Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-16
The Municipal Offices Demol-
ished and Parliament Thor.
oughly Shaken Up.
O'Donovan Rossa Charged with
the Crime Before the Smoke
Disappears.
"The Assassin Press Of Ameri-
ca" the Active Ally Of the
Fiend,
Tremendous Excttemen In L ndo,n
pecial Dispatch to TaE BER.

pecial Dispatch to THE BEE.
LONDON, March 10. A terrific gas
explosion occurred in the local govern.
ment board off ,es at Westminster
at O'Clock tonight, destroying much
property. The report was heard In
The house OF commons and caused
alarm. The conclusion was 80 great
that 1t shook the side galleries and re.
porters' gallery. Being the dinner
hour but few members of the house
were in the hall. The Duke of Edin.
burg was In the peers gallery and
seemed alarmed. The speaker rang
his bell and asked the cause of the
alarm. No one was injured. The
Widest rumors are afoat. The report
ressmbled the discharge of an eighty
ton gun.
LATER.--It Is now believed the ex.
plosion was caused by dynamite, and
was the deliberate attempt to blow up
the government officers. The explo.
sion being the subject Of considera-
tion In the commons, Harcourt, home
secretary, said he did not think 1t
right to say anything about the mat.
ter until offislal inquiry had been
made. He had heard an attempt was
made to blow up The Times office,
but no injury was done.
The explosion was heard distance
of two or three miles. Yesterday
evening canister containing explo-
sive material was found behind The
Times offi,e, with it is rumored, o
lighted fuse attached and the police
are making Investigations. Officials
think the explosion was caused by gun
powder or dynamite. Officers Of the
gas company deolars they can find no
evidence that it was caused by gas
The force of the explosion shot q large
portion of masonry across the street.
Harcourt has had Q conference with
the chief of police, at which several
witnesses were ex Amined. The con-
clusion reached was that the explo-
sion occurred inside the room and not
lsl ..ie 90 tt'.ie...,l AIR si,s ~
lE1.oa he force of police at the
houses of parliament Was doubled.
The government offices and residences
OF ministers are strongly guarded.
Tbs Times attaches little importance
to the explosion which occurred at
It's office. The canister contained
only small quantity of powder.
The Daily News 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 coun-
sells of O'Donovsn Rosa. 1t is impossi-
ble not to connect the author of this
outage with certain phases of the
Irish crime and the assassin press of
America.
The Times says: The Fenian an.
swer to Giadstone's speech on the land
act was not long delayed. We are In
the presence of the first attempt Of the
dynamite party to carry out the policy
of bringing the war into the heart OF
London. The explosion at our otfics
occurred at 7:45 Wednesday evening,
but the falling of the canister prevent.
ed any serious damage. There is
reason to believe two attempts of this
kind were made b, the same miscre.
ants.
The explosion was undoubtedly the
work of Fenlaus. The adjacent streets
are filed with myriads of fragments
of glass, and heavy plato glass is lying
in heaps upon the ground. A stone
Weighing 200 pounds wa, prof ected
against King street station, making
hole the size of mans head. Moth.
Ing be touched till the inquiry 10
made. The full extent of the Damage
cannot be estimated till daylight.
Five hundred constables are guarding
the scene.
The building has the appearance of
having been bombarded. A deep
trench ten feet by three was made In
one room, the hoor of which had been
literally ploughed. Two children,
sleeping In house In the corner Of
King street, were thrown from their
bed by the force of the explosion and
their faces badly cut. They were
taken to the police station. Every
pane Of glasu In the vicinity was shat.
tered. A man was arrested at mid.
night on suspicion of being concerned
In the explosion.