Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-31
LONDON SCARED.
rwo SIMULTANEOUS ExpLusiuSs.
Numbers of Msngicd Passengers FOUND
The Outrage Charged TO Fenians-
Other Late News

Numbers of msngicd Passengers round
The Outrage Charged TO Fenians-
Other Late News
About O clock Tuesday evening q ter.
rible explosion occurred near Praed street
underground station ON the Metropolitan
railway In London, England. On the first
alarm strong Gordon Of police was sum
moned To preserve order, to keep the way
clear and to convey wounded people to the
hospitals. Passengers who were on the
train at the scene OF the explosion say that
there was suddenly loud report like that
OF cannon, then a sudden darkness, the
gas lights from the front to the rear of the
train being put out. The glass was broken
and splinters Of wood flew about the cars,
cutting and wounding many passengers.
Above the din was heard the shrieks of the
injured aud panic stricken people. All
occurred in moment and for n while con.
fusion rsigu ned supreme.
The tram, which was crowded, contained
principally country visitors returning from
the Fisheries exhibition. After leaving
the station the train travelled steadily
ahead, though the cDncussion smashed
| nearly all the lamps in the Praed Street
station and caused much damage to the
permanent way. When the train reached
the next station, Edgeware road, the first
effort was made to rescue the wounded,
Some were drcadfuliy burned, but more
were Frustrated by fright. All the doctors,
surgeons and dispensarics in the neighbor.
hood were called into reQuisition.
Tho first impression was that an explo.
| sion of gas had caused the disaster but
later inquiries tend to show malice. The
| two rear carriages were damaged tue most.
They arc mere skeletons, One theory is
| that the explosion was caused by foul gas
| accumulating in the tunnel. This, however.
| is untenable, because no premOnitory
symptoms were observed. The general
| opinion OF the railway officials aud of ex-
perts is that the disaster was caused by
| some explosive material, which had been
| placed probably in the rearmOst carriage.
\ searching inquiry is proceeding. II is
believed that about forty persons were
| injured, some of them dangerously.
Almost simultaneous with the Praed
street atfajr a violent explosion occurred
| on the Underground railway, between
| ChaTing Cross aud Westminster stations
| The windows OF the signaling stations in
| the tunnel were shattered and at Charing
Cross the glass roof Of the station partly
collapsed. The report was like that OF
! artillery. The effects were like those of
the Praed street explosion. Carriage lamps,
windows, etc. were smashed. All traffic
was suspended for while. Though both
explosions are matters of the greatest
mystery they are generally thought to
have been Of Feuiau origin.
The shocks of both explosions are de
scribed by officials as very similar TO the
shock OF explosion At the local government
office last March, in which DR.. Gallagher
was implicated, It was stated that four
machines, similar to rockets were found
in the tunnel near tho Praed street STA
ton Altogether six carriages were shat
tered by the Praed street explosions.
Though about forty persons were admit
ted to the hospitals, many more were
injured, but they were sen. directly to
| their own homes.