Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-03-17
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GUY F A w X IN G THE
BRITISH LION.
LIFTING t III E GOVERN
MENT BUILDINGS OF
LONDON WITH
DYNAMITE.
MORSE TO BE ALLOWED
TO GO AHEAD WITH
HIS PLAY.
T II T. GERMANS p L r.
CHASING LAND IN
AMERICA.
Blowing Up the Britisler~.a

Blowing Up the Britisher~.
LONDON, March IA terrible gus
explosion occurred in the local Govern.
ment Board Offices, Westminster, at 9
clock tonight, destroying much prop.
erty. The report was heard in the
House OF Commons and caused much
alarm. The conclusion Was so great
that it shook the side galleries and re
porters' gallery. Bang dinner hour but
few members OF the House were in the
Hall. The Duke OF Edinburgh was in
the Peers gallery and seemed greatly
alarmed. the Speaker rang the bell
and asked the cause of the alarm. No
one was injured. The widest rumors
are afioat. The report resemblei the
discharge OF an SO ton gun.
Later-I5 Is now believed that the
explosion was caused By dynamite and
was deliberate attempt to blow up
the government Offices.
LONDON. March l6.-The explosion
was uuiou otedly the work Of Fenians
Al adjacent field was fled with myr.
lads of fragments of glass. \ stone
weighing 200 pounds was projected
against the King street police station,
making hole the size OF a man head.
Nothing Will be touched until an in
quiry is made to-day. The fall extent
of the damage cannot De estimated till
daylight. Five hundred oonstahles are
guarding the scene. The building has
the appearance of having been bonn
barded There is trench 10 by 3 in
! one room Hoor, which has been literally
plowei Two children sleeping in
| mouse at the corner OF r ing street We're
| thrown from their beds by the force of
the explosion and their aces badly cut.
| They were taken to the police station.
| Every pane of g lass in the vicinity was
| shattered 4 man was arrested at mid
night on suspicion OF beng concerned
in the explosion.
! \ esterday evening canister contain
| ing explosive material was found be-
| bind the Times office, with, it is ru-
mored, q lighter and fuse attached.
The police are making investigations.
! Officials think the explosion was caused
| by gUnpowder or dynamite. The Off
| GERS Of the gas company declare that
| they can fad no evidence as 10 what
| caused it. The explosion shot large
portion OF the masonry across the
street.
The explosion being the subject of
consideration in the House 0; Com
| mons. Harcourt, Home Secretary, said
| thing about the matter uutil official IN
Guiry had been made. He had heard
| that an attempt had been made to blow
| up the Times office, but no injury was
DONE The explosion was heard at a
distance Of two miles.
| The Times attaches little Importance
| to the explosion which occurred at its
/ Office. The canister only contained
small quantity OF powder.
Harcnurt has had a conference with
| the Chief OF Police al which several
| witnesses were examined. The conclu-
| sion reached was that the explosion &C.
| cured inside of room and not outside
| of the building. After the explosion
the force of police at the Houses Of
Parliament was doubled and the resi-
dences of the Ministers strongly guard
ed.
The Daily Ne,c3 says 1t is of course
obvious that the explosion was the re-
suit of premedidated design, and we
are confronted with the fact that there
are in London pers ons bold enough to
act on the widest counsel OF O'Donnell
tO'Donovan) Rosa.
LONDON, March l6, III A. NJ There
| was an immense crowd gathered at the
scene of the explosion last night in
the Local Government Board Offices in
Westminster. The Government In
spec.or has made an examination OF the
portion of the building damaged by the
explosion, aud places the loss at f40,-
! 900.
The vessel which contained the ex.
| plosive material was placed in the cell
lar OF the Local Board Government Oh
fees.
Later and closer inspection shows
! that the explosion occurred from the
outside of the building.
! LONDON, March 6-The Pal Mall
CARTE says: In many maps of Lon
don the Local Government Board Office
| is marked as the Home Office. IL is
thought the attempt to blow up
| the former building was made
with the idea that it was the latter.
Sir William Harcourt, Home Secretary,
being very obnoxious to the Fenians.
New York, March l6.-The San has
this dispatch from London: Every
part OF Westminster Abbey, the
Houses OF Parliament, the great struc
lures Of public offices, the clubs and
dwelling houses, We're violently shaken
tonight by tremendous explosion.
At 9 o'clock precisely great detona.
| ,ion was heard, followed by the crash
Of glass failing from thousands Of win
dows. A deliberate attempt had been
made to blow up parts of the govern.
ment otfces-;he part occupied by Sir
Charles Dixie and the local govern