The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-12-04
czAR ALEXANDER.
Attempt to Blow mp the Imperial
Train-Narrow Escape.

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TraIn-Narrow Escape.
Moscow, Dec. 3.-After the arrival
of the emperor last night, whilst the
second train containing the baggage
was on the way hither, an explosion
occurred, one luggage van was blown
to pieces and seven carriages were
thrown of the rails, but nobody was in
jured. &sE hfAks I
The explosive which destroyed the
imperial baggage train are stated to
have been placed there on Monday
evening, under the rails at a point over
which the imperial train would pass
just before entering the Moscow rail-
way station.
The czar arrived safely, however, at
eleven o'clock, Monday night and the
explosion occurred on the passed of the
baggage train half an hour afterwards.
The house from whence the mine was
exploded has been discovered, and
search is being made for the perpetra-
tors of the outrage. sHE AI
The car win arrive in st. Peters
burgh tomorrow.
Moscow, Dec. 3.--A person who was
in the baggage train at the time of the
explosion says the baggage train Of
fourteen carriages and two locomotives
was dispatched half an hour before the
train carrying the emperor. but by q
fortunate chance the czar's train over
took the baggage train, passed, and left
it some distance behind. The explo-
sion attracted the police and crowd
of people, who were loud in their cx-
pressions of horror. Telegraphic com
mnnication was interrupted for the
time, owing to the posts having been
thrown down by the explosion. Two
railway officials who were in the vicini-
ty were badly injured. The perpe-
traitors doubtless thought the czar was
ON the second train. The public prose-
cutor and magistrate soon arrived,
The latter discovered in the courtyard
of an empty house, concealed under the
snow, some wires connected with bat
terry placed in an out house from which
passing trains could easily be seen. The
house was bought in September by a
young man, who stated that he was a
citizen of Samora. He had been OBJ
served digging in his cellar by his
neighbors, but disarmed suspicion by
declaring that his reason for doing so
was to obtain sand. From this cellar
was dug passage way, in which a
train of powder was laid connecting
with a wire under the railway. More
wires were found behind the wall pa
per. 1t is supposed that several per-
sons were engaged in the work.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says: The
tunnel containing the powder train ran
one hundred and fifty feet from the
house, underneath the permanent road
way. The first part of the tunnel was
built of stone. Some persons who were
standing on the embankment as the
baggage train passed, imagining it was
the czar's train, cheered, which was
the signal for exploding the mine.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 3.-The official
account of the attempt to destroy the
imperial train on Monday night states
that the explosion occurred as the bag
gage train was entering the royal quar-
ter of Moscow. The train was thrown
off the rails, and one baggage van was
overturned and two passenger carriages
were thrown right across the line. The
explosion caused gap in the permanent
roadway four feet and eight inches
deep, sixteen feet long and eight feet
broad.