Most serious riots in Liverpool

Monday, July 11 – 1892
The most serious disturbance which has yet taken place in Liverpool during the present general election occurred on Monday evening in Henry Edward-street, off Marybone, where a large number of people of the labouring classes reside. A fracas, which evidently arose out of the discussion of political topics, occurred there shortly before nine o’clock between several persons and the row soon became a general one, the whole street in a very short space of time being packed with a howling mob. Stones were flung indiscriminately among the crowd, knives were used, and people flung missiles of every description from the windows of the houses, the police on duty being utterly powerless to cope with the disturbers. An eye witness describes the scene as a most tumultuous one, women, as well as men, being concerned in the broil, many of whom were lying two or three…