[{"node":{"title":"Lingard081","Collections":"Chapter 9","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard081","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Machine gun, Civilians","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard081","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard081_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff75\n\n\"Been troubsle?\" he asked.\n\n\"Plenty. Still is. Doyle's pub was burnt out.\"\n\nKevin moved on ,tired now after the long day at the seaside and\nthe walk. He walked close to the houses. The streets were full ofastir with\nsoldiers trying to clear up the last of the rioters. They were still\nfighting it out in isolated pockets. Kevin skirted these, taking\nseveral detours to get to his own street. The smell of burning was\nin the air.\n\nIs this a credible incident to suggest sporadic outbursts of violence? YES\n\nA sudden burst of machine gun fire sent him sprawling full length\non the pavement. He lay with his face pressed against h the cold ground,\nhis heart beating racing. He looked sideways. Another burst. He\nput his arms round his head. He was not the target but the need to\nprotect himself was instinctive. A vehichle roared past and stopped.\nKevin eased himself onto his elbow. More armoured trucks, soldsiers,\npolice gathered quickly. On the opposite pavement lay the victim\nof the attack. The man was a civilian and he was dead.\n\nATwo policemen came to Kevin. Had he seen anything? He shook\nhis head. Nothing, he told them, he had seen nothing, he had only\nheard the fire gunfire. He had not even seen the shadow of the gunmen.\n\n\"Away off home then.\"\n\nThe policeman probably did not believe him, knowing full well that\nit would have been more than Kevin'shis life was worth to give away any\ninformation. KevinHe picked himself up and resumed his journey.\n\nHe broke into a trot when he reached the end of his street. He\n","Type":"Text"}}]