The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-01-27 00:00:00

Attempts to Blow up the House
of Commons and the Tower of
London.

Oa tistarday aftersoos Loudest was elsztkid. both at
Westminster and at the Tower, by loud ex p!osiolic which
preyed to be of dynemite, bat which. though asset alarm•
log in their cherssoter, proved on exusisation. as liss
been the oes• with soots .seionoas g•ner•liy, to hey. b e
by On Moan' sot @woo its ties. at Ord aipposed. TO•
jo pot Oi Ito. wet tees shah to
place at the Tower. which was prects.ly et 1 p.m., and is
this ems the alarm was eomerhat mar. Bodes, so dr.
broke oat, which wee not oompletely subdited for noerly
in hoar. The explosion. or rather explooloam, in the
tioa•se of Partisan Int 000arred at 10 mutates and 13
usiautes put t wo, but here the whole mischief was
instsatmeou• At 10 minute' pat two the pedestriass
of W•stenlaster Bridge felt tho ground tremble sada'
them. end for • moment eappmed that we wore visited
by the shuck of an earths's% sk., an idm which •as
isuitently di.pslied by lam load explosion that wee hoard,
Th. shock of the expimion W 64 also hosed In the G mew
meat Atom In D,walarstreet Tits facts oonneotyl
with the espiosions. at far se can be asoartsined, ere

Item
A. le duty. the csee on a Saturday. a Ints somber of
person availed themselves of the privilege of vis $l.. th,
Houses of Perinea's/it end among those who did so no.
have been the perpetrator or perntretors of the outrage.
Ho • the.. person contrived to carry in and deposit their
implosives imobserved by the police is. miner,. bat at .
few minutes past two o'clock • led, observed • bleak be
lying in toe crypt, and called the etteation of the polio
to It. Poinvoontable Gale took the beg aad brought at
up info toe bat weer* It exploded WWI great font. fact
after he ha 4 arrived at the top of the stairs, and Ind come
, out of the crypt. 114. sad another oosistable satinet Clot
sustained injuries to iierlins that they were taltea to.
crAlos. condition to Wesualustee Hospital. Toe other
persona were also seriously injured. The fore* of the
expioelon eras so 'reit that it burst through the stone
pevement, shattering the noses and toning • hole some
4fl. to dinenee and 411. in depth at lb. entree*. gate
isa 11.4 into ll* crypt. The south cladeer, fl led with
&nine]gb., was broken ID oiny pieces, while the Sotto
'lnfos over te- entranee If the hell Is Pelee.-yard was
completely shattered. The end 'es on the nista a as
freatern side of the hall were also destroyed. The root
Melt was also palm...tied in several Please ea se to .dm t
tlva daylight. The interior of In hall was revered wit'
du.t and particle& of glass. • goal deal of glass woo
tenni oeteerds Into Ablagdoeutreet and eeverj
pardons wore, WWI %aline& al it Nil, the tboroughlsre
at that time bean thronged with people on their way
bow* from bita, nen Tins exp.osioi cr-ated Corp
minaret,/ great excutons at. sod Inenctor Doomed
immediately sent to Hing-etreet Stet,. for • bet,
poke* to guard the !miracles. I. tee douse* of Parila•
wool The ma sneer bad sot left tk yard beio,e
• explosion t oh p.m," obese lee taro, end vsolaeoe
no ours severe then the Graf. Fortuaately ntoet o.
toe elation' who had nen /dinned by the ord.r ol II
Lard thiamb-rlein to view tin U's.., of Perli.caen
▪ on the amnion of the Ant explosion, berried clot
towards Weetnuastse Hall. and to this airciunsfatio. any
o. &Unbend tam len 10 .1 no li'. 04. lost Tee *tonal
explosion took pine ex.eill at 13 mind.. past two, a.
I. .hown by the carcurananot of tnii cluck In to iO4lll
of (30,41... e slopping at that sami•ot. 04- oi lb -
cloaks In the eaemons lebby also stopped at &sm.
time. Pena se sad on all withia St. finotnee. Pahc-,
so one immediately rnli.lap vent had oocurred. •
length . Laos. body of police under tee direct coons/hod
of &lemonlike nut Grrnon. cleared the buil hop 01

was sates.. The polio. mil email dodloolty io prevont-
mg peruse eateries Ponswyerd, too date. of ohm.
a..r• be.ieeed by au exoned crow Ae he wo.
immune kno•n its Meath* Mao) w•mteere Of Pardon:WV
who happened to be in the town, mem st. M i.
overnment, and others drove do•a so Wutminner.
ead tb. epee* by the Peers eatruos Can benign/
er,to ferneries wetting tor thou who had gone maid* It
View Sb.. sone ot the dieesUr. 'rho effmtt ot the •fslo-
sion en W..isr.io.w Hel it. chiefly now sable for toe
small arsount of mischief don. The hole in the d oe
soon onotioned sBor4. ultimo, of the greet force co:
In. material employed, but the upwarl and lateral
faros. though considerable. seems not to bo so (nil: WI
the damage below would lead one to expect. The cooneno.
sin of the Mr no doubt Moot the roof, through which
it burst, leaving • hundred apertures through wh,oh day-
light won admitted. Ti. • indows on the rut side next to
the southern sad of the hall trete nearly blown out, as
were those opposite to them. Tha southern window of ,
Mimed glue, owing, no doubt, to the concusioa being
diverted stoic, by Me °elan .4 the omit act ovu the
✓ep,, km sathred but to • Wither intent, while the great
window one the eatranos at the opposite end of the
HMI le senselted to pine& The Woe ruling which closest
the antrallthe to the ernil bee beat twisted sad
damaged. but, strange to say. the urinal of light woo
.nd oyes wee SI clue by, where drawingo of the pro-
posed sweet front at the hell are being prepared, were in
al way moved. a .d the leo men who were ins de thee,
.1 the time at to xplosion received no tenni. Toe
only other effect •isible in tee hell eat a ilhek coat of
lust which bad been Moen oi the timbers of the rom.
The timbers of Me roof sad Me staines In the H. I
r. main unahathed.
Entering the House of 00zintona shinty liter the
.xolosion, which took place at 13 minut-s past two, its
union/lute o VIM that 0 a same of terrible dude motion
ft.. the Bar ti the Speaker's Mar, sad behind it the
whole wet strewn with fragment. of Umber lame and
small, and Ismail pleats of broken glees. Toe it, ,r and
benches were covered with dust I. the depth of near y
an inch. The seat usually comoupied by the prune
Minh er was ripped open by the fragment of in oaken
* sodden, which flashy boned itself to the beach goner.
• ly remind or Ms occupation of MI6 odlcial supporters
o' the Government. The upper right-haul corner of lb.
Sp mker's chine wao slightly tore by a mint- r, which
nadir lodged exactly where "embers who aro not •up. I
posed to "oetch the lipeater• eye *aerate thenmelea•
it the occoadoa of • divides. The re,rolead seat of Mt
Bright was alto torn, sad the boon from wirers the
I .adlird Of the Ruin il party umaily addreee the House
ca. mach <lunged. The Ooneervative ill, of the
lime. swopsd unscathel, exoept the: •0111, of lb.
windows wore alleh•ly broken. Oa the benchee onu-
pod generetly by Mr. Parnell and his foilow.r., cosi ,u
I 'relate, ens of the Mali, Mai shields Wilteb ores.. -nt
the front of the Puri Gellery, and embi,goned wit:
the Irish Harp, was picked op iirs,t It had eVidestly,
by the force of toe •xplotion. Dna hurled from It,
pond in on to the Irish bench**. Only 'Sala dunes-
we. done to the roof of the Houle, bait the ps.fitiou
between the Isar and the lobby eel complete', wreaked.
A. lusty egssaination of the Nene led to the belief t is.
the exploitive material was placed in th eieimee.
bot hem front the Kuehn's' Lobby to the Peers' Gallery,
which twat utterly 4 strored. Th. Seeker. 0.11.,,,
end • portion of slt• gallery al' *Wed to stringers were
•Miottely dammed. Doent.tstre the *meant of dean.,
•bie perpetrate! •sa very greet The seats under the
.
Pent' Gallery were enureiy destroyed. ,ileclosia* • larg -
tap, sod revealing the iron girders on when the due of
the 11011 M mitt. A portion of the "Aye" lobby nu
kno^ked t pieces, and among the debris were to be semi
etr 11{ ,eke, and iron pillar. broke, or bent la teen.
0.. oak post of B.n. by B,s. was shiver d to pieces and
carried from near the seat 000 .117 occupied by Govea.
mein officen who attend for the permute or pre.piie.
Minioters, to within a few yank of the Speaker's cha r
ni, right .4. of the archway at th ewe aloe to the
flown, we. shaken and •heotered, aa I the don thrown
down A. aeon as practicable, after the 'spina= an
extminatioo ess malleof the crypt, cal also of the bees.
anent nod r the Pun Gel e,y. Nothleg farther wee
liacovered of • somidout character, or which gays the
slightest clue.
.en who was stsopected of having been roneerne I
In the outrage we. arrested and taken to Kong-reetet
Police-station, where he misted that he wao • (Issadiart
Hans. found to hove gine • satislact try woman: of but.
eon, and ems release:l in tbs.., .aing
fut. at writ ths laf ormttiot was obtained that 1,-
1.0 p tlc. coostablos-.0 Wiri is eafferiog ft
motion of the heel,, sat Unt, who Is statei to bare
!Midi) la Internal hemorrh me—ha I recovered coascioneni-es,
but were both In every precarino cowlitloa. Then is
Atte or no hopes that 04. will survive.
All the reports dna to the police bud to the witooM.
sloe that the Pereeteston of the outrages at Westminster
were W01:11•11, or at liMet Were in tamale apparel, ant that
tits infernal machines wmo curled ender their dream
It is stated that tee explodes was wrapped op lo wow
kind of cloth.

The a:Ploaion at tba TO•ref of Ltodon was tits week of
iyhataltsada, and, %ouch dig daman was cionaidsrabi..
It is far 1••• than that in tale Wattiaihistar Hall and Lb.
flouts of 00•1•10;11 • feu mantas later. Toe oneso oh
ilia a:plosion la the Whit, Tower. (atoms in English
h.vory . .

Prose a careful examinalon of the apartment it le
believe' 'hat the explosive mat Ha MN placid behind
on, of the rack. used for the storage of ti 11... which le
*butt 'eighteen Mahal from lb. qall seaareting the
Bulgaria{ Hell from ht. 4eha's (Suet Teen le Jun.
sufficient space to allow of apeman waking b-tweea t a
nil an the r Is reeks, hut lb. pubic er not geoerally
supposei to pue rooted, aa4 the authoraise consider th,,t
whoever den s tat the explosive, naca hays ungernsiveri
by the atteadants. 'Hopei 'wad and placed the lastori I
in ph-itioa. Saudil belts one of the free days, there
would be kaa likelihood, 'UM Se pressure of visitor&
if
apron* Wag Obeilif•cd &Clang in an Wittitial Co •12641 r.
Although there were • great owl, p• ,111. in the T,wer
itself at the time. It does sot appear that at the precise
spot in the building at atoph the took plots
Mere wap o greet sow& t,be oembor statod by the
.41Icials In *huge being fres lilt, to wrooty. It
wee *gull two o'clock when the explosion took
plea., and those who heud it describe it as
betas precisely like the repot—t caused by the d 1..-
chugs of • large cannon. The force of the eseaustoo
ream to have gone forward end downward and upward,
for immediately above the plan where the mettriol is
unrested to have been deposit d the flue wblown op,
whilst the articles I. the room oboes the mystic(
Hall were thrown *boat in a moat erratic hellos. Tele
t room I. set apart for the exhibitloa of Orient I arras.
which are ranged resod the walla, upon the ulnas. and
In large glass ease down the centre of the apartment
The gleam in most of the seats was entirely blown to
pieces, whilst the windows lo the two skYlighte were
cusp'. telly b'oern out l'be gust iff on the top of ihe
Them was blown away, and the few of the clock
damaged. The Hertintilenry rids, to the number of
sassy hundreds, in the room when the explosion took
pls., were blown about. the wooden racks In 'hint, they
were placed being smutted. The rifles thesselvet In
many clue, were twisted about in a most extraordinary
meaner. The room on the ground Boor intmediateir
unite the Banqueting Hal wee also stored elm rifle.,
and here stein there no. considerable wreckage, be
p isitioa of the expkeive materi.l being shown by. large
hole In the roof.
One young man was wrested out of the amber of
visitors who wen preset at the use. ollise'explosion,
aal Ire nag goes nod qiestloned in Me evening by Oolonel
Munro, the nawly.appolatiad Gosreisiosiat of Pollee,
and Superintendent Arnold, of the H Division. Ho is
stated to be no Irish•Arnerimut and had 'sow to the
*mount of SY In his possession. Ho gave an address,
which was found to be halo., and resolna in custody.

X YROK Tlll ULIM,
I the mum* of Snadsv anoint. Sir It HirodaniaL
Obis' Commissioner of P4llOl. Soothed Yard. n 11344,14
Ma following Wounds from Sir H F. Paamouby at
Osborn* on behalf of liar 11*.imit7 :—'' The Quart has
acoutia.nded my to mk you as to the ovadlttou of ti
i.i.,.t 'Miasmas. ' • reply am boos list stattag thes
Cola sad Cox am progrardmi favourably.

(Br TRLsolunLi
ANOTHIR ARILIIBT.

The voile* hays sada another arrest in oonamrtiow with
this dynamite owner.. The imam win Is charged at
Bowwtrret t.dar (Monday) with the Irishman Coantiar a.m who... d• teinod at lb* Tower on Saturday.
Oohs.' liejeadie resumed inspection of the meaa of
eirpkwion this morniat, many officials beina areaant.
The 7.11101 at L laden is today olod to visitors, sad
cm=bere of Parliaimmt are dot, to Weetwanstor.
ammima dm lAw Omide wt k tammie mm
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