Belfast. The incident began when ajoint Army-RUC patrol stopped a car at Ravenswood Cres-cent. Among those in the car was a senior member of theRUC. The UDA men objected to being questioned andthree more cars containing UDA members arrived. A fightbroke out and the RUC man was treated in hospital forinjuries to the head and mouth.

Monday 15th January 1973Confrontation in LisburnThere has been a confrontation between the UDA and thesecurity forces which ended with troops removing the cudg-els that were being carried by the UDA men. The incidenthappened on Saturday night when around 30 UDA mem-bers, armed with cudgels and wearing masks assembled atMarket Square South. They were told to remove theirmasks, which they did. They were told to dispose of thecudgel which they refused to do. The Commander of Land

Forces, General Ford, arrived on the scene and gave anultimatum to the UDA men – to disarm or be arrested. TheUDA handed over their cudgels to the troops.

Monday 15th January 1973Rocket attack in NewtownhamiltonA gun and rocket attack has been launched onNewtownhamilton RUC barracks. The Russian maderocket missed its target and struck a derelict building. Gun-men, using automatic weapons, fired about 19 shots at thebarracks from the Direction of Dundalk Street. No onewas injured in the attack.

Monday 15th January 1973Lurgan bomb attacksA bomb has been planted outside O’Hagan’s Poultry shopin Edward Street. The device was driven to the scene in acar and on arrival the driver got into a second car and madehis get away. Army bomb experts were then called in todeal with the device. A controlled explosion failed to de-stroy the bomb. The soldiers then set fire to the car to burnoff the explosives but this too failed and the bomb explodedcausing extensive damage to the surrounding area.

Monday 15th January 1973Man shot in CladyA 24-year-old Catholic man from Strabane has been shotin the village of Clady. The man had taken a lift to thevillage and as he started to walk along the street a car pulledup. The occupants asked him his name and address beforeputting him up against a wall and shot him in the leg.

Monday 15th January 1973Pub bombed in TyroneA public house at Tullyroan, Cookstown, has been demol-ished by a bomb. The bomb had been planted by two men.

Monday 15th January 1973Booby-trap bomb defusedA bomb which had been fitted with an anti-handling de-vice has been defused by an Army bomb disposal officer.The device, which contained 30-40 lbs of explosives, wasmade safe after several hours. It had been planted in theoffices of East Down Rural Council.


TOP IRA bomb attack on the Co-Op store on the StranmillisRoad.RIGHT - Mrs Gail Bingham at the funeral of her husbandDavid, a corporal in the UDR, who was abducted and shotdead by the IRA

Monday 15th January 1973Petrol bombs at DonaghadeeTwo petrol bombs have been thrown into the Yachtman Barin Donaghadee but caused only slight damage.

Monday 15th January 1973EBNI offices attackedThe RUC have said that 12 petrol bombs have been throwninto the temporary EBNI offices at the site of the hydroelectric scheme in the area. Most of the bombs failed toignite and there were no reports of damage.

Monday 15th January 1973SDLP man quits partyMr Julian Jacottet, General Secretary of the SDLP is toquit his post in the Party. It is understood his decision tostand down follows a dispute over the progress made bythe party on the organisational and membership side. MrJacottet is a former television producer who joined the SDLPsix months ago from London.

Monday 15th January 1973Shots fired at soldiersSeven shots have been fired at soldiers during separate in-cidents in Belfast. Four shots were fired at troops in VereFoster School at New Barnsley. Soldiers also fired fourshots at a box which was found outside a shop in ArthurStreet but it was later found to contain nothing sinister. Alsoin Belfast the RUC are said to be investigating a fire whichfollowed an explosion in the Theodore Street in theGrosvenor area.

Tuesday 16th January 1973UDR man’s body found in car bootThe body of a member of the UDR has been discovered inthe boot of a car which had been abandoned close to Bel-fast city centre. The man’s body was found in a marooncoloured family saloon which had been parked in Institu-tion Place. The car had been hi-jacked only minutes ear-lier outside St John’s Chapel on the Falls Road. It has alsobeen learned that the dead man’s car had been used in one

of the explosions in Victoria Palace. The RUC are work-ing on the theory that the UDR man’s car was hi-jacked foruse in one of the city centre bombings. However, on check-ing his ID the hi-jackers became aware of his membershipof the UDR and executed him

Tuesday 16th January 1973RUC man wounded in ambushA member of the RUC Reserve has been shot and woundedduring an ambush in County Tyrone. The attack happenedas the RUC men were investigating a road traffic accident


TOP - Rioting in the Tunnel area of Portadown.BOTTOM - Bomb attack on shops in South Belfast

in Glenadush on the Dungannon-Ballygawley road inCounty Tyrone. The weapon used, say the RUC, was a .22pistol.

Tuesday 16th January 1973Rocket attack at RUC baseArmy experts are working to try and establish the type ofrocket fired at the heavily guarded Springfield Road Bar-racks. The device was launched from the Colligan Street-Waterford Street junction and struck a pawnbrokers shopopposite the barracks, it then deflected and landed in themiddle of the road where it exploded.. No one was injuredin the attack, however two women were treated for shock.

Tuesday 16th January 1973Men wounded in LurganTwo men have been shot in separate incidents in Lurganduring the night. The first shooting which happened ataround 7.30 pm was at a house in Drumlin Drive whenthree masked men burst in and shot a 33-year-old man inthe left thigh. A second shooting, which occurred a halfhour later a 27-year-old man was shot in the leg at his homeat Filbin Crescent. This shooting was also carried out bythree men.

Tuesday 16th January 1973Soldier shot at WhitehouseA soldier has sustained a slight flesh wound to his arm wheneight shots were directed at an Army Land Rover at theMill Road-Shore Road intersection. No other member ofthe patrol was hurt and fire was not returned.

Tuesday 16th January 1973Arson attack at WhiteabbeyThe RUC are investigating a blaze at the Abbey Meat Pack-ers plant at Glenville Road. The fire which is believed tohave started in the laundry at the plant gutted a despatchroom before being brought under control.

Tuesday 16th January 1973Explosives find in DerryA joint Army-RUC patrol has uncovered 15lbs of geligniteand a quantity of cortex fuse when they searched a lock-upgarage in the Shantallow area of Derry.

Tuesday 16th January 1973Army attacked in South ArmaghGunmen using three weapons have opened fire on an Armymobile patrol in Camlough during the night. There wereno casualties and fire was not returned.

Tuesday 16th January 1973IRA leader ends hunger strikeIRA leader Sean MacStiofain has ended his hunger strikeand is being phased back in to restorative foods. An IRAspokesman said that the order had been issued out of con-sideration for Mrs MacStiofain. He added that MacStiofainwas a man of remarkable determination and that he had nodoubt that he would have fasted until death.

Wednesday 17th January 1973RUC man woundedA reserve member of the RUC, clad only in his underwearran across fields in the suburbs of Belfast to escape thegunman who tried to kill him. The drama began when threearmed men stopped the RUC man’s Renault car, got into itand forced him to drive to Rocky Road which is about four


TOP - Clearing up after after a bomb attack on Brankin’sBar in Portadown.BOTTOM - IRA bomb attack on the Belfast CoporationExecutive Depatment in Belfast’s Hill Street.

miles into the Castlereagh Hills. The RUC man was or-dered out of the car and ordered to take off his uniform andto hand over his revolver. The RUC, fearing for his life,made a dash across fields and as he did so three shots werefired at him. Two shots missed and one struck him in theleg. Despite being injured he made his way to a nearbyhouse from where he was taken to hospital. His conditionis not serious.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Shots fired in LigonielTwelve shots have been fired at soldiers on duty at LigonielMill. The soldiers returned fire but there were no casual-ties.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Man shot in DerryA number of armed men have taken a man from his homeat Dunree Drive in the Creggan Estate, Derry and broughthim to Westway where he was shot in the leg. He is notseriously hurt. Earlier in the same area six shots were fired

at an Army patrol. Fire was returned but there were noinjuries.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Petrol bomb attack on pet shopA petrol bomb has been thrown into a pet shop in GreatJames’ Street but only slight damage was caused.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Boy picks up blast bombA small boy picked up a blast bomb in Derry’s Bogsidearea minutes after it was thrown at an Army foot patrol.The device had failed to go off. The boy then gave it to asoldier who took it away. The bomb was one of two thrownat troops in Stanley Walk. The other bomb exploded andbounced off a military Land Rover and into the road. Noneof the soldiers were hurt.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Petrol station destroyed in bomb attackA 25 lb bomb has destroyed a petrol filling station at CanalStreet Newry. The bomb was planted by two men whotook the proprietor of the garage with them as they fled.The man was released unharmed on the Dublin Road.

Wednesday 17th January 1973RUC and UDR attacked in DungannonRUC and UDR personnel who were manning a securitycheckpoint at Thomas Street, Dungannon came under firefrom the direction of Charlemount Street. Fire was returnedbut no hits were claimed.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Gelignite uncovered in searchSoldiers have discovered 43lbs of gelignite and 1,500 feetof fuse wire when they searched an empty house inPortadown.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Ban IRA filmThe Loyalist Association of Workers has complained to MrWhitelaw about the planned showing on BBC2 of the film


The Informer, which is based on the Liam O’Flaherty novelof the same name. Directed by John Ford and starring Vic-tor MacLaglen , the film is set in Ireland of the 1920’s andtells the story of how a man is tempted to betray this friendsin the IRA. LAW claims the film, which won four Oscars,was nothing but IRA propaganda.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Rathcoole robberyFour armed men have escaped with an estimated £2,000 in“dole money” from a sub-office in Belfast’s Rathcoole es-tate. The robbers wearing sun glasses and carried two submachine guns and air rifle and a Lugar pistol. The mainsaid that they were members of the UVF.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Soldier shot in DerryA soldier has been shot at Lislane Drive in the Cregganarea of Derry. The soldier, who was part of a foot patrol,was shot in the leg by a single shot. He was taken to hospi-tal for treatment.

Wednesday 17th January 1973Saracen attackedSeveral windows in Lucan Street in the Falls area of Bel-fast have been broken in a blast bomb attack. An ArmySaracen which was driving down the street at the time isbelieved to have been the target. No one was hurt in theattack

Thursday 18th January 1973Man shot dead in hospitalA man has been shot dead by a soldier in Belfast’s RoyalVictoria Hospital. It is understood that the man, who wasaged 25, was among four armed men who carried out abank raid in the hospital. Five shots were fired at the otherraiders and the soldier claims that one of those were alsowounded The raid at the Northern Bank began with thefour men running into the foyer of the Northern Bank closeto the Grosvenor Road., brandishing pistols. They placeda Chaplain in his room and locked the doors. The men hadbeen given two bags of money and it was at this point thata soldier burst into the room and as a raider trained hispistol on him he shouted for women to get down. The sol-dier began firing and one man was killed instantly, hiscompanions then escaped. One of the mail bags has yet tobe accounted for.

Thursday 18th January 1973Rathcoole arms findThe RUC have discovered a quantity of weapons during asearch of a house in Rathcoole. The cache was found atInniskeen Avenue and included a .38 revolver, a .32 auto-matic pistol and 32 rounds of ammunition, a sub-machinegun sling and a UDA cap. A man is said to be helping theRUC with their inquiries.

Thursday 18th January 1973Derry rocket attackThe IRA has fired a Soviet made RPG7 rocket at an Armypost adjacent to the Co-op at the junction of Louisa Streetand Oldpark Road. The rocket attack took place under con-ditions of slight fog however the rocket missed its targetand crashed into the Co-op’s wall. Several shots followedthe attack which is the second of its kind in the districtsince the RPG7 emerged as another IRA weapon.

Thursday 18th January 1973Bomb attacks in DerryIt has been estimated that £100,000 worth of damage hasbeen caused by a new wave of bomb attacks in Derry. Thefirst explosion occurred at Hassons Young Men’s Shop andfive minutes later a second exploded at McManus’s shop.There were vague and warnings of another bomb but itturned out to be incorrect.

Thursday 18th January 1973Man shot in legsA fourth man has been shot in the legs as a result of raidson private houses. The shooting took place in ChurchillPark, Portadown and the gunmen made off on foot. It isbelieved that the IRA are responsible for the shootings.

Thursday 18th January 1973Arms find in ArmaghA man is being held by the RUC after the car which he wasdriving was stopped and searched at a UDR checkpoint.The search of the vehicle revealed a M1 Carbine, anArmalite rifle, two .303 rifles and 60 rounds of ammuni-tion. The find was made at a checkpoint on Cathedral Roadin Armagh.


Thursday 18th January 1973Bomb at houseA private house 200 yards west of Daisy Hill Hospital inNewry has been bombed. Four men are said to have en-tered the house and told the cleaning woman to leave be-fore planting the bomb. The woman was then taken withthe bombers and released a short time later at CamloughRoad, she was released unharmed.

Thursday 18th January 1973Bomb at AOH hallA bomb, which had been contained in a milk churn, hasbeen left outside the AOH Hall at Silverwood but explo-sives experts thought it might be too risky to attempt todefuse and sealed the area off. It was later defused.

Thursday 18th January 1973Lurgan arms findA rifle, 38 rounds of ammunition and three magazines havebeen found during a search of Kilmore Road in Lurgan

Friday 19th January 1973Bomb explodes at paint storeA wallpaper and paint store in Belfast’s Smithfield Squarehas been gutted by fire after a 15-20 lb incendiary bombexploded in the front doorway. No warning was given butthe manager noticed two suspicious carrier bags with liq-uid oozing from them and raised the alarm. The area wascleared and the bomb exploded a quarter of an hour later.The shop is owned by Mr Matthew McMullan. It is notknown if the bomb was connected to an incendiary deviceor whether paint in the shop ignited.

Friday 19th January 1973Protestants interrogated by IRATwo Protestant men from the Shankill Road have beheldby the IRA in Ardoyne for nine hours. The men are said tohave been brought to a derelict house where they were in-terrogated about the UDA and UVF. One of the men hasbeen named by the UDA as being one of their members.The men were later released.

Friday 19th January 1973Man shot dead in PortadownA 46-year-old man has died after being shot dead in thecentre of Portadown during the night. The man, who hasbeen named as Joseph Henry Weir, of Churchill Park diedin a shooting incident at the Magown Buildings in West

Street. It is understood that Mr Weir was talking to an un-known man when he was joined by two others. After abrief conversation the first man produced a gun. One ofthe other men lunged for the weapon and either slipped orwas knocked to the ground As he lay on the ground he hearda shot and Mr Weir fell fatally wounded.. It is understoodthat Mr Weir, his killer and the two other men visited anumber of public houses in the town before the shooting.

Friday 19th January 1973Youth badly beaten in East BelfastSoldiers have found an 18-year-old youth lying on theground in East Belfast. The man, a Protestant, had beenseverely beaten. The motive for the attack is not known.

Friday 19th January 1973UDA checkpointsAbout 150 UDA men in paramilitary uniform have stoppedcars in the Sandown Road-Knock Road areas of Belfastduring the night. The UDA said that the checks were startedbecause of reports that a gunman was seen in the area.

Friday 19th January 1973Shebeen raidedThe RUC, backed up by troops, have raided a shebeen atWheatfield Drive on the fringe of the Ardoyne area. A quan-tity of liquor was seized from an empty house was seized.The RUC is trying to determine whether any of it has beenhi-jacked. No arrests were made.

Friday 19th January 1973Shot man named as IRA memberThe man who was shot dead by a British soldier in the RoyalVictoria hospital on Thursday has been named as ArthurFrancis Liggett, a labourer of St James’ Road. Death no-tices in local papers describe him as being a volunteer inthe Provisional’s 2nd battalion.

Friday 19th January 1973Bombs explode at DesertmartinBombs have wrecked the national school and badly dam-aged a Catholic Church at Desertmartin. The RUC havesaid that a 25-30 lb bomb had been left near the altar andthe blast blew the roof off. The school was gutted by thefire which followed the explosion. A number of gas cylin-ders were used in the attack as incendiaries.


RIGHT - Bomb attack on the Hamill Hotel in Great VictoriaStreet

Friday 19th January 1973Single shot firedA single shot has been fired at a sand bagged observationpost at the rear of Dungiven RUC barracks. No one washurt in the attack.said that a man would be appearing in aspecial court in the town.

Saturday 20th January 1973Man dies in Dublin car bomb A car bomb has exploded in Sackville Place, Dublin, al-most at the exact spot where a bomb killed two bus men amonth ago. In the latest attack, which has happened as aruby international was underway at Landsdown Road, thereare initial reports that one man has been killed a busmanhas been seriously injured. Two men were seen runningaway from the area and got into another car. According toeye witnesses, a bookies shop in the narrow street took thefull force of the blast. Hundreds of shoppers ran in panicand that men and women were on the verge of collapse.Traffic piled up in the city centre. A city wide search forthe bombers has begun and customs and security person-nel along the border have been asked to keep a look out forthe bombers. The hunt is further complicated by the factthat thousands of people crossed thee border for the AllBlacks rugby international in Dublin.

Saturday 20th January 1973Bomb thrown into Belfast houseA bomb has exploded in the Lower Falls area of Belfastshortly before midnight when the occupants of a white cartossed a small device into the hallway of a house inCullingtree Road. The house holder was not at home at thetime but his wife and children were treated for shock. Thehallway was badly damaged and windows in nearbypremises were smashed. Around the same time as the Fallsbombing three shots were fired from the Lepper Street areaof the New Lodge entered the upstairs room of a dwellinghouse in Duncairn Gardens. A 17-year-old youth who wasupstairs in his bedroom was hit in the left hand by a bullet.

Saturday 20th January 1973Southern troops to get border baseThe Minister for Justice in the South has announced that Irishtroops are soon to be based at Fort Dunree, Buncranna, CountyDonegal. There role will be to provide border security.

Saturday 20th January 1973Teenager died from gunshot woundsA Dundalk inquest has been told that a Belfast teenagerdied in County Louth from a gunshot wound. DavidMcAuley, aged 15, of Fairfield Street, was taken by car toDundalk after being shot in Belfast on 19th February. Twodays later a hearse bringing him to Belfast was stopped bytroops at Banbridge and a certificate accompanying the bodyissued by Louth County Hospital said that the youth haddied of “a non-infectious disease”. The inquest jury re-turned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence,that the death was caused by shock and bleeding from awound to the abdomen. The wound had been caused by agunshot.

Saturday 20th January 1973Rocket attack in DerrySoldiers in an Army Ferret Scout car have come under at-tack while on patrol in the Shantallow area of Derry. TheSoviet made rocket struck their vehicle but the rocketglanced off the turret before the second explosion. Thevehicles had been travelling along Racecourse Road at thetime and were at the junction of Shantallow Road andDrumleck Drive when the attack was made. Soldiers thenmounted a search for the launcher. They believe the rocketwas fired from a nearby house.


RIGHT - Bomb attack in an electrical wholesale store inLinenhall Street

Saturday 20th January 1973Girl shot in headA girl is critically ill after being shot in the head in an inci-dent in Portadown. The 18-year-old girl was in Watson Streetand was rushed to Craigavon Hospital where she under wentan emergency operation. An RUC spokesman said that a manwould be appearing in a special court in the town.

Monday 22nd January 1973ExtraditionThe RUC have won the first round of a legal battle to haveAnthony ‘Dutch’ Doherty extradited from the South to facearms charges. The Dublin District Court has granted anapplication by the state for an extradition order againstDoherty on the basis of a warrant issued by the RUC inBelfast in February last. Doherty has 15 days to appeal tothe High Court to have the extradition order set aside.

Monday 22nd January 1973Dublin car bombThe Garda have stated that the bomb which exploded inDublin on Saturday and which killed one person and in-jured 14 others was planted by a man and a woman. Thecar containing the bomb had been hi-jacked on Saturday inAgnes Street, off Belfast’s Shankill Road. An RUC spokes-man has said that the driver of the car was forced to stop bya woman walking on to the road; he was then kidnapped bytwo gunmen. The driver, a rugby fan, was on his way tothe big match in Dublin was held for seven hours.

Monday 22nd January 1973RUC man killed in ArmaghA member of the RUC has died in an accidental shootingin Armagh during the night. The dead man, who has notyet been named, was in a private house with two othermembers of the RUC when a service revolver was acci-dentally discharged. It is understood that the gun went offwhen it fell out of a holster.

Monday 22nd January 1973Boy wounded in StrabaneA gunman has opened fire on an Army patrol in BeechmountAvenue, Strabane. Ten shots from a machine gun werefired but they missed the soldiers but a 15-year-old school-

boy who was walking along the footpath was hit. The boyreceived flesh wounds to his right foot and left leg but hiscondition is described as not serious.

Monday 22nd January 1973Unlicensed clubs raidedTwo unlicensed clubs in a house at Claremont Lane,Willowfield. In one of them, which the RUC described asbeing a UDA club ten cases of beer and three bottles ofspirits were seized. In the same building the RUC raided aRangers supporters club and seized 67 dozen Guinness and42 dozen beer and eight bottles of spirits.


LEFT - A UDA club at the corner of Agnes Street after anIRA bomb attack.

Monday 22nd January 1973Booby trap bombA booby trap bomb in a car near Newtownhamilton hasbeen blown up twelve hours after it was discovered. Thebomb, between 200 and 300 lbs of explosives was in twomilk churns in the back seat. The car had been stolen inDundalk and surrounding buildings were damaged when itexploded.

Monday 22nd January 1973Chemical findsA search in the Springmartin estate by the Army has un-covered 4 cwts of ammonium nitrate and bomb makingequipment in a garage at Blackmountain Parade.In Portadown a joint RUC-Army search party found onecwt of nitro shell and a gallon of oil in a disused house inthe Florence Court area

Monday 22nd January 1973Controlled explosionThe Army has carried out a controlled explosion near UnityFlats on a suspect car. The car had been stolen and 2 lbs ofexplosives were found inside.

Monday 22nd January 1973Peoples Democracy marchThe RUC and Army came under attack in Armagh on Sat-urday after a People’s Democracy march was refused entryinto the city centre for a protest meeting. The march washeld to commemorate the first anniversary of ‘Bloody Sun-day’ in Derry.

Monday 22nd January 1973UDA split deniedIn the face of a week long speculation about a split in theUDA, 200 UDA commanders have unanimously pledgedsupport for the organisations vice chairman Tommy Herron.Mr Herron denied that there was any split in the UDA andsaid that the organisation was democratic from the bottomto the top. He went on to say that he believed that the manresponsible for trying to break up the organisation was noteven a member of the organisation. The first talk of a splitcame after publicly denounced sectarian assassinations andwarned that the organisation would deal with the killers.Rumours spread that parts of the organisation disagree withthis position and more rumours suggested that he was re-lated to an IRA man who is on the run. This was completelydenied by him although he did say that it was widely knownin UDA circles that he did have Catholic relatives.


Monday 22nd January 1973Belfast attacksA shot has been fired at an RUC vehicle checkpoint onBelfast’s Queen’s Bridge but there were no casualties.

Tuesday 23rd January 1973Raider loses gunThree armed men have carried out a raid on a post office atGreencastle on the outskirts of Belfast. As they left thepost office with an undisclosed sum of money, one of themen droped a fully loaded gun..

Tuesday 23rd January 1973Army open fire on armed manA soldier who was on duty at a road checkpoint has saidthat he saw two men, one of whom was armed, in a field.The gunman is said to have fired one shot at the soldier butmissed. Fire was returned but no one was hit. Both menescaped across the border.

Tuesday 23rd January 1973Women join RUC ReserveThree Belfast women became today the first women to jointhe RUC Reserve Force. The women’s identities are notbeing released for security reasons but it is expected thattheir duties will include court duties in the city, therebyreleasing full-time RUC women for other work. The ini-tial recruitment target is 400.

Tuesday 23rd January 1973Kidnap attemptTwo men have been arrested and are being questioned bythe RUC in regards to the assault and kidnapping of a Catho-lic worker at Annsborough, near Castlewellan, CountyDown. The man was taken from his car by masked men,beaten with batons and dumped at Daisy Hill Hospital.

Tuesday 23rd January 1973Army detonate bombThe Army have detonated a 50 lb fertiliser bomb whichwas found in a milk churn. Wires were found leading acrossthe border. The bomb was discovered at Killea and a con-trolled explosion was carried out. The bomb was destroyedbut in the process some cross border electricity lines werebrought down. The remains of a second bomb were foundat the scene.

Tuesday 23rd January 1973Soldiers woundedTwo soldiers were slightly injured during the night whenone shot was fired from a passing car near Dungannon andthe other hit by a stone in Derry. The soldier who was shotreceived a flesh wound in the arm when a number of shotswere fired at his patrol car on the Moy-Dungannon Road.Fire was returned but no hits were claimed. The other sol-dier who was injured was struck by a stone when a groupof 25 youths stoned his patrol in Derry’s Creggan estate.

Tuesday 23rd January 1973Arson attack in StrabaneA grocery shop in Strabane has been slightly damaged whena petrol bomb was thrown through the front window dur-ing the night. The incident at McLaughlin’s grocery storein Market Street occurred shortly before midnight.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Silencer used in assassination attemptAn assassination attempt has been launched on a 44-year-old Catholic as he left his scrap yard at the junction ofCullingtree and Grosvenor Roads. Eve witnesses have saidthat two shots were fired from a blue 1100 car which wastravelling citywards and have stated that the gunmen useda silencer. The man was struck by one bullet.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Claymore mine explodesA 200 lb claymore type mine has exploded in front of anArmy vehicle as it travelled along a road betweenDesertmartin and Maghera. The vehicle plunged into thecrater made by the blast. Three soldiers suffered cuts andbruises. During a follow-up search wires were found lead-ing from the crater. However, a more detailed search of thearea revealed that a second device, which had been booby-trapped, had been left behind. It was later made safe.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Arms find in New LodgeA search of a house in Hillman Street in the New LodgeRoad area has revealed a number of weapons including 100cwt of gelignite, 15lbs of other explosives, cortex fuse anda Browning pistol. The find was made in a lock up garagein the street.


Wednesday 24th January 1973Ammunition uncovered in AndersonstownNinty rounds of ammunition have been discovered in theGarden of a house in Bingnian Drive in Andersonstown.The find was made by soldiers during a routine search.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Weapons found in loyalist areasA joint Army-RUC patrol has found a number of weaponsin the predominantly Protestant Heathfield area at the rearof Finiston School Army post. The find in one house in-cluded an automatic pistol, a baton, a knife and an exten-sive medical kit which included a stethoscope and gloves.In a second house, a shotgun, revolver, two rounds of am-munition and some brandy were discovered.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Shots fired at Army postsArmy posts at Butler Street and Finiston School have comeunder fire during the night. Three shots were fired at sol-diers in the Butler Street post and one shot was returned.No hits were claimed. Around the same time the Finistonpost was attacked but no one was injured. And fire was notreturned.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Mobile patrol attackedIn the Shantallow area of Derry a mobile patrol was at-tacked with petrol bombs but no one was injured and atShackleton Barracks at Ballykelly two bursts of gunfirewere heard. The incident is still being investigated and noother details are known.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Girl attacked in Sion MillsA 17-year-old Catholic girl has been attacked for the sec-ond time in two weeks. In the first attack, she had a crosscut into her forehead while on her way to work at Herdman’sMill. In this the latest attack, she was beaten up by threemasked men.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Dublin alertThere was traffic chaos in the centre of Dublin due to abomb alert received by the Garda. On the basis of a mes-sage from the RUC that a bomb had been left in the centreof Dublin, O’Connell Street was sealed off. Nothing wasfound and the city returned to normal.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Border shootingSoldiers have returned fire at a gunman who opened fireon them at the border at Clady. No one was injured and nohits were claimed.

Wednesday 24th January 1973IRA leader addresses public meetingProvisional IRA leader, David O’Connell, who is on therun from the Garda, has made an appearance at a publicmeeting in Cork. About 400 people attended the meetingin the Stardust Ballroom which was organised by the re-cently formed Irish Civil Rights Association. SpecialBranch Gardai were on duty at the front entrance but shortlybefore the meeting ended, O’Connell entered the hallthrough a back entrance and gave a short address. He leftagain through the back door, unnoticed by the Gardai.

Wednesday 24th January 1973Belfast bombsA bomb has exploded at the Corporation Executive Officein Hill Street, Belfast. But although the building sufferedsevere interior damage there does not appear to be any struc-


RIGHT - IRA bomb attack on a wallpaper shop in King Street

tural damage. The car used in the attack was found a shortdistance away at Edward Street. The Army carried out acontrolled explosion the car but nothing was found.

Thursday 25th January 1973Gelignite found in prisonPrison staff have foiled an attempt to smuggle geligniteinto Belfast’s Crumlin Road Prison. As a result of the find,which was concealed in a packet of biscuits and butter, theRUC are looking for a teenage girl. It is believed that thegirl calmly walked into the prison and handed in the par-cel. She left before the explosives were discovered. Thereis strong speculation that the explosives, about half a pound,were intended for a future escape attempt.

Thursday 25th January 1973School set on fireA fire has destroyed six classrooms at Ashfield Boys Sec-ondary School in Belfast during the night causing severalthousand pounds worth of damage and leaving 200 pupilswithout classrooms. The fire started at around 9.00 pmand local residents have said that they heard an explosionbefore the fire. Four fire appliances brought the blaze un-der control and managed to stop it spreading to the mainschool.

Thursday 25th January 1973Portadown car bombMore than 50 workers were forced to leave their place ofwork in a Portadown factory when rioting flared in the townafter a car bomb exploded at a Catholic owned public house,Brankin’s Bar, in the Tunnel area of the town.

Thursday 25th January 1973Bomb attacks in BelfastThree bombs have exploded in the centre of Belfast caus-ing widespread damage. The blasts were at Walter MercerLtd electrical wholesalers in Linenhall Street. Firemenbattled with the blaze for a number of hours and managedto prevent it spreading to the nearby BBC headquarters,Broadcasting House. A second explosion at a Co-op su-permarket at Strandmillis demolished the building and thethird blast was at Stevensons and Turners, plumbers andelectrical merchants at West Street in the Smithfield area.

Thursday 25th January 1973Soldiers attackedSoldiers have been attacked in Belfast twice during thenight. The first attack was on a military vehicle in theWhiterock Road. Two shots were aimed at the vehicle.The second incident occurred in Ardoyne when two burstsof fire were directed at an Army observation post at FlaxStreet. No one was injured in the attack.

Thursday 25th January 1973SDLP joins referendum boycottThe SDLP has urged its supporters in strongly unionist ar-eas to apply for postal votes for the March 8 border pollbut not to use them. The reason for this say the party is toensure that the usual Unionist personation of absent voterswill not take place. The SDLP has said that it has beenopposed to the referendum from the beginning. They statedthat thy have joined Republican Labour in a boycott of thepoll.

Friday 26th January 1973UDR expulsionsFigures which have been given in a written reply in theCommons show that there has been an increase in expul-sions from the UDR. More than 82 members of the part



FACING PAGE - Loyalist paramilitaries punish a suspected local criminal in the Shankillarea of West Belfast.

THIS PAGE _ IRA bomb attack on shops in Belfast City Centre


time force have been discharged so far this month and a“fair proportion” of these have been asked to leave the UDRbecause of dual membership of other organisations. Thestaggering increase suggests that a “purge” of those withconflicting loyalties in now under way.

Friday 26th January 1973Bomb at church defusedArmy bomb experts have defused a gelignite bomb whichwas found overnight on the window of a Catholic Churchat Saintfield, Belfast. It is thought that the bomb, whichwas contained in a box, had a faulty timing mechanism andthat this was why it did not explode.

Friday 26th January 1973East Belfast robberyFour masked men, one of whom was armed with a revolver,have held up staff at Connswater post office in East Bel-fast. They escaped with an undisclosed sum of money.

Friday 26th January 1973Hotel bombedThe Hamill Hotel in Belfast has been badly damaged by abomb. The device, which contained between 20-30 lb ofexplosives and which was planted by two men explodedafter Army experts tried to defuse it by placing a smallcharge beside it. The hotel, at the junction of Amelia Streetand Great Victoria Street was badly damaged in the attack.

Friday 26th January 1973Soldier shot near M1An Army ambulance driver has been shot in the thigh whena gunman opened fire on his vehicle near the M1. Fourshots were fired by the gunman, who was operating fromthe Rodney Parade area. The soldier was taken to MusgravePark Hospital but his condition is not serious.

Friday 26th January 1973Meehan cleared of escape chargeBelfast man Martin Meehan has been acquitted at BelfastCity Commission on charges of escaping from jail but heremains in custody, serving a three year sentence for IRAmembership. The court heard that Meehan was right inclaiming that he was not in legal custody after his arrest bythe Army on 9th November 1971 and therefore he shouldnot have been charges with escaping from lawful custody.

Friday 26th January 1973Farmer is awarded DamagesA Donegal farmer has been awarded damages of £180 atLetterkenny Circuit Court for a cow which was shot duringa cross border gun battle. The cow was shot near the vil-lage of Clady on 13th October last.

Friday 26th January 1973Riots flare in ArdoyneFor the second successive night rioting has taken place inArdoyne. Petrol bombs were thrown at military vehiclesand personnel but there were no Army casualties. Watercannon and rubber bullets were used by the Army to dis-perse the rioters.

Friday 26th January 1973Magistrate dies after being shotMr William Staunton, a Belfast Magistrate who was shotand seriously wounded three months ago has died in hospi-tal from his injuries. Mr Staunton, who was aged 46, wasshot in the head; shoulder and arm by a man on a motorcy-cle as he drove away from St. Dominic’s school after drop-ping his daughter off.

Friday 26th January 1973Rocket fired at RUC baseThe IRA have fired a Soviet made RPG7 rocket atWhiteabbey RUC barracks on the Shore Road, Belfast. Therocket, which was fired from 65 yards, struck the perim-eter wire and exploded. Only slight damage was caused toproperty in the area.

Friday 26th January 1973Shot fired at Bangor manA man returning home from work along Bangor’sClandeboye Road came under attack when he was ap-proached by two men, one of whom was carrying a revolver.The man, a Protestant, on seeing the gun ran off. One shotwas fired but no one was injured.

Friday 26th January 1973Shots fired in PortadownA number of shots have been fired at an Army patrol in theTunnel area of Portadown overnight. No one was injuredin the attack.


Friday 26th January 1973Coalisland gun attacksTwo shots have been fired from a passing car at a mobileArmy patrol during the night. The shooting occurred nearCoalisland. There were no military casualties and fire wasnot returned.

Friday 26th January 1973Military patrol attackedA military patrol has come under attack on the Donegal-Derry border during the night. It has been reported thatone soldier received gunshot wounds to the foot when fiveshots were directed at his patrol on the Buncranna Road

Friday 26th January 1973Bomb on borderA bomb, estimated to have contained 200 lb of explosiveshas exploded at Killrea on the Donegal border. The explo-sion left behind a 6 foot crater in the road and tore down atelegraph pole. No one was injured in the attack.

Friday 26th January 1973Donegal gun attackThe Garda in Donegal are said to be investigating a shoot-ing at Birdstown, near Burnfoot where two shots were firedat a young Donegal man as he operated a mechanical dig-ger in a field.

Friday 26th January 1973IRA bomb warningThe IRA have issued a bomb warning in which they statethat due to recent action of bombs being lifted out of shopsand being thrown into the street, thus endangering people’slives, that they would be now fitting anti-handling devicesto the bombs and warned people not to go near them.

Friday 26th January 1973Shots fired at carA Free Presbyterian Minister, Rev Ivan Foster, has claimedthat two armed men attempted to stop his car in the LowerFalls area of Belfast. Two shots were fired at the car. TheRUC believe that the men were unaware of Mr Foster’sidentity and were trying to hi-jack a car. It is understoodthat Mr Foster took a wrong turn and ended up in LeesonStreet, unaware of where he was.

Friday 26th January 1973Outlaw IRA in Britain says MPUnionist MP, John Laird, has called on the British Govern-ment to “put its own backyard in order” by outlawing theIRA.

Saturday 27th January 1973Shankill Road club is bombedA no warning bomb has exploded at a loyalist club in theShankill Road. The bomb is said to have exploded insideon the first floor of the club which is situated on the cornerof Brennan Street and Agnes Street. Fire swept throughthe building but the RUC are unable to explain how thebomb was planted.

Saturday 27th January 1973Bloody Sunday protestThe security forces are to keep a close watch on the Cregganand Bogside areas of Derry during commemoration to markthe anniversary of Bloody Sunday when paratroopers killed13 people in Derry. The Army said that while it cannotcomment on its plans it will be adopting a low key approachto the events .and will be keeping discretely out of sight.

Saturday 27th January 1973Suspect car at Unity FlatsArmy experts have blown up a suspect car at Stanhope Drivein the Unity Flats complex in Belfast. The area had beensealed off and no explosives were found in the vehicle.

Saturday 27th January 1973Soldier shot in LurganA soldier who was on foot patrol in Lurgan has been shotand seriously injured. The man’s patrol was at the junctionof Lake Street and Antrim Road when a sniper fired threeshots from the direction of Kilmain Street. The woundedsoldier was rushed to hospital where he is described as be-ing “very seriously ill”.

Saturday 27th January 1973Rocket attack on UDRA Russian made RPG7 rocket has been launched at a UDRpatrol who were on travelling in the area of Whitecross inArmagh. The rocket struck the Land Rover, which con-tained seven UDR soldiers as well as a second vehicle thatwas carrying another four. Three of the soldiers were in-jured in the attack. The rocket was then followed by gun-fire. The UDR men returned fire but no one was injured.


LEFT - Young people attending a service in Derry for thevictims of Bloody Sunday

Saturday 27th January 1973Bomb thrown into houseA blast bomb has been thrown into the rear of a house inRushmore Avenue, in the Ormeau Road area of Belfast.The blast, which occurred at around 10 pm caused onlyslight damage to the catholic owned house. One familymember who was there at the time was treated for shock.

Saturday 27th January 1973Rifles found in BelfastIn a search carried out in the Andersonstown area of Bel-fast ten .303 rifles and more than 500 rounds of ammuni-tion were found. A number of men have been arrested inrelation to the find.

Monday 29th January 1973MPs seek unity of loyalistsFour Unionist MP’s have joined in the bid to bring aboutunity of loyalist organisations before the Government pub-lishes its white paper on Northern Ireland. John Laird, HarryWest, Joe Burns and Robert Mitchell have issued a state-ment urging that every effort should be made among loyal-ists to find as much common ground as possible. This fol-lows declarations by LAW and the UDA, who said thatthey had the support of the illegal Ulster Volunteer Forcein the quest for loyalist unity and that political leaders whodid not respond would be “swept aside”.

Monday 29th January 1973Adams to head IRA in UlsterGerry Adams, the former commander of the Ballymurphybattalion of the Provisional IRA and who has been the IRACommander in Belfast in recent months, may soon assumeoverall leadership of the IRA in the North. Sources in bothBelfast and Dublin have said that the 24-year-old was inthe running for the post of military leader now that Sean

MacStiofain was in prison in the Curragh Camp. It is un-derstood that the Provisional IRA leadership will now bedivided into two parts. David O’Connell will now assumeleadership in the South, with Adams leading the militarycampaign in the North. The Sinn Fein President, Mrs MaireDrumm, will continue in her role of being in charge of thepolitical leadership of Sinn Fein (Kevin Street).

Monday 29th January 1973Paint Shop bombedA paint shop in Belfast city centre has been completelydestroyed in a bomb attack. The shop in King Street, ownedby Garveys, has been completely gutted by the fire whichfollowed the blast. According to eyewitnesses two teenag-ers, one of whom was armed with a gun, planted the bombon the first floor of the three storey building. A warningwas given and no one was injured in the attack.

Monday 29th January 1973McGuinness convicted in DublinMartin McGuinness, the Derry Republican leader, has beenconvicted in the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of beinga member of the IRA. He was jailed for six months.

Monday 29th January 1973Man shot in CarrickA 28-year-old Carrick man had a narrow escape when hewas approached by a man who called him by his name be-fore shooting him. The man was wounded in the stomachbut his condition is not serious.

Monday 29th January 1973Bloody Sunday Commemoration -Gun battles andriotsMore than 1,000 rounds of ammunition have been fired attroops by IRA gunmen in day long battles in Belfast. TheArmy are claiming 10 hits. The trouble flared after theBloody Sunday march in Derry and it is estimated that inBelfast alone the security forces were involved in 119 shoot-ing incidents. In Derry a shop was gutted in Bishop Streetand six soldiers who were on duty at Bishop Gate wereslightly injured in a petrol bomb attack


LEFT - Bomb attack on the Belfast Bargain Stores on theCrumlin Road

Monday 29th January 1973Bomb explodes at EnniskillenA Catholic owned bar has been badly damaged in an ex-plosion at Enniskillen. It is understood that a suitcase bombwas left outside the premises at the corner of Market Squareand Church Street. No one was injured in the attack.

Monday 29th January 1973Pumping station destroyedA sewage pumping station on the outskirts of Lisnaskeahas been completely destroyed in a bomb attack.

Monday 29th January 1973RUC man injured in PortadownLinfield fans returning home from a football match havebeen attacked at the Tunnel area of Portadown. During thesame incident an RUC man was injured

Monday 29th January 1973Arson attacks in BallymenaThere have been a number fires in the area of Ballymenaduring the night. Two houses were set alight and around1,400 bales of hay were destroyed.

Monday 29th January 1973Soldier wounded in StrabaneA soldier has been slightly wounded after an exchange ofshots between the IRA and soldiers on the border. No oneelse was injured in the attack.

Monday 29th January 1973Shots fired in AndersonstownTwo revolver shots have been fired from a car inAndersonstown, Belfast. It happened as the car sped pastSt Joseph’s Training College. Students were leaving thebuilding for their lunch at the time.

Monday 29th January 1973Boys held imprisonTwo 15-year-old boys have appeared at a juvenile court inBelfast charged with possessing a crate of petrol bombs atBalholme Drive in Ardoyne. They refused to recognisethe court and were remanded into custody at Belfast Prisoninstead of a training school.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Bomb in ShipyardTalks are going on within Harland and Wolff to establishhow security has been breached once more at the shipyard.The overnight bomb attack on an office block came as a£150 million order was announced for six large crude oilcarriers. No one was injured in the attack.

Tuesday 30th January 1973UDA man shot deadThe body of a UDA man has been discovered by a motherand child at the back of their Rodney Parade-Donegal Roadhome. The dead man, Francis Smith, aged 28, of BenburbStreet, had been shot three times in the head. He was mar-ried with one child. Tommy Herron, Vice-Chairman of theUDA has confirmed that Smith was one of their members.


Tuesday 30th January 1973Direct rule extendedThe Secretary of State, Mr Whitelaw has announced thatdirect rule in the North is to be extended for another year..

Tuesday 30th January 1973Man shot dead near M1A 22-year-old motor mechanic James Trainor, of LaganWalk, Lisburn has been shot dead by a gunman at theSpeedline garage in Kennedy Way. The dead man wasstruck by four bullets as he turned to run from the gunman.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Youth shot dead in West BelfastA 15-year-old boy has been shot dead as he talked to a friendoutside his mother’s shop on the Falls Road. The shots camefrom a passing car and also injured his companion. He hasbeen named as Peter Watterson from Falls Road.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Rifle uncoveredThe Army has uncovered an SLR rifle and 60 rounds ofammunition in a field near Hilltown, County Down. A manhas been arrested.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Store bombed in BelfastA shop has been bombed on Belfast’s Crumlin Road shortlybefore lunch time. According to eyewitnesses a man andwoman entered the Pricerite store on the Crumlin Road andafter asking to see some shopping bags said that they werenot interested and left the store. It was when they had gonethe assistant noticed the bomb. The premises were clearedand device exploded. No one was injured in the attack.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Arms find at BawnmoreThe Army has discovered a loaded Armalite rifle and a M1carbine during a search of the Bawnmore area of Belfast.The weapons are said to have been in good condition.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Weapons found in carA stolen car which was discovered in Salisbury Avenue onthe Antrim Road has been set on fire by the Army after itwas suspected that it might be booby-trapped. This suspi-cion proved to be unfounded but when the vehicle was ex-amined it was found to contain a M1 carbine and a maga-zine containing 16 rounds of ammunition. An Armalite


FACING PAGE - The body of Gabriel Savage being removed.TOP RIGHT - Bomb attack on a wholesalers in Tate’sAvenue.BOTTOM RIGHT - IRA bomb attack on the CoporationStreet Labour Exchange.

which was fitted with a magazine containing 31 rounds ofammunition was also discovered in the car.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Shots fired at riotersRioting has continued in Derry and at one stage troopsopened fire on the rioters with live rounds. The Army how-ever have said that the shots were fired over the rioter’sheads.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Border gun attackA gunman has opened fire on soldiers on the Donegall-Derry border. The shooting took place at Muff but no onewas injured in the attack.

Tuesday 30th January 1973Transformer attackedArmy bomb disposal experts have removed and detonateda bomb which was discovered under an electricity trans-former at a quarry near Lisnaskea. There was no damagedone to the transformer. An explosion in the same area onSunday has been traced to a water treatment plant atLough na Rye.

Wednesday 31st January 1973Escape bid from Crumlin Road failsStaff at Crumlin Road Jail have foiled another jailbreakaccording to a Ministry of Home Affairs spokesman. Aspokesman has revealed that this latest bid for freedom in-volved a prisoner impersonating another prisoner who wasdue for release on bail. An inquiry into the escape bid isbeing carried out

Wednesday 31st January 1973Five people killed in 36 hoursA 17-year-old motor mechanic has become the fifth personto die here in the past 36 hours. He has been named asGabriel Savage who had been standing with his 16-year-old girlfriend at a bus stop in Andersonstown. A car pulledup beside them and the couple thought it was a taxi. How-

ever an armed man forced him into the car and it sped off.His girlfriend struggled with the gunman but to no avail.The youth’s body was later found at the Giant’s Ring beautyspot at Shaws Bridge. His anorak had been pulled over hishead and he was shot

Wednesday 31st January 1973Double escape foiledStaff at the high security prison at Long Kesh have foiled adouble escape bid. The two would be escapees were beingheld under an interim detention orders and were awaitingthe hearing of their cases by the commissioners. They eachmade separate bids for freedom by impersonating men whowere due for release from prison. The latest two escapebids bring to seven the number of attempts to escape from


Long Kesh by taking on the identity of another prisoner.Only one has succeeded so far and that was 24-year-oldFrancis McGuigan who walked out of Long Kesh after sixmonths detention.

Wednesday 31st January 1973Bomb explodes in Belfast city centreA motor accessory shop in Belfast’s Union Street has beenextensively damaged in a lunch time bomb attack. Theshop, Barron and Brennan’s Ltd had been cleared and noone was injured by the bomb going off.

Wednesday 31st January 1973Explosives found in carA car which had been abandoned in the Durham Street areahas been found to have contained a quantity of explosives.A controlled explosion was carried out to destroy them.

Wednesday 31st January 1973Army comes under fire in New LodgeA shot has been fired at an Army patrol in the New Lodgearea of Belfast. The patrol which was in upper MeadowStreet was attacked from the Direction of North QueenStreet. Soldiers on the roof of Templar Flats were alsofired on three occasions. No one was hurt and fire was notreturned.

Wednesday 31st January 1973Belfast shop bombedA bomb has exploded in Electrical Sales (Ulster) Ltd, anelectrical showroom and warehouse in Tate’s Avenue, offBelfast’s Lisburn Road. Damage to the premises was slightand no one was injured.

Wednesday 31st January 1973Woman injured in shootingA woman is in hospital after a sniper opened fire on anyArmy patrol in Clonard Gardens. Fire was not returned.The woman’s condition is not thought to be serious.

Wednesday 31st January 1973UDA can’t stop killingsThe UDA Vice-chairman, Tommy Herron has issued a state-ment saying that it is futile for the UDA to clamp down onProtestant extremists. He said “We cannot control Protes-tant extremists in the face of IRA killings of UDR men,Policemen and civilian Protestants and in the face of theattitude of Republican MPs who are not happy unless theyare talking about injustice

Wednesday 31st January 1973RUC base attackedTwo bursts of automatic fire have been directed atMagherafelt UDR headquarters on Station Road.. No onewas injured in the attack. The shots fired are thought tohave come from a car which had been stolen earlier inDraperstown.

Wednesday 31st January 1973Shots fired at GlenarmThe RUC are investigating the firing of a shot at GlenarmRUC barracks. No one was hit but six shots were returnedby the guard

Wednesday 31st January 1973Belfast labour exchange bombedA second bomb has exploded in Belfast damaging part ofthe labour exchange in Corporation Street.

Wednesday 31st January 1973IRA admits killing UDA manA statement purporting to come from the Provisional IRAin Belfast has admitted responsibility for the killing of a28-year-old UDA man who was found shot dead in RodneyParade. The statement from the Irish Republican PublicityBureau said: “The Belfast Brigade staff, IRA accepts re-sponsibility for the shooting of Francis Smyth, 1 Co. UDA

LEFT - Funeral of UDA member Francis Smyth.


Thursday 1st February 1973Hand-grenade attack on workersOne man has died, nine people have been injured, two ofwhom have been critically injured in a hand-grenade at-tack on a bus. The workers, who were all Catholics, wereattacked as the bus made its daily trip to the new St Patrick’sschool at Kingsway Gardens in Cherryvalley. Twenty work-ers, most of who were from the Andersonstown area andemployed by a Falls road contracting firm, were on the busat the time. According to the passengers, a man with awalking stick walked across the road, forcing the bus toslow down. A second man then threw a brick through thewindow of the bus while the third lobbed a hand-grenadeinside the bus.The man who died in the attack was 50-year-old, Mr PaddyHeenan, a foreman joiner from Inishmore Crescent inAndersonstown. He was married with five children.

Thursday 1st February 1973Vanguard rallyIt has been announced that George Watt, a Belfast bornengineer who spent three years in a Chinese prison oncharges of spying will be a guest speaker at an Ulster Van-guard rally later this month. There has been media specu-lation that a “new Carson”, a new strong man, would enterpolitics at the rally. This claim has been rejected by Van-guard.

Thursday 1st February 1973Downpatrick gun attackAn RUC man and a 9-year-old girl have been admitted tohospital after a gun attack at their home in Downpatrick.The RUC man had been parking his car when the attackoccurred. Seven shots were fired, two of which struck theRUC man. The girl, who had been in bed, was struck whena bullet entered the house. Both the injured are being de-scribed by a hospital spokesman as “fairly satisfactory.”

Thursday 1st February 1973Youth shot in BelfastA 17-year-old Catholic youth has been shot twice in theAntrim Road area of Belfast. According to the injured mana gunman appeared at Adela Street, shouted “Hey you” andwhen the youth turned round he was shot in the abdomenand leg.

Thursday 1st February 1973Shots fired from passing carA number of shots have been fired from a passing car attwo youths walking along the Ormeau Road. No one wasinjured in the attack.

Thursday 1st February 1973RUC man woundedA member of the RUC has been shot as he sat in his caroutside Springfield Road RUC barracks. The man, who isnot seriously wounded, was shot when a gunman openedfire from a vacant house 20 yards away in Violet Street?

Thursday 1st February 1973Over night attacks in BelfastBetween 3.30 and 5.30 in the morning there were a numberof attacks in the Belfast area. A contractor’s hut in SeymourHill Mews was destroyed by fire; a car was set on fire atLarch Grove; a missile was thrown through the window ofa house in Hornbeam Road and a house in Rowan Drivehad four windows smashed.

Thursday 1st February 1973Dungannon bomb attackAn explosion has wrecked Hanna’s bar in Percy Street,Dungannon. The bomb had been left by three armed men.The area was evacuated and the bomb exploded causing ex-tensive damage to the bar. no one was injured in the attack

Thursday 1st February 1973UDR patrol attackedOne Member of the UDR was shot in the finger inDungannon when his patrol came under machine gun at-tack. Fire was returned but no hits were claimed.

Thursday 1st February 1973Bomb at DunloyTwo armed men have planted a bomb in McFerran’s bar inDunloy. A bomb estimated to have contained 50 lb of ex-plosives was placed in one of the toilets. It was later de-fused by the Army.

Thursday 1st February 1973Border gun attackGunmen, who the Army claim were operating from thesouthern side of the border near the town of Clady, firedaround 40 shots. None of the soldiers were injured.

FEBRUARY 1973


Thursday 1st February 1973Statement is declaration of war say UDAThe UDA has described a statement by the Provisional IRAthat they will take retaliatory action against sectarian mur-ders as “a virtual declaration of war.” The IRA statement,issued in Dublin informed the UDA that “a new phase ofsectarian murders will not be tolerated” and goes on to say“The Irish Republican Army has no option but to take ruth-less retaliatory action against the criminal elements whoengage in the cowardly assassination of innocent people.It is with deep regret that the IRA has been forced to makethe above decision.” The IRA went on to state that theyhave repeatedly asked for direct talks with the UDA to de-vise ways and means to end all sectarian killings. The state-ment was rejected by vice chairman of the UDA, TommyHerron.

Thursday 1st February 1973Detention ordersThe commissioners who have been appointed under the‘Detention of Terrorists Order’ have made inquiries intothe cases of a further nine prisoners held at Long Kesh.Detention orders have been made in all cases.

Friday 2nd February 1973Detention centre for youthsA detention centre for alleged teenage gunmen is to be setup by the British Government in May The centre, whichwill accommodate 70 youths will be modelled on Redbankapproved school in Lancashire. The Recommendation hasbeen made by the Diplock Commission.

Friday 2nd February 1973Banks robbedEight raiders, in two cars, have robbed two banks in theCounty Derry town of Draperstown. The raiders, maskedand armed, drove into the town on a busy market day androbbed one bank before driving on to the second and rob-bing that too. Undisclosed sums were taken from the Ul-ster and Bank of Ireland. In a third bank raid, more than£6,000 was taken from McKinney’s steel company inMallusk.

Friday 2nd February 1973Shots fired at UDA funeralTwo volleys of shots have been fired over the coffin of theUDA man who was found shot dead in an alleyway offRodney Parade on Tuesday. As the coffin of 28-year-old


ABOVE - Bomb attack on McMaster’s Beauty Salon on theUniversity Road.FACING PAGE - Bomb attack by loyalists on Catholic work-men on a bus taking them to the construction site of StPatrick’s School at Kingsway gardens. One man, PaddyHeenan, was killed.

Francis Smith from Benburb Street was carried to the junc-tion of Donegal Gardens and Eber Street, off Tates Avenue,six UDA men, three on either side of the coffin stepped outand fired the shots.

Friday 2nd February 1973Weapons foundSoldiers on patrol in East Belfast have dug up an M1 car-bine on waste ground behind Lisbon Street and in AngleseaStreet, in the Shankill Road area soldiers found a machinegun in an empty house.

Friday 2nd February 1973Soldier shot deadThe first regular soldier to be killed this year has been shotdead in Strabane by the Provisional IRA. The soldier, Col-our Sergeant William Boardley, aged 30, of the Kings OwnBorder Regiment was hit by one of four shots fired at troopswho were setting up a checkpoint in Meetinghouse Square.He was hit in the head and died before reaching hospital.The local unit of the Provisional IRA has issued a state-ment claiming responsibility for his death. The check-point had been set up after the RUC received a bomb warn-ing. This warning turned out to be a hoax.

Friday 2nd February 1973Belfast riotsSerious rioting has broken out in East Belfast, Ballybeen,Dundonald village and Tullycarnett after the security forcesdetained a number of men in relation to the hand grenadeattack on Catholic workers. Pavements were ripped up andused as ammunition, Army and RUC patrols came underattack and hoax bomb calls made in order to lure in thesecurity forces. Buses and cars were hi-jacked and largecrowds of youths roamed the streets and in the AlbertbridgeRoad four shots were fired.

Friday 2nd February 1973Man woundedA 26-year-old Protestant man has been found with a gun-shot wound at Hannahstown on the Upper Springfield Road.

It is not known how the man came to be shot in the neck,however while his condition is serious, it is not life threat-ening.

Friday 2nd February 1973Soldiers attackedA soldier has been shot while erecting on a ramp at Broad-way and three other soldiers were slightly injured when ablast bomb was thrown at their patrol from Divis Flats.

Friday 2nd February 1973Ardoyne gun battleA lengthy gun battle has taken place in the Ardoyne area ofBelfast after a bomb exploded at a draper’s shop in Alli-ance Road. Army bomb disposal experts were preventedby the shooting from examining the scene of the blast.

Friday 2nd February 1973Belfast explosionsAn explosion has taken place at Gaedor Ltd, electricalwholesalers in Dublin Road. Two men left a bomb there.A second bomb was left at a bar at the corner of MeadowStreet and Cambridge Street near the New Lodge.


RIGHT - Comedian Frankie Howard visiting British troopsin Belfast.

Friday 2nd February 1973Incendiary deviceA bomb has been defused in Upper Donegal Street and anincendiary device was dealt with by the Army at CS Sup-plies in Church Street.

Friday 2nd February 1973Shots fired in TyroneA shot has been fired at an RUC barracks in Coalisland.There were no casualties.

Friday 2nd February 1973House petrol bombedA petrol bomb has been thrown into an unoccupied houseat Glenmore Walk. No one was injured in the attack.

Friday 2nd February 1973Bomb making kit discoveredSoldiers have discovered a telescopic sight, a quantity ofammunition, Army clothing and a bomb making kit on wasteground in Armagh.

Friday 2nd February 1973Rent and Rates strikeIt has been announced by an Under-Secretary of State atWestminster that at the beginning of January there were morethan 18,000 public housing authority tenants on rent and ratesstrike and that 18,130 tenants owe a total of £1.37 million.

Friday 2nd February 1973Youths buriedTwo of the latest victims of assassination squads have beenburied today. Both teenagers were kidnapped in theAndersonstown area. They are 14-year-old Philip Raffertyof Tullymore Gardens who was last seen when he attendedband practice. His body was later found at the Giant’s Ringbeauty spot and 17-year old Gabriel Savage, who was kid-napped as he stood talking to his girlfriend

Saturday 3rd February 1973Tanker bomb defusedThe Army has defused a 5 lb bomb which had been placedinside a 5,000 gallon petrol tanker in Belfast. The tanker,which had been hi-jacked earlier in the day, was driveninto Little Donegal Street at the side of the Belfast Tel-

egraph building. However, a fault in the bombs timingdevice resulted in its failure to explode.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Shot man still not namedThe identity of the man, whose hooded body was found inthe Springfield Road, has not yet been established. Thedead man’s wrists and neck were bound with wire. He wasshot three times. The man was found in a stolen car whichhad been hi-jacked earlier in Fleetwood Street in theCrumlin Road area

Saturday 3rd February 1973Belfast hotel bombedA bomb has exploded at Belfast’s Wellington Park Hotel ashort time after it was planted by a man and woman. Thebomb was carried in to the building in a duffle bag. Thehotel was extensively damaged and windows in premiseson the nearby Malone Road were broken.


Saturday 3rd February 1973East Belfast sniper attackSoldiers have come under heavy fire from snipers in EastBelfast for the second day running. Riots have continuedin the Newtownards Road, Ballybeen and Dundonald ar-eas. Three soldiers have been injured in rioting and rubberbullets have been fired. As troops left their base in theHarbour Estate to move to the east end they came undersniper fire from two gunmen operating from Dee Street.More than 50 shots were fired by the gunmen.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Derry bomb attackA bomb has exploded at Joy’s newsagents and wool shopin Bishop Street, Derry. An anonymous warning to theRUC stated that there were two bombs in Joys and the thirdin a supermarket across the street with a fourth in a nearbydrapery store. The supermarket and drapery store weresearched but nothing was found. The bomb in Joy’s con-tained between 10 and 20 lb of explosives

Saturday 3rd February 1973Legal weaponsThe Secretary of State, William Whitelaw has been given abreakdown on the amount of legally held weapons in theNorth. According to official figures there are: a total of106,581 licensed firearms, of these 73,345 are shotguns,11,826 are air guns and 13,305 are .22 rifles. There arealso 760 other rifles which are held by members of rifleclubs or are war trophies. In addition to these there are:

7,345 revolvers or pistols and of these 5,271 are issued tothe security forces and a limited number of civilians forpersonal protection. A further 1,633 weapons fall into thecategory of antiques or relics. Mr Whitelaw has also beentold that over the past two years 2,000 illegal weapons havebeen captured by the Army and RUC.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Body found in carThe body of a man, aged between 25 and 30 has been foundin the boot of a car. The man, who has yet to be identified,was found inside a car which had been dumped in MauriceStreet, Belfast. Residents there became concerned aboutthe car which appeared to have been abandoned and noti-fied the RUC.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Woman and child attackedA woman and her daughter have had a narrow escape whena gunman fired three bursts of machine gun fire as theywent to answer a knock on their door in Belfast. Fourteenshots were fired but no one was injured.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Youth shot dead, four others injuredThe second person to die during the night was one of sixProtestant youths who were caught in gunfire as they left aChurch youth club at the junction of the Ballysillan andOldpark roads. The shots were fired by gunmen who wereoperating from the rear of a yellow mini. The vehicle was


RIGHT - Bomb attack on the Wellington Park Hotel

later found in a nearby lock-up garage. .Of the six youths,all but one were hit by the gunfire. One died later in hospi-tal and the condition of the others are not known. The deadyouth’s name has yet to be released.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Antrim hotel bombedThe Deerpark Hotel in Antrim has been severely damagedafter a bomb was planted in a ladies toilet. A fifteen minutewarning was given and a dance which was in progress wascancelled. No one was injured when the device exploded ashort time later.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Telephone exchange destroyedOver 2,000 telephone lines have been put out of order whena bomb, planted by four armed men exploded in Dungannontelephone exchange. The exchange was destroyed in theattack.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Arson attack at BallynahinchA newsagent’s shop which had closed for the night has beenbadly damaged by fire. It is believed that the blaze wascaused by an incendiary device.

Saturday 3rd February 1973Bomb attack in LarneA baker’s shop in Larne has been destroyed by a bombwhich is estimated to have contained 50 lb of explosives.Extensive damage has been caused to neighbouringpremises. No one was injured in the attack.

Monday 5th February 1973General election called in SouthIt has been announced in Dublin by Prime Minister JackLynch that there is to be a general election in the South.The announcement of the February 28th election has stunnedpolitical observers North and South. Mr Lynch has said heis calling the election to avoid a protracted period of politi-cal uncertainty. The government, he said “will be facedwith vital issues and the decisions taken could irrevocablychange the course of future history.”

Monday 5th February 1973Estate agents bombedA 20 lb bomb has exploded at Fredrick McKibbin’s estateagents in Belfast’s Donegal Square. The area was quicklyevacuated and no one was injured in the attack. A smallfire broke out after the explosion but this was brought un-der control.

Monday 5th February 1973Bank siegeFour men have been arrested during a bank raid on Bel-fast’s Malone Road. As the raid on the Northern Bankbranch was in progress a member of the RUC walked intothe premises in response to an alarm. He was initially takenhostage by the raiders but after reinforcements arrived themen were persuaded to give themselves up. Although anumber of shots were fired no one was injured in the raid.

Monday 5th February 1973No revenge says motherA Belfast mother, whose son, Seamus Gilmore, was shotdead at the Mount Pleasant filling station on the BallysillanRoad, has appealed for no revenge. Mrs Gilmore, ofRosscoole Park, said that she did not want anyone else to


suffer the anguish that she has since the shooting of herson. Seamus was shot and injured by two men at the week-end but died in hospital early today. Friends have saidthat they though his death was in revenge for the shootingdead of 18-year-old Robert Burns outside a chip shop inBallysillan. They also said that both Seamus and Robertknew each other quite well and often spoke to each other.

Monday 5th February 1973Shots fired in BallymurphyMore than 100 rounds of ammunition have been fired attroops during a brief but fierce gun battle in theBallymurphy-New Barnsley area of Belfast. Many of theshots were directed at the Henry Taggart Army post. Nosoldiers were injured but the Army are claiming two hits.The have said that four or five gunmen had been operatingfrom the Whiterock Road-Moyard Crescent area.

Monday 5th February 1973Checkpoint attackedNine shots have been fired at an Army vehicle checkpointas the soldiers were searching a car at New Barnsley Park.Fire was returned but no hits were claimed.

Monday 5th February 1973Army patrol comes under fireThirty shots have been fired at an Army patrol in the NorglenParade are of Belfast. The shots, according to an Armyspokesman, came from a block of flats in the area.

Monday 5th February 1973Youth woundedA 15-year old youth has been wounded at Hopeton Streetin the Shankill area. He had been out walking when hewas struck. It is not known where the shot came from butthe boy was not seriously hurt.

Monday 5th February 1973Blast bombs thrownThe Army has reported that two blast bombs have beenthrown over a fence in Boundary Street, Belfast. Therewere no casualties.

Monday 5th February 1973Gun attack in BelfastFour low velocity shots have been fired at the Army post atthe corner of Berwick Road-Alliance Avenue in the Ardoynearea. No one was injured.

Monday 5th February 1973House bombedA bomb has been thrown into a house at Stratford Gardensin Ardoyne. The house next door was also damaged. Thehouse is occupied by Catholics in a Catholic area and themotive for the attack is not clear.

Monday 5th February 1973Sniper attack in ArdoyneFour high velocity shots have been fired by a sniper oper-ating from the direction of Alliance Road in the Ardoynearea. The shots were aimed at soldiers in Alliance Avenuebut there were no casualties. Fire was not returned.

Monday 5th February 1973Shots fired in OldparkMore than ten shots have been fired at an Army observa-tion post at Louisa Street-Glenpark Street. The shots aresaid to have come from nearby Gracehill Street. No onewas injured in the attack.


Monday 5th February 1973Shots fired into homeA shot has been fired into the home of a Protestant man atAshmount Grove in East Belfast as he answered a knockon his door. The man was not hurt and the motive for theattack is not known.

Monday 5th February 1973Baton rounds firedThe Army have fired a number of baton rounds at youths inthe Falls and New Lodge areas of Belfast during the night.

Monday 5th February 1973Man bundled into carThe RUC have reported that a man has been seen beingbundled into a green BMC minivan on the Grosvenor Roadyesterday. The van is said to have contained six men anddrove off towards the city centre. No further details areknown.

Monday 5th February 1973Malicious fireA fire, which is believed to have been started maliciously,has damaged a garage and an adjacent paint store atBrookvale Drive. No one was injured in the attack.

Monday 5th February 1973Men shot while playing footballA goalkeeper and two spectators have been rushed to hos-pital after gunmen opened fire on a Gaelic football matchat Hannahstown. The shots came from a car which droveoff at speed. The men were not seriously injured.

Monday 5th February 1973Soldier wounded in DerryA soldier has been wounded in the leg at Fort George Armybase in Derry. The man who was shot by a sniper at around5.00 am is not in a serious condition.

Monday 5th February 1973Bomb defused in PortadownA 100 lb bomb has been defused in Portadown. The bomb,which had been left in a narrow lane which leads from HighStreet to Meadow Lane, was packed into a beer barrel. Twocontrolled explosions were carried out by the Army beforethe device was finally defused


TOP - A ‘petrol tanker bomb’ parked in Little Donegall StreetTOP MIDDLE - Sand placed across Library Street to pre-vent petrol from the bomb spreading into the city centre.BOTTOM MIDDLE - The body of John Boyd lies next tothe Connswater River where his body was dumped after hewas abducted, tortured and killed by the UDA.BOTTOM - The body being removed.

Monday 5th February 1973Arson attack at LoughgallA fire at a house in Loughgall has left a family of six home-less. No one was at home at the time and no one was in-jured. The fire is thought to have been malicious.

Monday 5th February 1973Newry blazeThree fires in the Border town of Newry are being treatedby the RUC as being malicious. The fires have damaged asupermarket in O’Hagan Street, a builder’s yard in Mona-ghan Street and a bookmaker’s premises. Shots were alsofired at the Army in Francis Street but there were no casu-alties.

Monday 5th February 1973Arms theftsTwo men have stolen a legally held semi-shotgun from ahouse in Taylor’s Avenue Carrickfergus. Two shots werefired in the air by the men as they made off. In a secondtheft, a 9mm Browning pistol was stolen from a UDR man’slocker at the ICI plant in Kilroot.

Monday 5th February 1973Shots heard in LarneThe Army and RUC have carried out a search of St John’sPlace in Larne after shots were reported there during thenight. Nothing was found.

Monday 5th February 1973Film bannedA television documentary film about the life of MichaelCollins which was banned by Sir Lew Grade, head of ATV,will be shown when the situation in the North improves.The film “Hang out your brightest colours” was banned“in view of the delicate political and military situation inNorthern Ireland… this is not the time for such a film to beshown in the United Kingdom. The film about the IRAleader, who was killed during the Irish Civil War in 1922,


was made by Welsh actor-director Mr Kenneth Griffith. Hehas said that he believes that the ban is unnecessary butadmitted that his film could “inflame strong passions.”

Monday 5th February 1973Six men killed in New LodgeIn Belfast on Saturday and early Sunday morning soldiersclaimed to have killed six IRA men and injured two others.The Saturday evening started as gunmen sped down theAntrim Road and opened fire on a group of people stand-ing outside a Chinese restaurant near the New Lodge Road.The suddenness of the attack did not allow the time foranyone to escape and all there were hit by the gun fire.People who were eating in the restaurant at the time rushedto the aid of the wounded. And the injured were taken tohospital in a fleet of ambulances. Soldiers from the 1st

Queens Regiment moved into the area. Within minutesother troops were being pinned down by several gunmen.In the battle which followed and raged for several hoursmore than 200 shots were fired at the soldiers, who arereported to have returned 150 rounds. Residents of the areahave disputed the Army’s claim that the dead were IRAgunmen and as black flags flew from the houses in the NewLodge, local people there said that all were innocent men.Local people have also said that the Army were responsi-ble for four of the killings and alleged that Protestant gun-men shot and killed the first two.It was just before midnight when the 1st Queens soldierscame under fire when a gunman using a high velocityweapon fired two shots from Halliday’s Road. Troops re-turned fire but no hits were claimed. The incident seemedto herald the start of a gun battle which seemed to centreon Edlingham Street, although gunfire was directed at sol-diers throughout the district. An Army observation post onthe top of Templar Flats came under fire several times andsoldiers in this post claimed to have shot a gunman whowas dragged away by a comrade. Just after midnight sol-diers claimed to have shot another gunman at the junctionof Spamount Street and Edlingham Street after they saidthey saw him carrying a gun. Shortly afterwards, anothergunman operating at the same place fired shots at a patrolonly yards away at the Edlingham Street-Duncairn Gar-dens junction Soldiers then came under fire from Halliday’sRoad and at 12.20 a gunman operating in that area was hitwhen soldiers returned fire. At the same time a gunman inUpper Meadow Street was firing at a patrol in the DuncairnGardens area. Soldiers then came under fire from YorkStreet and just after 1.00 am soldiers claimed a hit after

automatic fire was directed at them as they operated in theLepper Street area. Shooting continued throughout the areaalmost constantly. Just before 2.00 am five shots were firedby a gunman in the Lepper Street-Duncairn Gardens area.When soldiers returned fire they claimed another hit. TheArmy say that none of their soldiers were injured.

Monday 5th February 1973Café owner shot deadA café owner in Belfast has been shot dead by one of twoyouths who walked into his fish and chip shop in YorkStreet. According to the RUC one of the youths, armedwith a machine gun, stood at the door while the other wenttowards the proprietor, 58-year-old, Mr James Fusco. MrFusco tried to get out of the way and ran into the back ofthe café for cover, but the youth, armed with a pistol, fol-lowed and shot Mr Fusco in the head. He died almost im-mediately. The RUC have stated that the killing of Mr Fuscowho is a member of a prominent Belfast Italian family, wasdefinitely an assassination. There was no question of itbeing an attempted robbery.

Monday 5th February 1973Falls road gun attackShortly after 6.00 pm on Saturday gunmen in a white sa-loon drove down Shiels Street and as it passed a group ofpeople standing at the corner of Dairy Street, fired 20 shotsfrom a machine gun. Victims of the mass assassinationattempt had no chance to take cover and most of the tenpeople were wounded in the legs and abdomen. Nine peo-ple were detained in hospital

Monday 5th February 1973Body found in East BelfastThe body of a man has been found in the Connswater Riverin East Belfast. He has been identified as being Mr JohnBoyd, a 33-year-old Protestant of Knockmore Square,Lisburn. Mr Boyd’s naked body was discovered by chil-dren on Sunday as they played on the banks of the river.Mr Boyd is said to have been tortured before being shot inthe head.

Monday 5th February 1973Motor cyclist woundedA motorcyclist has been shot and seriously wounded whenshot by a gun man in a passing car. The shooting happenedat around 2.25 am near the Rosetta post office. The RUChave appealed for witnesses.


TOP RIGHT - Rioting on the Newtownards Road.BOTTOM RIGHT - Members of the UDA on parade outsidethe Ladas Drive RUC Barracks.

Monday 5th February 1973Man wounded in LigonielA man has been admitted to hospital after being shot froma passing car as he walked along the Ligoniel Road. Hewas hit in the right shoulder and his condition is said to beserious.

Monday 5th February 1973Soldiers come under attackA number of shots have been fired at soldiers in the Fallsarea of Belfast after they went to investigate a suspiciouscar. None of the soldiers were injured but the RUC saythat a 15-year-old youth was later admitted to hospital.

Monday 5th February 1973Shots fired from passing carGunmen in a passing car have opened fire at a bookies shopat the corner of Brompton Park in the Ardoyne area but noone was injured in the attack.

Monday 5th February 1973Arson attack on delivery vehiclesFour newspaper delivery vans, which belong to the BelfastTelegraph, have been hi-jacked in various parts of the city.The vehicles were taken from the Newtownards Road,Woodstock Road, Fortingale Street on the Crumlin Roadand from Malvern Street in the Shankill. All four vehicleswere set on fire.

Monday 5th February 1973Car bomb at GlenaveyA car bomb has exploded without warning outside a puband slightly injured four people. The explosion occurredon Saturday night at Johnston’s pub shortly before 11.00pm. Damage was extensive.

Monday 5th February 1973Bomb defused in OmaghAn Army bomb disposal expert who was called out to dealwith a bomb at a hardware shop has dealt with the deviceby setting fire to the device and burning off the 100 lb ofexplosives. No damage was caused to the premises.

Monday 5th February 1973House attacked at PortrushA gunman has fired shots into a house just outside Portrush.The occupants, a married couple with six children escapedwithout injury.

Monday 5th February 1973UDA protest against arrestsMore than 1,000 loyalists, many of them wearing UDAuniforms and carrying batons have marched to Ladas DriveRUC barracks to protest against the detention of two menwho have been held since the hand-grenade attack on Catho-lic workers in Dundonald. The demonstrators demandedthat the men be released. Later the RUC allowed leadersto go inside the barracks where they met with senior RUCofficers to discuss their demands. A statement was issuedby loyalist leaders saying there was also to be an urgentmeeting with the GOC Sir Frank King to discuss the loyal-ist demands and alleged continued harassment in Protes-tant areas. The demonstration is said to have been the firsttime that the UDA, Orange Volunteers Vanguard ServiceCorp and the Red Hand Group had presented a united frontat a public protest.


Monday 5th February 1973Derry protestAlmost 1,000 people have taken part in a demonstration inthe Shantallow area of Derry. The demonstration, organ-ised by Provisional Sinn Fein, was against Army harass-ment of people in the area

Tuesday 6th February 1973Strike callWidespread disruption, with probable power cuts, seemscertain because of a 24 hour strike call by militant Protes-tant organisations. A spokesman at Belfast Power StationWest has said that it was thought that only a skeleton staffwould be on duty from 11.30 pm tonight. The three maintransport undertakings, Ulsterbus, Belfast Corporation andNorthern Ireland Rail, were adopting a wait and see atti-tude. Services will depend on the number of workers whoreport for work as normal. The strike has been called inprotest at the detention of two Protestants from Tullycarnet.An unexpected development has been support for the stop-page from the Civil Rights Association and the CatholicEx-Servicemen’s Association. NICRA said in a statementthat, while they welcome the united stand by loyalistsagainst detention of their comrades, they found it hard tounderstand how Protestant leaders could justify internmentof others.

Tuesday 6th February 1973New Lodge killingsTwo men who were shot dead in the New Lodge area bygunmen in a passing car at the weekend have been describedin death notices as members of the IRA. There appears to

be controversy around the shootings with the Army claim-ing that they shot six IRA men and local people saying ofthe six people killed two were killed by Protestant extrem-ists and the remainder by the Army. An Army statementclaiming to have shot the six men said that shots were firedfrom a passing car on the Antrim Road but the confusioncaused by the subsequent gun battle made it impossible tosay who was killed where. Death notices for five of themen also say they were killed by the British Army. TheIRA has itself stated that none of their men were armed andthat two IRA Volunteers were assassinated from the pass-ing car on the Antrim Road.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Bomb explodes in AntrimAn explosion has badly damaged the Vauxhall motors build-ing at Steeple Road. No one was injured in the attack.

Tuesday 6th February 1973House petrol bombed in BangorA house at Carrowdore Gardens in Kilcooley estate, Ban-gor, has been damaged in a petrol bomb attack. A missilewas used to smash a window in the Catholic occupied housebefore the petrol bombs were thrown in. The family man-aged to escape unhurt.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Shots fired into Catholic homeTwo shots have been fired into a Catholic family’s home atCraigboy Park in Bangor. One of the shots went through awindow but none of the occupants were injured.


FACING PAGE - Barricaders placed acrossTemplemoreStreet during riots in East Belfast

Tuesday 6th February 1973UDR men in arms findA UDR patrol operating a vehicle checkpoint atGlassdrummon have discovered a Russian made RPG7rocket launcher, similar to those used in recent IRA attacks.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Soldier attackedA soldier has been slightly injured when a blast bomb was

thrown at his Army patrol in Divis Flats. According to theArmy the device was thrown by a man on top of one of theflats. Shots were returned but no hits were claimed.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Arms find at CheckpointSoldiers operating a vehicle checkpoint in the Glen Roadarea of Belfast have seized an M1 carbine and an Armaliterifle.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Shot fired at RUC menA shot has been fired at members of the RUC in the ShoreRoad area of Belfast when they went to investigate the hi-jacking of a Corporation bus. The incident happened nearthe Grove Baths and the bus was recovered intact.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Military police come under attackA single shot has been fired at a military patrol nearCliftonville Circus in North Belfast. No one was injured inthe attack.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Shots fired at RUC baseFive shots have been fired at Tennent Street RUC barracksby a gunman who was operating from the direction ofAmbleside Street. There were no casualties.

Tuesday 6th February 1973GAA hall destroyedA fire, which is believed to have been started maliciously,has destroyed a GAA hall on the Scarva Road in Banbridge.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Malicious fire at Newry schoolFires, which are believed to have been started maliciously,have destroyed a classroom at the Abbey school and causeddamage to Newry High School.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Electricity transformer bombedA bomb has exploded at an electricity transformer on theDungannon Road, Coalisland during the night. The trans-former was damaged but electricity supplies were not in-terrupted.


Tuesday 6th February 1973Cookstown attackThe RUC are said to be keeping an open mind about a smallfire which has slightly damaged a bowling club inCookstown. One theory is that the club was the target foran incendiary attack.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Rocket attack on borderA rocket attack on a British Army post near the border hastriggered off a major gun battle between British troops andthe IRA. More than 100 rounds were exchanged duringthe 15 minute attack on the heavily fortified Army check-point on the Buncrana Road. The Army have said that af-ter the Russian made rocket was fired between eight andten gunmen opened fire on them. There were no casualtiesin the attack.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Men buried in BelfastThe funerals have taken place in Belfast of two men whowere killed by gunmen over the weekend. The funeralswere of Mr Alfredo Fusco, aged 58, who was gunned down

in his café and Mr Patrick Brady, aged 28, from RosapennaSquare, whose hooded and bound body was found inMaurice Street, off the Springfield Road.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Fashion shop bombedA bomb, estimated to have contained between 30 – 40 lb ofexplosives has exploded at Vivienne McMaster’s fashionstore on Belfast’s University Road. A nearby Chinese res-taurant was also damaged in the blast.

Tuesday 6th February 1973Army salute causes scareThe Army, firing a 21 gun salute to mark the anniversaryof Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne has causedconfusion in Belfast when many residents thought it wasbomb or rocket attacks.

Thursday 8th February 1973A day of riots and shootingsFour people are known to have died in a night of violencefollowing the one day stoppage, dozens of people have beeninjured and the RUC are investigating the death of a fifth


FACING PAGE - A bombed out shop in Great Victoria Street.TOP RIGHT - Bomb attack on shops in University Road.BOTTOM RIGHT - The scene at Strangford Lough whereIRA members Leo O’Hanlon and Vivienne Fitzsimmons werekilled in a premature explosion.

man who they believe may have been assassinated. Thetrouble flared outside RUC barracks in the afternoon afterprotests and by nightfall they had turned into raging gunbattles. Arson attacks were widespread and a fireman whofought a blaze at Bradbury Place was shot dead. He wasthe first fireman to lose his life since the troubles began.During the nights shooting the Army came under fire fromboth Protestant and Catholic areas in Belfast and they haveclaimed to have shot six gunmen.

In Belfast an 18-year-old youth was admitted to DundonaldHospital in the afternoon with gunshot wounds but died at8.15. The RUC say he was shot when fire was exchangedbetween gunmen and troops. A 31-year-old Protestant waspronounced dead on arrival at the same hospital. He wasbelieved to have been shot in the vicinity of AlbertbridgeOrange Hall during rioting. A short time later a third mandied after admission to the Royal Victoria Hospital. Aftera gun attack on a military post in Lawnmore Avenue, sol-diers followed a trail of blood and found a man with gun-shot wounds. A St John’s ambulance post in East Belfastreported treating more than 30 casualties, eight were sentto hospital and two of these had been hit with swords. Thefifth man to die was found in an alleyway at the rear of thePhoenix bar at Hallidays Road. He had been abducted theprevious night as he walked past the Unity Flats complex.Bombs exploded in and around Belfast during the nightbut no one was injured. Extensive damage was caused tothe Hillfoot Bar in Glen Road, Castlereagh when a bombexploded there. Bombs exploded at the Sportsman Bar inDunmurray and at Whitehouse service station. A Catholicowned shop at Milebush, Carrickfergus was destroyed anda 20-30 lb bomb exploded at Robert Clarke’s shop. Shotswere also fired into homes in Carrick.At Rathcoole the homes of 50-60 homes which were occu-pied by Catholics were stoned and private cars damaged.Windows were broken in the Immaculata Special Schoolat Whiteabbey. In Dundonald several attempts were madeto burn down a Catholic Church. In the White City andQueen’s Park estates more than 30 Catholic homes weredaubed with red paint and two Catholic homes had win-

dows broken. In Larne during the night around 200 catho-lic homes were daubed with crosses in black paint. Carsoutside the homes were also damaged. In Bangor around300 youths attacked the RUC barracks and placed loyalistflags on the perimeter. Main roads were blocked with bar-rels. Tartan gangs went on the rampage in Holywood. It issaid most of them travelled from East Belfast on the backof a lorry. In Downpatrick 200 youths roamed the streetsand rioted during a power cut and in Lisburn four buseswere taken from the depot on the Hillsborough Road. Oneof them was set on fire in Longstone Street.

Thursday 8th February 1973Cost of the one day strikeYesterday’s one day strike in the North has been estimated,by the Confederation of British Industry, to have cost theNorth £3 million in lost production and a further £1 mil-lion in wages.


Thursday 8th February 1973Tyrone shootingsThe Army claimed to have shot another three IRA men nearClady in County Tyrone. The soldiers said that they wereattacked from the southern side of the border. The Armysay that shot one man during the initial exchange of fireand then waited an hour until the men broke their cover.They shot the other two men at this stage.

Thursday 8th February 1973Dead namedThe names of the four people killed in Belfast yesterdayhave been released by the RUC. They are: Robert AlfredBennet, aged 31, from Rosenearh Gardens, Dundonald and18-year-old Edward Petherbridge of St Leonard’s Street,Newtownards Road. Death notices in the daily papers havesaid that both have died from gunshot wounds but neitherthe Army nor RUC were able to detail the circumstances oftheir deaths. The RUC have also named a youth whosebody was found behind a public house in Halliday’s Road,in the New Lodge area. He is Glenn Clarke, of BeechlandDrive in Lisburn. The fourth man to die was Brian Doug-las, of Shore Road, Belfast. Mr Douglas was a firemanwho was shot dead as he helped fight a blaze at Bradburyplace.

Thursday 8th February 1973Deaths in the NorthThe death toll since the troubles began in 1969 now standsat 717 and in the first 38 days of 1973, up until midnight,30 civilians, two UDR, two soldiers and an RUC reservisthave been killed

Thursday 8th February 1973Fire at Fermanagh millOne of the worst fires in Fermanagh for nearly half a cen-tury has destroyed more than half of a large woollen millat Lisbellaw. Damage to the mill and stock is in the regionof £60,000.

Thursday 8th February 1973Shots fired in ArdoyneA sniper has fired a single shot at an Army observationpost at the junction of Alliance and Berwick Roads in theArdoyne area of Belfast. There were no injuries and firewas not returned.

Thursday 8th February 1973Firearm licencesIt has been announced that firearms certificates for gunsheld by people in the North for their personal protectionwill now only be valid of six moths instead of a year.

Thursday 8th February 1973Funeral attackedA 46-year-old man and an 11-year-old boy have been shotin Belfast while attending the funeral of three IRA menwho were shot dead in Belfast’s New Lodge area at theweekend. The 1,000 strong funeral of IRA Volunteers TonyCampbell, aged 19, of Artillery House; Jim Sloan, aged 19,of Lepper Street, and Jim McCann, aged 18, of UpperMeadow Street passed the Falls Road junction with ConwayStreet when shots rang out. The heavy fire, believed tohave been from a machine gun, came from the direction ofthe peace line. A soldier returned fire but no hits were


FACING PAGE - The burnt out shell of the GroovyBoutique at the junction of Sandy Row where a Belfast fire-man, Brian Douglas, (below) was shot dead by loyalists.RIGHT - Funeral of UDA man Glenn Clarke.BELOW RIGHT - Funeral of Brian Douglas.

claimed.. The funerals of the other three victims of theNew Lodge funerals, John Loughran, age 35, BrendanMaguire, age 32, and Ambrose Hardy, age 26, took placeearlier in the day. 1,000 people attended their funerals.

Friday 9th February 1973McKeague arrestedSeven Protestants, all from East Belfast have been arrestedin early morning swoops. It is understood that some of themen have been arrested under Section II of the SpecialPowers Act.. One of those arrested was John McKeague.McKeague was alone at the time in his Albertbridge Roadflat, which is above his shop. It is understood that he first

phoned his sister to notify her that he was being arrestedbefore letting the soldiers and RUC men into the premises.Under the Special Powers Act the men can be held for upto 72 hours.

Friday 9th February 1973McCrea warns of loyalist arrestsRev William McCrea, of Magherafelt, who is chairman ofthe United Loyalist Front, has said that he has received in-formation from intelligence officers close to the securityforces that loyalist leaders are to be round up before theplebiscite on the border and the publication of the WhitePaper. He said that all middle and top ranking officers ofpara-military organisations will be detained in the comingweeks.

Friday 9th February 1973Bomb at Derry caféA bomb has damaged a Derry Café shortly after lunch hourwhich is situated opposite the Army headquarters in Derry,Ebrington Barracks. It is believed that two youths wereinvolved in the attack.

Friday 9th February 1973Castlederg explosionAn unoccupied farm at Ballyfolliard, Castlederg which isowned by a member of Castlederg Rural Council; has been


RIGHT - Rioting in the New Lodge area of North Belfast

damaged during an overnight explosion. The blast blewout all the doors and windows in the single storey buildingand caused internal damage.

Friday 9th February 1973RUC man killed in DungannonA member of the RUC has been shot dead at DonaghmoreRoad, Dungannon. The dead RUC man, Constable CharlesMorrison of Bushmills was aged 26 had been at the sceneof a road accident when he was shot. Constable Morrisonhad served in the London Metropolitan Police before join-ing the RUC.

Friday 9th February 1973Bomb alert on BorderAn Army bomb disposal expert has been dealing with asuspicious car on the border near Crossmaglen. A spokes-man for the Army said that the vehicle “smelt strongly ofexplosives.”

Friday 9th February 1973Woman injured in ArdoyneA woman has been slightly injured by gunfire as she re-versed her car into Etna Drive in the Ardoyne area of Bel-fast. A burst of automatic fire was aimed at soldiers in thearea and a stray bullet hit the woman. She was not seri-ously hurt and none of the soldiers were hit.

Friday 9th February 1973Gun attack on barFour shots have been fired into the interior of theCherrymount Inn on the Crumlin Road by a gunman whoopened the front door. No one was injured in the attack.

Friday 9th February 1973Soldiers attacked in Unity FlatsShots have been fired at troops from Stanhope Drive andlater from the Unity Flats complex. No was injured. Sol-diers have also said that they engaged a gunman in an al-leyway in Rockdale Street in the Lower Falls but did notclaim any hits.

Friday 9th February 1973Youth wounded in DerryA 16-year-old youth has been admitted to hospital with agunshot wound to the thigh. The RUC have said that theteenager, who lives in the Creggan estate, was dragged into

an alleyway by two men one of whom was armed with arevolver. His condition is said to be satisfactory.

Friday 9th February 1973Arson attack on ChurchThere has been an attempt to set fire to a Church of IrelandChurch at Ballynure. A number of pews were badly dam-aged as was some of the interior but the building escapedmajor damage.

Friday 9th February 1973Border gun battleThere has been a two hour gun battle between the BritishArmy and the IRA near the border village of Clady. Noone was injured.

Friday 9th February 1973Shots fired in LurganFour shots have been fired from a passing car at a Catholicoccupied house in the Bleary district of Lurgan. None ofthe occupants were injured.

Friday 9th February 1973Army fired wildly says UDA leaderTommy Herron, vice-chairman of the Ulster Defence As-sociation has accused the Army of shooting indiscriminatelyduring Wednesdays one day strike. He said “They pan-icked – at one time they were shooting at each other.” Healso said that it was a blatant lie that all the Army’s victimswere shooting at troops. He did however agree that one ofthose killed, Andy Petherbridge, was a member of the UDAbut stated that “He wasn’t armed – all UDA personnel hadbeen released from their obligations to the UDA and hadbeen instructed to join the protest as members of thepublic.

Friday 9th February 1973Soldier shot in BelfastA soldier has been shot in the New Lodge area of Belfastwhen his patrol was sprayed by machine gun fire. Thegunman is thought to have fired from Spamount Street. Firewas not returned.


Saturday 10th February 1973McKeague chargedJohn McKeague, former chairman of Shankill DefenceAssociation has been charged with the theft of more than£1,500 cash and cheques and a .32 pistol in Coleraine lastyear. Appearing in Belfast Magistrates Court, McKeagueinsisted that he could not recognise the court because hisrights as a British subject had been taken from him by theauthorities by holding him under Section II of the SpecialPowers Act.

Saturday 10th February 1973UDA man buriedMore than 1,000 men in paramilitary uniform have marchedbehind the coffin of Glenn Clarke, the Lisburn UDA mankilled in the New Lodge Road on Wednesday.

Saturday 10th February 1973UVF funeralShots have been fired at the funeral of Robert AlfredBennett, who was shot dead during Wednesday’s gun bat-tles. The dead man, a former Irish Guardsman was a mem-ber of the UVF’s 1st battalion.

Saturday 10th February 1973Catholic church bombedA bomb which was placed at St Bernadette’s CatholicChurch on the Upper Knockbreda Road has exploded caus-ing damage to the side door, porch and rooms immediatelyinside the building but the main part of the church was un-damaged.


TOP - Firebomb attack on shops in Donegall Place.RIGHT - Bomb attack on Turnpenny Engineers, McClureStreet.

Saturday 10th February 1973Belfast shootingSoldiers have exchanged fire with IRA men operating inthe area of Corrigan Park. The soldiers were in BallymurphyRoad. A spokesman for the Army has said soldiers spottedtwo men supporting a third who was apparently injuredShortly after 11.00 pm two shots were fired at a soldier onSentry duty at Crumlin Road Prison. Fire was returnedand the sentry claimed a hit.

Saturday 10th February 1973Rocket launcher seized on borderGardai in County Monaghan have captured a Russian maderocket launcher when they stopped a vehicle close to theborder. Two men jumped out of the car and made off acrossfields. Also discovered in the car were two rifles. It isbelieved that the rocket launcher was used to attack a UDRpost at Newtownstewart during the night.

Saturday 10th February 1973Shotgun foundA sawn off shotgun has been found in a car at OrchardStreet in Belfast. The driver of the vehicle ran off but thepassenger was apprehended.

Saturday 10th February 1973RUC barracks attackedSeveral gunmen have launched an attack on Toomebridge RUCbarracks . RUC and UDR men returned fire but no hits were claimed.It is estimated that 50 shots were fired at the barracks.

Saturday 10th February 1973Rocket attack on UDR headquartersA rocket has been fired at the UDR headquarters inNewtownstewart. The device was fired from a distance of100 yards, pierced a wall on the second storey of the build-ing and entered an unoccupied office. No one was injuredin the attack.

Saturday 10th February 1973Castlederg bombsArmy bomb experts have detonated an explosive device ina derelict house at Ballyfolliard on the outskirts of


TOP - Bomb attack on the Manfield Shoe shop in Belfastcity centre.TOP RIGHT - People being rescued from an upstairswindow of the Hole in the Wall Public House after a bombattack.

Castlederg. As this happened a second device exploded. Itis thought that the building had been booby trapped.

Saturday 10th February 1973IRA suspects heldFour men, said by the Army to be senior members of theIRA in Belfast have been arrested in various parts of Bel-fast. One is thought to be a Commanding Officer, two oth-ers intelligence officers and the fourth a battalion quarter-master.

Saturday 10th February 1973Shop bombed in DerryThe APCK shop in Shipquay Street in Derry has beenbombed in a lunch hour attack. It is not known how thebomb was planted but the RUC received an anonymousphone call that the device was in the shop. Warnings werealso sent to a local newspaper. The area was cleared andno one was injured.

Monday 12th February 1973McKeague will fast to deathIt has been announced at a press conference held at Van-guard headquarters on Knock Road, Belfast, that JohnMcKeague is on a hunger and thirst strike. A man whodescribed himself as a Brigadier in Vanguard Volunteers,

Mr James Rice, read a statement on behalf of the Red HandGroup. In the statement that McKeague’s condition hadnow deteriorated to such an extent that he has got to belifted and carried for personal necessities. It was also statedthat he was being guarded by four prisoners to prevent hisremoval to the prison hospital. The statement went on tosay that “McKeague was no John Stevenson. He will con-tinue his thirst and hunger strike to the end.

Monday 12th February 1973Couple die in premature explosionTwo members of the IRA, a 23-year-old Teacher and a 17-year-old student at Belfast College of Business Studies havedied in an accidental explosion in Downpatrick. The pair,who have been named as Leo Hanlon, of Vianstone Place,Downpatrick and Vivienne Fitzsimmons, of Lynn DoylePlace, Downpatrick, are believed to have been lifting thebomb when it exploded. Both the dead have been claimedby the Provisional IRA and O’Hanlon has been describedas being the Company Commander in East Down. He wasalso a well known member of a local civil rights group.


LEFT - Bomb attack on Dixon’s Garage at NewtownbutlerRIGHT - Bomb attack on Walter Mercer’s E;ectrical Whole-salers, Ormeau Road

Monday 12th February 1973Bomb explodes in Armagh villageTwo bombs have exploded in the County Armagh town ofTandragee. The bars, Cullen’s and the Farmers Inn, wereboth badly damaged by the bombs which had been con-tained in beer barrels.

Monday 12th February 1973Two bombs explode in Enniskillen‘Two bombs have exploded in Enniskillen during the night.The blasts, which occurred simultaneously, damaged twocar showrooms and about 60 cars. The target for the bomb-ers were T. P. Toppins & Co showrooms and Country Cars.

Monday 12th February 1973Newtownbutler bomb attackTwo bombs have exploded in Newtownbutler at Dixon’sin Main Street and the customs clearing house. One mem-ber of the RUC sustained slight injuries in the attack.

Monday 12th February 1973Explosion in GlenarmA bomb has exploded at McAllister’s garage and fillingstation on the Larne Road, Glenarm. No one was injuredin the attack.

Monday 12th February 1973Gun battle in New LodgeThere has been a series of sniping attacks on soldiers in theNew Lodge area of Belfast over a three hour period. Ob-servation posts and patrols were fired on but there were nocasualties. According to the Army the firing ended asquickly as it started when someone blew a whistle.

Monday 12th February 1973Ardoyne gun attackAround 50 shots were fired at troops in Ardoyne from thedirection of Etna Drive. The soldiers returned fire but didnot claim any hits.

Monday 12th February 1973Gun and bomb attack on FallsA nine–year-old girl has been treated in hospital after be-ing injured when a blast bomb exploded in Cupar Street,Belfast A short time after the bomb exploded gunmen in acar opened fire on a group of young people at IslandbawnStreet-Falls Road junction. Soldiers pursued the gunmenbut lost them. Three men were later admitted to hospitalwith gunshot wounds. Their condition is not serious.

Monday 12th February 19739-year-old girl injuredA girl, aged nine has been injured when a gunman openedfire on an Army patrol from the direction of AinsworthAvenue-Springfield Road junction. Ten shots were fired .Troops returned fire but no one was hit.

Monday 12th February 1973Pillion passenger wounds youthA gunman on the pillion of a motorcycle has opened fire inEliza Street in the markets area. A youth was woundedand taken to hospital.

Monday 12th February 1973Man woundedA 63-year-old man has been shot and wounded in the footin the Jamaica Street area of Ardoyne.

Monday 12th February 1973Houses attackedPetrol bombs have been thrown into at two houses atAlexandra Park Avenue and in Duncairn Gardens.

Monday 12th February 1973Malicious fireA malicious fire has destroyed a shed and its contents atFortwilliam Golf Club. No one was injured in the attack.


Monday 12th February 1973Shots fired in North BelfastTwenty shots have been fired in the Bone district of Oldparkbut there were no casualties and at around the same timesoldiers opened fire on a man they claimed was carrying agun. The man escaped.

Monday 12th February 1973Rifle foundSoldiers have discovered a .22 rifle and one bullet in theCullingtree Road area of the Falls.

Monday 12th February 1973Incendiary attack in DerryA 10 lb bomb, which was linked to an incendiary device,has completely destroyed the three storey premises ofRobert Smyth & Co, of Foyle Street. The company is awholesale chemists.

Monday 12th February 1973School bombedAn explosion heard in Enagh Lough, near Derry, has beentraced to a temporary building at the local CatholicPrimary School.

Monday 12th February 1973Arson attack on band hallA band hall in Moore Street in the Waterside area of Derryhas been destroyed by a fire which the RUC believe wasstarted maliciously.

Monday 12th February 1973Bomb explodes in DerryA 10 lb bomb has exploded in the premises of a wholesalepaint merchants on the Springtown industrial estate. It wasthe third explosion of the day in the city. Earlier explo-sions were at the APCK bookshop and on Foyle Road,where a claymore type mine exploded in front of an Army“pig.”

Monday 12th February 1973Hatchery attackedThe RUC have said that 90,000 chicks were destroyed whensomeone tampered with electronic switches at a hatcheryat Donaghmore. Only a week ago 1.6 million chicks andhatchlings were killed when two bombs exploded in a hatchery.

Monday 12th February 1973Sinn Fein rally in Dungiven1,000 people have taken part in a Provisional Sinn Feinmarch and rally in Dungiven. The meeting was addressesby the Acting President, Mrs Maire Drumm.

Monday 12th February 1973Shots fired in MonkstownShots have been fired into one house at Tynan Drive andanother at Tynan Close atMonkstown. No one was hurt.

Monday 12th February 1973Shop petrol bombedSlight scorching damage has been caused to a shop atKingsway, Dunmurry when a petrol bomb was thrown intothe building.

Monday 12th February 1973RUC man ambushedA member of the RUC has been ambushed by the IRA ashe drove his car between Forkhill and Newtownhamilton.The RUC man was hit six times in the leg but he managedto continue on driving before seeking help at a house. Hewas taken to hospital where his condition is described ascomfortable.


ABOVE - Michael Coleman and Peter McAleese who wereshot dead on the Falls Road. RIGHT - The spot where theywere gunned down

Monday 12th February 1973Soldier dies at Army HQMilitary investigators are conducting an inquiry into thedeath of a soldier at the Army’s Lisburn Headquarters.Army sources have described the death as “an accidentalshooting”. No details have been released but one reporthas said that the soldier died after a gun went off as it wasbeing cleaned. The soldier’s name has not been released.

Tuesday 13th February 1973McKeague calls off strikeJohn McKeague has ended his hunger and thirst strike. AMinistry of Home Affairs spokesman said that McKeagueasked, after returning from a court appearance, if he wasbeing held under the Special Powers Act. He was told thathe was a remand prisoner and was not being held under the act.

Tuesday 13th February 1973Independent DominionVanguard leader William Craig has told an audience thatfrom the outset that they would maintain the union withBritain but “should that be impossible we would aim at anegotiated independent dominion of Ulster.” That domin-ion would have a special relationship with Britain and Ire-land.

Tuesday 13th February 1973Pub bomb defusedArmy bomb experts have defused a bomb in the Metro-politan Bar in Foyle Street, Derry. It was planted by twoyouths who ran into the bar and shouted a ten minute warn-ing. The area was sealed off and the Army worked to neu-tralise the device. The Metropolitan Bar has only recentlyreopened after being damaged in a previous bomb attack.

Tuesday 13th February 1973Provos warn UDAThe political wing of the Provisional IRA has issued a state-ment saying that any known member of the UDA found inminority areas must accept the consequences. In a state-ment from the Irish Republican Publicity Bureau, theProvisionals say that the UDA have been involved in sec-tarian killings and its spokesman had already given quali-fied support to its continuance. They say that if a UDAman does not subscribe to the aspirations of its leadershipthen he should resign. “They cannot be allowed to roam atwill, carrying out their nefarious activities,”


Tuesday 13th February 1973Belfast bar attackedA bomb has been thrown from a car into the Kingsway Barat King Street-West Street in the Smithfield area. No warn-ing was given but the building was cleared before the 20 lbdevice exploded.

Tuesday 13th February 1973Bomb explodes on Ormeau RoadA bomb has exploded at premises owned by H & A Turner& Co, electrical contractors, McClure Street, in the OrmeauRoad area. A young fitter remained in the building una-ware that a bomb had been planted and the building evacu-ated. Although he was dazed he was rescued by ladder.He was uninjured by the blast.

Tuesday 13th February 1973Arms find in BelfastSoldiers searching a garden shed at Rydalmere Street inthe Donegal Road area of Belfast have found two riflesand 700 rounds of bullets

Tuesday 13th February 1973Man wounded in DerryA man was wounded in Derry during the night in one oftwo incidents. The man is reported to have been shot in theleg near a chip van in the Brandywell area. It is thoughtthat he was injured by a stray bullet. In the second shoot-ing a soldier fired a single shot at a gunman who openedfire on an Army border checkpoint on the Muff Road. Noone was injured in this attack.

Tuesday 13th February 1973Man dies fixing bomb damageA Tandragee man, Mr James Hughes, aged 68, has col-lapsed and died while boarding up windows in his bunga-low which was damaged by two bombs on Sunday. Thedead man was prominent in the Orange order for manyyears.

Wednesday 14th February 1973Soldier killed on FallsA soldier has been shot dead in the Falls Road area of Bel-fast. The dead soldier has been named as 20-year-old Pri-vate Edwin Paul Weston who was serving with the 1st bat-talion, Queen’s Lancashire Regiment. A second soldier whowas also injured in the attack is in a serious condition.

Wednesday 14th February 1973Woman shot in Belfast A woman has been injured when a single shot was fired atan Army patrol in Hillman Street in the New Lodge area ofBelfast. The woman who was taking a driving lesson atthe time was struck in the leg. Her condition is not serious.

Wednesday 14th February 1973Bomb explodes in BelfastA no warning bomb has exploded in a car at the junction ofNorth Queen Street and the New Lodge Road. Causingextensive damage to a post office and a chemist.

Wednesday 14th February 1973Gun attacks on ArmyThe Army has come under attack in Belfast on a number ofoccasions. In two separate incidents shots were fired atsoldiers at Jamaica Street in Ardoyne. No one was injuredin either attack. At Northumberland Street a sniper fired anumber of shots at an Army patrol but there were no casu-alties. In the Springfield Road a sniper also fired a singleshot at the RUC barracks. No hits are recorded.

Wednesday 14th February 1973Derry bomb attacksA bomb has been left at Tyler’s shoe shop in FerryquayStreet, Derry. The device came to be discovered after aworker noticed a parcel and kicked it down the stairs, as hejoked with some friends and shouted “bomb”. The parcelbegan to tick and the workmen all ran off. A telephone callwas received warning of the bomb. The device exploded30 minutes later. No one was injured. A second device


ABOVE - British troops searching cars in Belfast’s LinenhallStreet.LEFT - Fire bomb attack on Speedy Cleaners in DonegallStreet.

was later found in the toilets of a bookmaker’s shop in FoyleStreet. The area was evacuated and the bomb exploded.No injuries were reported as a result of either attack.

Wednesday 14th February 1973DetentionsMinister for State at Westminster, David Howell, has toldthe Commons that there are 319 people detained in theNorth. Seven of these are Protestants. Of the 319 heldunder detention Orders, 221 are detained and 98 are heldunder interim custody orders. Since internment was intro-duced in 1971 1,391 people have been detained.

Thursday 15th February 1973Security man woundedA security man has been shot and wounded by one of threebombers who left a device in Mercers electrical wholesal-ers on the Ormeau Road. The man was not seriouslywounded.

Thursday 15th February 1973IRA officers arrestedThe Army have announced that they have captured anotherfour Provisional IRA officers in Belfast. The latest arrestshave taken place in the last 24 hours.

Thursday 15th February 1973McKeague re-arrestedJohn McKeague, who has been released on £2,000 bail hasbeen arrested after appearing at Belfast’s magistrate’s Court.After signing a bail bond, he was approached by membersof Special Branch and arrested under the Special PowersAct.

Thursday 15th February 1973Gun attack on Belfast barTwo men have been slightly injured in a gun attack on aBelfast bar. The Bar, The Bunch of Grapes in GarmoyleStreet was attacked by two men on a motorcycle. One ofthe men got off and walked to the door of the bar. There hefired five shots into the crowded bar

Thursday 15th February 1973Arson attack in PortadownFive masked and armed men have set fire to a fish and chipshop in Portadown. The Roxbora café in Churchill Parkwas gutted after inflammable liquid was poured over thepremises and set alight.

Thursday 15th February 1973Youth attacked in ArmaghAn 18-year-old youth has been attacked by a crowd of stonethrowing youths at Cathedral Villas. The youth’s motherintervened and shielded him to the safety of their home.

Thursday 15th February 1973Strabane shootingA 20-year-old youth who was walking along Fountain Streetin Strabane before midnight was dragged into an alleywayby two men and shot in the leg. His condition is notserious.


RIGHT - Bomb attack on Rugby Engineering, Belfast

Thursday 15th February 1973Mine explodes in DerryA claymore mine has exploded in Leenan Gardens in theCreggan Estate in Derry shortly after midnight. An Armypatrol had passed the spot a shot time before.

Thursday 15th February 1973Arms find on ShankillA search of premises in Urney Street in the Shankill areaof Belfast has uncovered a quantity of ammunition. Dis-covered in the house were two rifles magazines and 40rounds of assorted ammunition. A man has been arrested.

Thursday 15th February 1973Deaths since direct ruleMr David Howell, Minister for State at Westminster hassaid in a statement that there have been 428 deaths in theNorth since direct rule and in the same period betweenMarch 1972 and February 1973 3,361 people were injuredin 9,655 incidents.

Friday 16th February 1973Death sentence passed on UDA manA member of the UDA, Albert Edward Browne, has beensentenced to death at Belfast City Commission for killing amember of the RUC. Government sources are reluctant topredict if the Secretary of State will intervene. The exactconstitutional position is unclear but it is unlikely thatBrowne will hang even if his appeal fails. The death pen-alty in Britain is no longer in existence and while Stormontis suspended legal experts believe the same position wouldapply in the North.

Friday 16th February 1973Divis flats gun battleSoldiers and members of the IRA have engaged in a gunbattle in the Divis Flats area of Belfast for more than a halfhour in the early hours of the day. The shooting beganwith a single shot being aimed at soldiers in Divis Street.More shots were fired and soldiers aimed 18 shots at oneof the gunmen. He managed to escape but the Army areclaiming a hit.

Friday 16th February 1973Bakery workers abductedTwo bakery workers have been abducted in West Belfast.The men, employed by Tip Top Bakery were taken to ahouse in Beechmount where they were held for two hoursand were beaten. As they were being brought back to theirvan one man managed to escape and contacted the Army.The second man was held for a further two hours beforebeing released.

Friday 16th February 1973Shots fired into houseThe RUC have said that they received a report that a numberof shots have been fired into a house in Cliftondene Gar-dens in the Oldpark area of Belfast. No one was injured.

Friday 16th February 1973Man abducted in LurganA man has been abducted from a public house in Lurganduring the night and was taken to a flat in the Kilwilkieestate where he was assaulted. According to the RUC the


man was questioned “about certain matters”. As he wasbeing set free one of his captors fired a number of shots athim but he was not hit.

Friday 16th February 1973Bomb defused at ClonesA 100 lb bomb has been left in a bar in Clones, CountyMonaghan. The proprietor of the bar, has said that the bombwas left by three armed men who forced him upstairs, boundhis arms and tied him to the banisters. After a long strug-gle he managed to get free and raised the alarm. The bombwas defused by the Irish Army.

Friday 16th February 1973Rubber bullets fired in DerrySoldiers have fired a number of rubber bullets at youthswho they claim were throwing stones at them in the Cregganarea of Derry.

Saturday 17th February 197325,000 in rent strikeAccording to the Civil Rights Association who are holdingtheir annual conference in Belfast, there is evidence that25,000 people are still taking part in the rent and rates strike.

Saturday 17th February 1973Three wounded in separate shootingsA soldier and two civilians have been wounded in separateincidents in the North. One civilian, a Catholic, is said tobe in a very serious condition after being found shot in theright temple in Watt Street in East Belfast. The man waslying in an abandoned car. The second man, a Protestant,was shot from a passing car in the Roden Street area. He isdescribed as being very seriously ill. Neither of the twomen have been named by the RUC. The soldier, who waswounded by a sniper in Mulhouse Street, is described asbeing ill. He was wounded in the back near the Royal Vic-toria Hospital was rushed to hospital; for treatment.

Saturday 17th February 1973Bomb causes poison scareSoldiers and fire men donned breathing apparatus to Dealwith a bomb which had been planted in the Speedy Clean-ers in Lower Donegal Street. It has been reported that twoyouths and a girl planted the incendiary bomb. The devicedid explode but did not fully ignite the incendiary materi-als which were attached. The explosion however did dam-age some containers of cleaning fluid which gave off clouds

of highly toxic gas. The gas, Phosgene, is the type used inthe trenches in the First World War.

Saturday 17th February 1973Suspect cars blown upSoldiers have blown the boots of two cars which they sus-pected may contain explosives. The vehicles, which wereparked in Majestic Avenue in Sandy Row and at LibraryStreet did not contain anything.

Saturday 17th February 1973Bomb attack on pubSix people have been injured, one seriously, when a bombexploded at the Cherrymount Inn on Belfast’s CrumlinRoad.. The bomb, in a beer barrel, exploded just as a warn-ing was being received, and there was no time to evacuatethe premises.

Saturday 17th February 1973Shots fired in ArdoyneThe Army have reported five separate shootings in theArdoyne area of Belfast. There were no military casualtiesbut the Army say soldiers shot one gunman after eight shotswere fired at them from Alliance Avenue.

Saturday 17th February 1973Gun attack on houseFive shots have been fired into a house at Glebecloole Parkin the Glengormley area of Belfast. None of the occupantswere injured.

Saturday 17th February 1973Bomb found in carTwo pounds of explosives have been found in a car whichwas blown up by the Army in Queen’s Square near theAlbert Clock.

Saturday 17th February 1973Town hall bombedAn explosion has damaged Bessbrook town hall but no onewas injured in the attack. A warning had been phoned to aBelfast morning paper.

Saturday 17th February 1973Belleek bomb blastAn explosion in the village of Belleek has caused slightdamage to the post office and a lounge bar. No one wasinjured in the attack.


ABOVE - A man is searched outside him home in the UnityFlats complex in West Belfast

Saturday 17th February 1973Soldiers attacked in ShantallowSoldiers have come under heavy gunfire in the Shantallowarea of Derry for a time. Eighteen automatic shots andseveral single rounds were fired at soldiers of the 25th LightRegiment Royal Artillery, as they drove along LiscloonDrive. One bullet struck their vehicle. .Fire was returnedbut no hits were claimed.

Saturday 17th February 1973Military equipment found on beachThe Army has found a quantity of military equipment on abeach at Craigavad following a call from a member of thepublic. A box, which the army initially thought was a bomb,turned out to contain three half-inch flare rockets, a trip

flare, rubber bullet cartridge cases and two gun powder ig-niters as well as a CS gas grenade and other items. Noexplanation has been offered as to how the equipment cameto be there.

Saturday 17th February 1973Dublin arms raidArmed and masked men have stolen four guns in two raidsin the Coolock area of Dublin. In the first raid a single anda double barrel shotgun were taken from a house. A shorttime later in the same area another shotgun and a rifle weretaken.


Monday 19th February 1973Mans body discovered in snowdriftThe body of a man which is thought to have lay under ablanket of snow for five days, has been discovered on amountain road on the outskirts of Belfast The discoverywas made at Wolfhill Quarry in Ligoniel. An anonymouscaller had mad phone calls to local papers on Wednesday,Thursday, Friday and Saturday saying that a body was therebut searches revealed nothing. The victim had been shotfour times in the head.

Monday 19th February 1973Car bomb discoveredArmy experts have dealt with a 50 lb car bomb in opencountry south of Crossmaglen. An Army spokesman saidthat it was believed that the car was lying for a few days ina spot where an explosion would have done no damage.

Monday 19th February 1973Bomb dragged from pubAn Army bomb expert has dragged a bomb in a gas cylin-der from a pub near Glengormley. A controlled explosionbroke some windows in the area of Corr’s Corner on themain Larne Road

Monday 19th February 1973Post office workers killedTwo post office workers, Anthony Coleman, aged 30 ofColligan Street, off the Springfield Road and JosephMcAleese, aged 38 of Ballymurphy Parade have been shotdead. The men were walking along Divis Street in theLower Falls when a man got out of a car and opened upwith a machine gun. Both men, who had just come offduty and were still in uniform, died instantly The car droveoff but a short distance away they opened fire on anotherman at the corner of Dover Street and Falls Road but hewas not seriously hurt. The car used in the attack was hi-jacked in the Shankill and found abandoned in Conlig Streetin the Old Lodge Road area.

Monday 19th February 1973Shots fired in ArdoyneSoldiers have said that they shot one man during a twohour long gun-battle in Belfast’s Ardoyne area. Over 90shots were fired at soldiers from both high and low veloc-ity weapons.

Monday 19th February 1973Catholic Church attackedSt Brigid’s Catholic Church in Derryvolgie Avenue cameunder attack during the night. A number of shots were firedat the church and the remaining five at the parochial churchbeside it. No one was injured in the attack.

Monday 19th February 1973RUC reservists attackedTwo members of the RUC Reserve, on duty at the Lime-stone Road, have come under attack from the direction ofNewington Chapel. The RUC men were not hit and firewas not returned.

Monday 19th February 1973Petrol bomb attacks on homesTwo petrol bombs were thrown into Catholic homes in theGraymount area of Greencastle and later a Protestant’shouse was petrol bombed at Derwent Street on theNewtownards Road.Monday 19th February 1973Ammunition findThe security forces have discovered 324 rounds of ammu-nition in a derelict house at Finaghy Road North.

Monday 19th February 1973Girl woundedA 16 –year-old girl was shot in the left shoulder on Satur-day night after two youths were turned away from a discooff the Saintfield Road. Her condition is not serious.

Monday 19th February 1973Shots fired into homeSix shots have been fired into a Catholic home on theBallysillan Road, Belfast during the night. A petrol bombwas also thrown into the house but no one was injured inthe attack.

Monday 19th February 1973Army claim hit in DerrySoldiers in Derry say they shot a gunman during an ex-change of fire at the vehicle checkpoint on Buncrana Road.Five shots were directed at troops but there were no casu-alties.


Monday 19th February 1973Supermarket bombedLongs supermarket in Derry has been damaged by a bomb.This is the third time in ten weeks that the premises havebeen bombed.

Monday 19th February 1973Rocket attack on RUC baseCastlederg RUC barracks has been slightly damaged whena rocket was fired at it. The missile did not penetrate thebuilding but rather dislodged plaster work from the outsidewall. Several windows were broken. According to theArmy the rocket was fired with cover from rifles by a manwho got out of a car which stopped on the main road about100 yards from the barracks.

Monday 19th February 1973Lurgan RUC barracks attackedThere has been a rocket attack on Lurgan RUC barracks.The rocket is known to have pierced the rear of the build-ing and embedded itself in a wall. No injuries are reported.

Monday 19th February 1973Petrol bomb attack on houseTwo petrol bombs have been thrown into a house atGranville Road in Portadown. The house was vacant at thetime, as the family had left a few days earlier. Some oftheir furniture which was still in the house was damaged.

Monday 19th February 1973Bomb defused in NewryThe centre of Newry has been sealed off as the Army workedfor four hours to defuse a bomb which had been left by twomen in the town’s biggest shop.

Monday 19th February 1973Incendiary device discoveredAn incendiary device has been discovered by a customsofficer in a caravan which is used as a temporary post onthe Newry-Omeath Road

Monday 19th February 1973Ammunition find in EnniskillenRUC and Army personnel with tracker dogs have discov-ered more than 100 rounds of ammunition during a searchon the banks of the River Erne and surrounding area nearthe East Bridge.

Monday 19th February 1973Shop bombed in TandrageeA confectionary and news agents shop has been extensivelydamaged by a bomb planted by three armed men on Satur-day night. The shop in Mill Street had been evacuated andno one was injured in the attack.

Tuesday 20th February 1973RUC man attacked in BallymurphyA member of the RUC escaped death today when a youthfired five shots at him at point blank range and missed.The incident happened at the junction of Ballymurphy Pa-rade and Glenalina Road. The RUC man was in plainclothes at the time and had called at a number of houses inthe area for several minutes before the incident.

Tuesday 20th February 1973Shooting victim buriedThe funeral has taken place of Mr Francis Teggart, aged20, of Fernagh Avenue, Newtownabbey. Mr Teggart ‘s bodywas found in a car on Friday in an entry off Watt Street inthe Ravenhill Road. He died in hospital the following day.

Tuesday 20th February 1973Men punishedThree men, aged in their 20’s have all been shot in the legsin the Ormeau Road area of Belfast. The RUC were calledto River Terrace where they found the three men, two Catho-lics and a Protestant, had all been shot in the right knee.They are working on the theory that the shooting was pun-ishment and not sectarian.

Tuesday 20th February 1973Soldier loses eyeIt has been learned that one of the two soldiers who wereinjured in a blast bomb attack in the Crumlin Road areayesterday has lost an eye. He is described as being seri-ously ill.

Tuesday 20th February 1973Dead man namedThe man, whose body was found in a snowdrift in Ligonielhas been named as being, William Cooke, a 29-year-oldProtestant from Legann Street in Ligoniel.


Tuesday 20th February 1973Newry bombA bomb has exploded outside the EBNI offices and show-room at Katherine Road in Newry fifteen minutes after itwas planted. The bomb contained 50 lb of explosives andthe area was evacuated before the device went off.

Tuesday 20th February 1973£50,000 taken in raidFive gunmen, have held up passengers at Dundalk railwayas they waited for the Dublin Belfast train to arrive. Themen then boarded the train and took five mail bags fromthe train. It is estimated that the raiders got away with£50,000.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Bomb wrecks Belfast pubTwo men, dressed in combat gear and wearing balaclavas,have planted a100 lb bomb at P. J. Lambe’s pub,Ballyhackamore. The bar was completely demolished andextensive damage was also caused to the BallyhackamoreArms next door. No one was injured in the attacks.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Sniper kills soldierA member of the British Army’s Coldstream Guards hasbeen shot dead by a single bullet fired by a sniper in theWhiterock area of Belfast. The soldier had been a memberof a patrol guarding a party of engineers who were digginga trench to repair an electricity cable. They were withinsight of the Army base Fort Pegasus when the sniper fired,He was the third member of the Coldstream Guards to diein the past 24 hours.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Belfast arms raidA number of armed men have carried out a raid on Nel-son’s sports shop in Great Victoria Street. A number ofsmall arms were taken. No one was injured in the raid.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Suspect carsArmy experts have blown up two suspect cars in Belfast.One car, a stolen Ford Anglia, was found abandoned at theAlbert Clock and the second car was found at Castle Street.No explosives were found in the vehicles.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Bus attackedA cross-border express bus, which was on its way fromLetterkenny to Dublin has been stopped by men dressed inArmy uniform on the Aughnacloy-Ballygawley road. TheCIE bus was then set alight.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Soldiers die in ambushTwo members of the Coldstream guards have been shotdead when several well concealed gunmen opened fire ona two vehicle Army patrol on the falls Road. Several gun-men, using a variety of weapons, opened fire on the sol-diers at Panton Street. More than 40 shots were fired at thesoldiers. The two soldiers who died in the attack have beennamed as Guardsman Malcolm Shaw, aged 23 and Guards-man Robert Pearson, aged 18. A follow up search revealedsome spent cartridges which revealed that the weapons usedby the IRA were An Armalite rifle, a Garrand, rifle and aThompson sub machinegun.


Wednesday 21st February 1973Army deathsThe number of regular soldiers killed in the North sincethe present troubles began is now said to be 151.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Soldiers injured in Bomb attackA soldier has been seriously injured when a 20 lb bombexploded in a derelict house in Singleton Street in the NewLodge area. Three other soldiers and a civilian were in-jured by the bomb which had been left in a doorway.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Army post attackedA petrol bomb has been thrown and a shot fired, at soldiersin an Army observation post at Ardoyne bus depot. Firewas returned but no hits were claimed.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Girl wounded in BelfastAn eight-year-old girl has been treated in hospital for fleshwounds after a shooting incident in the St James’ Road areaof Belfast.

Wednesday 21st February 1973North Belfast gun attackA 16-year-old youth and his father had a narrow escape asthey walked along the Antrim Road in Belfast. Accordingto the RUC a mustard coloured BMC 1800 stopped behindthem. One man stepped out and fired four or five shots.The youth was hit three times in the arm and leg but hisinjuries are said to be minor.

Wednesday 21st February 1973House petrol bombedTwo petrol bombs have been thrown into a house occupiedby a 66-year-old catholic man in Lurgan during the night.The man was not injured in the attack.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Shots fired from carA number of shots have been fired from a car at two housesin Cranny Terrace in Portadown. Some of the bullets struckwalls and doors but no one was hurt.

Wednesday 21st February 1973Army attacked in DerrySix automatic shots have been directed at soldiers on pa-trol in the Shantallow area of Derry during the night. Therewere no casualties and fire was not returned.


Wednesday 21st February 1973Shot soldier namedThe soldier who was shot dead by an IRA sniper in theWhiterock Road area of Belfast has been named as 20-year-old Michael Doyle.

Thursday 22nd February 1973Second escape for IRA manOne of the seven IRA suspects, known to the movement asthe “Magnificent Seven,” who escaped from the prison shipMaidstone two years ago, has made a second dramatic es-cape from custody when he dashed to freedom from cellsunderneath Crumlin Road courthouse. A second prisonerinvolved in the break was recaptured after a scuffle. Theman who got away, 25-year-old James Bryson, had beendue to appear in court on arms charges. The men werebeing held in cells underneath the court and watched byprison staff when what appeared to be a scuffle broke outin the cell. The prison staff rushed to investigate and wereoverpowered, stripped and tied up. The men then leftthrough stairs leading to the No 1 court. Bryson was dressedin a warder’s uniform and everything went well until oneof the warders managed to free himself and raised the alarm.One of the escapers was overpowered outside on the stepsof the courthouse and the other, Bryson, scaled a 10 ft walland reached the Old Lodge Road. A pistol was later foundon the floor in the courthouse.

Thursday 22nd February 1973Engineering offices bombedThree hooded men, two of whom were armed, have planteda bomb in the offices of a Belfast engineering firm. Thetarget for the latest bomb attack was Rugby Engineeringworks at Rugby Avenue off the Ormeau Road. The officeswere wrecked in the attack but the workshops escaped withslight damage.

Thursday 22nd February 1973Man shot in DerryA civilian has been shot in the Shantallow area of Derry.The security forces were not involved and the condition ofthe man is not immediately known In another shootingincident a man fired three shots from a pistol at an Armypatrol in Creggan estate. There were no casualties and firewas not returned.

Thursday 22nd February 1973IRA claim killingsThe Provisional IRA have claimed that they killed threemembers of the Coldstream Guard in retaliation for the sixcivilians, three of them members of the IRA, who wereshot dead in the New Lodge Road area of Belfast.

Thursday 22nd February 1973Mine defused in BelfastSoldiers who were called to the scene of an emergency onthe Suffolk Road, which was in reality a hoax, have spot-ted three men running away from the scene. A follow upsearch has revealed a claymore mine in the roadway. It issaid to have contained a gross of nails and about 12 lbs ofexplosives.

Thursday 22nd February 1973Explosives discovery in AndersonstownSoldiers have discovered a small claymore mine in theAndersonstown area. The device which was contained ina tin and was found on waste ground, contained an explo-sive charge.

Thursday 22nd February 1973Booby trapped car is blown upSoldiers have blown up a car which had been left in a carpark in Oxford Street, Belfast. Three youths were seenrunning away from the vehicle. The car was blown up andan Army spokesman has confirmed that it contained a 5 lbbooby trap bomb.

Thursday 22nd February 1973Arms raid in NewryThree men have entered a house in Newry during the dayand have seized several sporting guns. The car in whichthey were travelling was later found abandoned but therewas no sign of the weapons.

Thursday 22nd February 1973Gun attack in StrabaneMembers of the security forces came under fire in Strabaneduring they night when they went to investigate an aban-doned car. No one was injured and the car was later blownup by the Army.


Thursday 22nd February 1973Army checkpoint attackedSoldiers manning a checkpoint on the Buncrana Road inDerry have come under gun attack. A number of shots werefired but no one was injured.

Friday 23rd February 1973Republican marchers bannedThe RUC in Armagh City have banned a Republican marchfrom entering the city centre. The march, was organisedby the Pearse Republican Club. A member of the six countyexecutive of the Republican Clubs has said that they willmeet later to decide whether to accept the re-routing or togo ahead with the original march.

Friday 23rd February 1973RUC and Army on full alertAll members of the Army and RUC have been told to be onfull alert and have been issued with photographs of Provi-sional IRA leader James Bryson. A full scale investigationhas also got underway to discover how security at the court-house was breached. Bryson is the 29th person to have es-caped from custody.

Friday 23rd February 1973Soldier dies in EnglandA soldier has died in hospital in England four months afterhe was injured in riots in East Belfast. The soldier, Lance-Corporal Leonard Durber, aged 26, of the Life Guards, isthe first soldier to die as a result of militant protestant vio-lence.

Friday 23rd February 1973Woman attacked in BelfastA motive is yet to be established for an attack on a Protes-tant woman in the Ardoyne area. The woman, was found,beaten and tied to a lamp post, in Glenbryn Parade. A shorttime later her husband was also admitted to hospital afterhe was assaulted.

Friday 23rd February 1973Soldier injured in Bomb attackA soldier has been badly injured in the hand and face afterhe tried to throw clear a blast bomb which had been lobbedinto a sand bagged Army post at Westway-Creggan Roadin the Creggan estate, Derry. The bomb exploded before itcleared the post. One of the soldier’s fingers and his thumbhad to be amputated.

Friday 23rd February 1973Man shot in kneesA 34-year-old man from the Carnhill area of Derry has beenshot in the kneecap by two men who took him behind ablock of shops at Drumleck Drive.

Friday 23rd February 1973Army patrol attackedAn Army patrol has come under fire in the Creggan estatein Derry during the day. There were no casualties.

Friday 23rd February 1973Booby trap defusedAn Army bomb disposal expert has successfully disman-tled two milk-churns which were wired as a booby-trap.The device, a 100 lb bomb, was discovered in a telephoneservice manhole at Ballyronan, close to Lough Neagh.

Saturday 24th February 1973Bomb wrecks Belfast pubTwo men, armed with machine guns have fired eight shotsinto the door of a Belfast bar after they planted a 50 lbbomb in the building. The bomb, at the White Horse Inn,on the Springfield Road, exploded 40 minutes later. Noone was injured in the attack

Saturday 24th February 1973Bomb attack on crowded barA bomb has exploded at the Hole in the Wall bar in BalticAvenue, off Belfast’s Antrim Road. There were 60 peoplein the bar at the time when the bomb was thrown from a carinto the doorway. A doorman, who was coming down thestairs spotted the smoking duffle bag bomb and kicked itinto the street. Twenty people were injured in the attack.Four people have been detained in hospital. None of themare seriously ill.

Saturday 24th February 1973Bomb at airportAn Army bomb disposal expert has defused a bomb whichhad been left in a car at Aldergrove airport. The 3 lb bombhad been placed under the seat and wires leading to thedoor had been attached to it.


Saturday 24th February 1973Soldier shot in BelfastA soldier has been shot in the hand at his observation postat Glenveagh Drive in the Suffolk area. Fire was returnedbut no hits were claimed.

Saturday 24th February 1973Soldiers open fire on gunmanSoldiers have opened fire on a man in Dawson Street in theNew Lodge area who they say they saw carrying a gun.The man escaped uninjured.

Saturday 24th February 1973Mobile patrol attackedAt Lenadoon, soldiers have carried out a search in the areaafter a mobile patrol was attacked. A .303 rifle, two pis-tols, and 998 rounds of ammunition were seized along witha quantity of gun parts and magazines.

Saturday 24th February 1973Zip gun found in AndersonstownA hand made ‘zip gun’ has been found wrapped in a parceloutside the Mace supermarket in Rowan Drive in theAndersonstown area.

Saturday 24th February 1973Shots fired into homeA 5-year-old girl narrowly escaped death when shots werefired into her home at Woodside Green. The shots are be-lieved to have come from the nearby Churchill Park estate.

Saturday 24th February 1973Transformer bombedA bomb has damaged an electricity transformer at the ga-ble wall of a house in Cloughmore, Newtownbutler. Slightdamage was caused to the premises.

Saturday 24th February 1973Land mine attack in TyroneFour soldiers had a narrow escape when a land mine ex-ploded as the vehicle in which they were travelling cameunder attack. The soldiers, who were in a Saracen, armouredcar. were near Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, when the bombexploded. One wheel was blown off their vehicle.

Saturday 24th February 1973Arms raid at CarrickmoreSix men have carried out a raid on a Tyrone farmhouse. Ashotgun and a .22 rifle , without its bolt, where taken in theraid at Carrickmore


FACING PAGE - Bomb attack on Lambe’s Public Houseand Ballyhackamore Arms on the Upper newtownards RoadRIGHT - Rioting breaks out following a parade in Armagh

Saturday 24th February 1973Suspect car is blown upSoldiers have blown up another stolen car which had beenabandoned in the Castle Street-Divis Street car park. Thecar was burned out but there were no explosives in the ve-hicle.

Monday 26th February 1973Boy dies in Derry explosionA nine-year-old boy Derry boy, Gordon Gallagher, has diedin an explosion as he played cowboys and Indians with hisfriends in the back garden of his home. It is thought Gordondied after he tripped over a landmine which had been leftfor soldiers at Leenan Drive in the Creggan estate. A searchof the area revealed a second bomb in a nearby garden

Monday 26th February 1973Man shot in DundalkA man has been shot and seriously wounded in Dundalk.According to witnesses a man wearing an anorak enteredthe Ardri restaurant in the town and ordered two men out-side at gunpoint. After an exchange of words one shot wasfired hitting the man in the stomach.

Monday 26th February 1973Bomb hoaxesHundreds of workers have been evacuated form an indus-trial estate at Stranmillis following fears that a bomb hadbeen planted in a petrol tanker. This was just one of a se-ries of hoaxes designed to stretch the Army’s bomb dis-posal squads.

Monday 26th February 1973Belfast warehouse bombedA Belfast warehouse has been bombed by a girl and a youthwho were armed with a pistol. The warehouse, that of J. C.Boustead & Sons Ltd in Hill Street was badly damaged inthe blast.

Monday 26th February 1973Shots fired at troopsA gunman has fired a single shot at an Army vehicle as ittravelled along Racecourse Road in Derry’s Shantallow

area. The bullet struck the vehicle but there were nocasualties.

Monday 26th February 1973Bomb explodes at garageA bomb, estimated at 5 lbs has been planted in the Belfastgarage of Hugh Galbraith. Two youths planted the bombswhich were contained in duffle bags and gave the staff 15minutes to get out. The bombs exploded starting a firewhich was quickly extinguished.

Monday 26th February 1973Military police injured in ambushTwo military policemen have been injured when their ve-hicle was fired on in the Ligoniel area of Belfast. 15 shotswere fired and one soldier was shot in the back and thesecond was grazed in the neck by a bullet. Neither soldieris seriously injured.

Monday 26th February 1973Soldier wounded in New LodgeA soldier has been slightly wounded in the arm when agunman opened fire on troops at the Duncairn Gardens -Lepper Street junction.

Monday 26th February 1973Youth wounded in legA 16-year-old boy has been admitted to hospital sufferingfrom gunshot wounds to the leg. The boy, a protestant,was shot in Eglington Street.


Monday 26th February 1973Shots fired into houseThe Army have reported that shots have been fired into ahouse in Alliance Avenue from a nearby alley but therewere no casualties.

Monday 26th February 1973RUC attacked in BelfastMembers of the RUC have come under fire when they wentto investigate a robbery at a garage on the Ravenhill Road.The fire came from two youths who ran off. A juvenilewas later arrested

Monday 26th February 1973Men abducted in BelfastTwo Protestant men found trying to walk with the aid ofsticks in the Newtownbreda area of Belfast have told theRUC that they were abducted from outside a public housein the Donegal Pass area by four or five armed men. Theyare both understood to have shotgun wounds to the leg.Neither is seriously injured.

Monday 26th February 1973Petrol bomb attack on restaurantThe Mayfair Chinese Restaurant in Great Victoria Streethas been badly damaged as a result of two petrol bombsbeing thrown into the premises in the early hours of Sun-day morning.

Monday 26th February 1973Arson attack on hotelCedarhurst House, Beechill Road, Newtownbreda, whichis being converted into a hotel has been damaged by a blaze.The fire is believed to have been started maliciously.

Monday 26th February 1973Fire at British Legion hallA fire, whose origins have not yet been established hascaused considerable damage to the interior of a BritishLegion Hall at Sandhurst Gardens in East Belfast.

Monday 26th February 1973Blast bomb thrownA blast bomb has been thrown at soldiers in Havlock Streetoff the Ormeau Road. But there were no casualties.


FACING PAGE - Bomb attack on the White Horse Inn,Springfield Road.RIGHT - Fire bomb attack on the Mayfair ChineseRestaurant in Great Victoria Street

Monday 26th February 1973Bomb explodes in DerryThree armed men have forced their way in to a public housein Bishop Street, Derry and planted a bomb. The bombexploded two minutes later causing extensive damage. Theson of the bar owner is an internee.

Monday 26th February 1973UDR man ambushedFour shots have been fired at a member of the UDR in theShantallow area of Derry. The soldier was unhurt.

Monday 26th February 1973Bomb explodes at barA bomb has exploded at the White Horse Inn, five milesfrom Derry on the Limavady Road. Fifteen minutes warn-ing was given. The blast caused extensive damage to thebuilding.

Monday 26th February 1973Army post attackedA shot has been fired at the Army post at Butcher’s Gate inDerry. The shot came from the direction of Rossville Flatsbut no one was injured.

Monday 26th February 1973Petrol bombs thrown into house Two petrol bombs have been thrown into a house in Coro-nation Road in Carrickfergus. The bombs were lobbedthrough upstairs and downstairs windows. Considerableinterior damage was caused but none of the occupants werehurt.

Monday 26th February 1973Road closed due to explosionThe main road between Augher and Aughnacloy remainsclosed after a 100 lb landmine shattered the entire width ofthe road when it was detonated in front of an Army Saracen.

Monday 26th February 1973Sniffer dog uncovers explosivesAn Army sniffer dog has uncovered more than 30 lb ofgelignite in the Ardmore Park area of Derry. The gelignite

however exploded and troops think it may have been booby-trapped.

Tuesday 27th February 1973Army Captain in murder bidAn army captain and a sergeant, both stationed in Lisburn’sThiepval barracks have been charged at Belfast Magistrate’sCourt. The sergeant has been charged with attempting tomurder three men and the captain with unlawfully pos-sessing a Thompson sub machinegun. When charged, thecaptain James Alister McGregor replied, the ammunitionhad nothing to do with me. It belongs to the police atCastlereagh and was issued by Special branch.

Tuesday 27th February 1973Three held after searchThree men have been arrested by the Army following asearch in Forfar Street, off the Springfield Road. One ofthe men had a gunshot wound to the chest. Two hours ear-lier an Army patrol chased a hijacked car into Forfar Streetwhere it was abandoned. One of the two men in the carfired a shot at troops before both made their escape. Firewas not returned and no injury was reported.

Tuesday 27th February 1973Arson attack on pubA fire, believed to have been started maliciously, has ex-tensively damaged a public house in the Grosvenor Roadarea of Belfast. The fire, which started on the ground floor, was at Stanley’s bar in Hutchinson Street

Tuesday 27th February 1973Army post attackedFive shots have been fired at an Army post at the junctionof Louisa Street and the Oldpark Road. There were nocasualties and fire was not returned


TOP - Bomb attack on Galbraith’s Car Showroom, KingStreet, Belfast.BOTTOM - Bomb damager at Boustead’s, Hill Street

Tuesday 27th February 1973Soldiers claim children fired at themAn 11-year-old girl has been wounded by a bullet whichwas intended for soldiers. The shot was fired at the sol-diers from the junction of Edlingham Street and DuncairnGardens, but it missed its target and grazed the girl’s scalp.

Tuesday 27th February 1973Arms find in Protestant areasA .303 rifle, a zip gun and 63 rounds of ammunition havebeen found in Wilton Street in the Shankill Road. Alsodiscovered were two shoulder holsters and some trainingpamphlets. In a separate find at Black Mountain Parade inthe Spring martin area, security forces found 32 lb of ex-plosives, a bomb making kit and a ..303 rifle and 223 roundsof ammunition.

Tuesday 27th February 1973Explosives discovered in Lower Falls20 lb of explosives, 150 detonators, a bomb making kit andwalkie-talkies were found in a derelict house in the lowerFalls area. They were discovered after soldiers smelt thegelignite.

Tuesday 27th February 1973Shots fired in OldparkFour shots have been fired at soldiers in Gracehill Street inthe Old park area of Belfast. Two shots were returned butno hits were claimed.

Tuesday 27th February 1973Incendiary device destroys mailLetters posted overnight in a post box in Newry have beendestroyed by fire. It is thought that an incendiary devicestarted the blaze.

Tuesday 27th February 1973Car hi-jacked in LurganTwo masked men, one carrying a revolver has hijacked acar in the Shankill estate in Lurgan. No other details areknown.

Wednesday 28th February 1973Soldier shot dead in ArdoyneA soldier has been shot dead in Butler Street in the Ardoynearea of Belfast. The soldier had been on duty on the CrumlinRoad and just left a shop. As he distributed some choco-late amongst his colleagues a sniper fired four shots from aconcealed position. Several bullets struck the soldier. Thename of the dead man has not yet been released.


Wednesday 28th February 1973Boy defuses bombThe Army has revealed that a 7-year-old boy has “defused”a 15 lb bomb which he found under the stage at CloughmoreWar Memorial Hall. According to the Army, when the boypicked the bomb up he disturbed some of the wiring andmade the bomb harmless. The boy then carried the bombhome to show to his parents.

Wednesday 28th February 1973New prison for womenIt has been announced that new prisons are to be built inthe North for both men and women. According to a Minis-try of Home Affairs spokesman, the decision has been takenin principle to replace both Crumlin Road and Armagh pris-ons.

Wednesday 28th February 1973Loyalist group may form own partyThe militant Protestant Ulster Loyalist Council are believedto be considering forming their own political party. Themeeting is being held at the UDA headquarters in East Bel-fast and among those in attendance were William Craig ofVanguard and representatives of the Ulster Defence Asso-ciation, the Loyalist Defence Volunteers, the Loyalist As-sociation of Workers and the Ulster Special ConstabularyAssociation.

Wednesday 28th February 1973Rocket fired from SouthThe IRA have fired a Russian made RPG7 rocket from southof the border at Belleek RUC barracks. The missile struckone of the barrack’s boundary walls but no one was injuredin the attack.

Wednesday 28th February 1973Arms found in StrabaneSoldiers carrying out a routine search of an unoccupiedhouse in the Ballycolman area of Strabane have uncovereda Thompson sub-machinegun and a Springfield rifle. Aquantity of ammunition, black berets and other militaryequipment were also discovered.

Wednesday 28th February 1973Arms discovered in henhouseSoldiers have discovered weapons and explosives in achicken Coop at the back of a house in Ardilea Drive in theOldpark area of Belfast. The weapons were found in a

dustbin which had been dug into the garden and they con-sisted of 10 lbs of explosives, two RPG7 rockets, one RPG7gunsight in a case, a quantity of electric detonators, twoclocks with timing mechanisms and other bomb makingequipment. One man has been arrested.

Wednesday 28th February 1973Boy killed in NewryA boy has died in Newry after a shooting incident in theDerrybeg estate. The boy who died, 12-year-old KevinHeatley, of Second Avenue, Derrybeg died from gunshotwounds in daisy hill estate. The only shooting which hasbeen reported in the area, say the Army, happened a halfhour before when soldiers said they fired at a gunman afterhe fired at them. They also said that they were not able tosearch for the gunman because an angry crowd hadgathered.

Wednesday 28th February 1973RUC man killed in LurganA25-year-old member of the RUC has been shot dead atCarnagh Bridge, Aghagallon, about four miles from Lurgan.The Ambush on the RUC man was launched on a narrowcountry road by gunmen armed with a sub-machinegun andrifles. The dead RUC man lived in Lisburn and has beennamed as Constable Raymond William Wylie. He is the36th RUC man to die in the troubles.

Wednesday 28th February 1973Shots fired in BelfastThirty shots have been fired at an Army patrol in the Nor-folk Gardens area of Andersonstown. Fire was returnedbut no hits were recorded. Also in Belfast soldiers havefound 57 rounds of ammunition in a garden of a house inDunmisk Park in Andersonstown,

Wednesday 28th February 1973Hay destroyed in arson attack2,500 bales of hay have been destroyed in a fire atUpperlands, Maghera. The RUC believe the fire was mali-cious.

Wednesday 28th February 1973Shots fired into public houseShots have been fired into a public house at Moyogall,Coleraine. No one was injured in the attack which waslaunched from a passing car.

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