The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-03-04 00:00:00

DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN LONDON.
OILIAT DISTAOCTIUN or PROPERIT.

A terrible explosion occurred at Victoria Station,
London, 00 Tuesday morning. shortly after one o'clock,
In oos of the cloak rooms, and there Is reason to
believe that another dynamite outlays has been corn.
milted. The mans of the explosion was the main
line department of the Ludos, Brighton, and South
Oust Railway, situate in the centre of the station
pad, and to that section of the station fortunately
its destructive effects were mnfined. Adj,ining the
main line booking office are the cloak room, the
parade office, and the office of the superinteudent
of the station. It wits from the centre apartment of
tise cloak room that the indications of the explosion
Ce"ed, and it there that the gresite.t be.oo
liol2 wrought. Te cluk in the booking office
having stopped, shows that it WSW four minutia
pest one o'clock sawn the explosion took place. The
last train had jut come in, and the night inspector
with his men was at that moment fixing ready for use
se is their custom at that boor, the fire boss ordinarily
&steam.] at night to the hydrants upon the platform.
Suddenly the sight inspector and his hands, while
standing eta dieter.** of fr..m twenty to thirty yards
from the cloak mom, experienced • severe shook, and
were alarmed by a sound moiler to that emitted from
taheemarwall cannon.
..
oultdr.delltannhe
auling Woo that the
tomenhavaet
bowl a much louder sound than he did, though they
could not ball whence it came; sad the female attest.
dens at she refreshment bee, though she lives at
Olapbses Oceans" !nerd tbe explosion while In bed,

and believing it we. trim the station the sound pro-
oeeded, q iickly pUt itl no appearance there.
The promises were large: y composed of wood,
while the 'entre of the roof of the book.
101-office an I cloak-room we. C voted with
glees. Ilse r of of the eloek•room I igether with parts
of the 41e., hat entirely fallen in, and the win ows
lo 'king on t the platform and the etiitlon-y .rd were
much shattered. In the euperi. t indent's old.. aJj dn.
Brig there was • great hole io the worylen well, • heavy
desk wee forced I inches from the well, the
window blind wen cast down, and the whole room
(brown into treat disorder. In the booking office, on
the other side of the cloak-room, the glass r of was
shattered, and • large part of the no oden roof hung
over into the cloak-room, like • protecting shield over
the ticket office. In the ticket office, it was af
ward. diecovered, the ticket ap,aratits bad been
twisted and koocked about, and the ticket. were
strewn upon the door. In the ladles' waiting-room,
beyond the ticket otho., the door panels and windows
were broken, and the refreshment room adjoining it
was also slightly damaged. The verandah in the
station-yard, ao far emit ran in fruit of the cloak-r eons
and bookiug office, was considerably shattered, and
there was • quatitity of broken and powdered ease
strewn on the ground. There was no fire in any part
of the wrecked promisee beyond what was caused by
tbe escaped it...
TM port of the station comprising the booklng.rooms
and the cloak.roome of the Brighton main Um wee a
complete wreck. ao.d om, perhaps, was this phrase
more applicable then it im to the appearance of the
cloak-room. The walls were hanging loom, while
umbers end Ili! dens and splinters of various
descriptions of article@ were lying in • heap upon the
door, many of them being scorched. The evidence of
the night impeutor as to hie experience,upon hos emits
to the booking-office shortly before the explosion and
his impection of the premien afterwards goes strongly
to eh ow that the explosion was due to gas. On the
other baud Cwt.n lieoket is credited with having
stated that the explosion of dynamite will alone
account for the venous features of the wreck. The
belief is that the explosion is due to tiynegnits
Introdured into the cloak.room in a box, but the
authorities do not possess any clue to the author of the
ensiled outrage. No threatening letters or
inumation or any kind, had beim roraivg,g, Th, ght•l
damage is computed at £3,01)(1.