New-York tribune., 1883-03-16
EXCIl EMENT IN LONDON.

EXCIl EMENT IN LONDON.
WHAT THE OFFICIALS HAVE LEARNED-AN AT
TEMPT TO DESTROY THE TIMES OFFICE.
LONDON, March ia terrific explosion of ga
occurred in the Local Government Board offices il
Westminster at o'clock tonight destroying
much property. The report heard IL
the House of Commons, and caused alarm. Th'
conclusion was so great that it shook the side gal
leries aud the reporters gallery. 1t being the din
ner hour few members of the House were present
in the Hall. The Duke of Edinburgh was in the
Peers gallery, and seemed alarmed. The Speaker
forthwith rang his bell and asked the cause of the
alarm. No was injured The widest rumors
are ahoat. The report resembled the discharge of
an eighty ton gun.
Ldter.-It is now believed that the explo-
sion was caused by dynamite and that a
deliberate attempt was made to blow up the Gov
ernment offices. The explosion was heard at q
distance of two three miles, The officials think
that it was caused by gunpowder or dynamite The
officers of the gas company declare that they can
find no evidence that it was caused by gas. The
force of the explosion shot large portions of the ma
sonry across the street.
Last evening canister containing explosive ma
terlal found behind The Times office with, it Is
rumored. lighted fuse attached. The police are
making an investigation.
LONDON, March 16-The explosion was un-
doubtedly the work of Fenians. The adjacent
streets are filled with myriads of frag-
ments of glass and heavy plate glass is
lying in heaps the ground.
stone Weighing 200 pounds was projected against
the King Street Police Station making hole the
size of mans head. Nothing will be allowed to be
touched until an inquiry is made to-day. The full
extent of the damage cannot be estimated until
daylight. Five hundred constables are
guarding the scene. The building has
the appearance of having been bombarded.
There is deep trench, ten feet by three in dimen-
sons in one room, the floor of which has been lit
orally ploughed. Two children who were sleeping
in house at the corner of King-st. were thrown
from their beds by the force of the explosion and
their faces were badly cut. They were rescued and
taken to the police station. Every pane Of glass in
the vicinity was shattered.
A man was arrested aU mlOnlguI Oh suspiciOh
OF having been concerned in the explosion.
Sir William Harcourt has had conference
with the Chief of Police, at which several
witnesses were examined. The conclusion
reached was that the explosion occurred inside
room and not from the outside of the building
After the explosion the force of police at
the Houses OF Parliament was doubled
The Government offices and the residences OF
the Ministers strongly guarded.
The Times attaches little Importance
to the explosion which occurred at its
Office. The canister contained only
small quantity of powder. 1t says: An
explosion at our Office occurred at 7:45
o'clock ON Wednesday evening, but the
falling of the canister prevented any serious
damage There is reason to believe that two
attempts of this kind were made by the same mis-
ereants."
The Daily Nacs says: "It is of
course obvious that the explosion was
the result of premeditated design
We are confronted with the fact that there
are in London persons bold enough TO act
ON the widest counsels of O'DOnovan Rosa.
1t is impossible not TO connect the authors
of this outrage with certain phases of Irish crime
and the assassin press in America"
The Times says "The Fenian answer to Mr..
Gladstone's speech ON the Land act has not
been long DELAYED. We are in the presence of
the first attempt of the dynamite party to
carry out policyof bringing the warinto the heart
of London"