The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-17
THE LONDON ExpLosION.
Additional Parttcuiars-The opinion
that tt was the Work Of Fentans--
Opinions OF the Press.


wore shot across the street. and the widest
minors were at once set aiioat, while for
timc there was great excitement in the
horses az Parliament and the Government
buildings. II was believed AZ first that a
,,as explosion had occurred, but the
officers Of the gas company say that they
con discover no evidence to show that this
was the ease.
The officials now think that the eXplo-
Ion waS caused either by gunpowdcr or
dynamite. and that deliberate attempt was
made 10 blow up the Government offices.
Last evening a canister containing eNplo-
.ivc material, 50 which n lighted fuse WAS
.,tqchcd, was found behind the Times Of
ice. and IL is believed that the destruction
Il that Office was also intendcd. The Lon
ION policc are engaged in mixing an In
ve>tication. but thus far no clue To the per-
n,frator of the outrage has been obtained.
Durjng the sitting of the House Of Com
mons the explosion was taken into cOnSid-
cr,tion. Sir William llarcourt, Home
secretary. said that he did not think il
would be right 10 say anything about the
matter until IN official inquiry had been
made. lie understood. he said, that an at
tempt had been made to blow up the Times
o0ire. but no injury had hcen done TO that
building.
TIE WORK or FENIANS.
Another account says: The explosion was
,,ndoubtedlv the work Of Fenians. The
.,discent streets are flied with myriads Of
frirment. OF glass. and heavy plate-glass is
wing i'm heaps on the ground. y stone
,yeicling POO pounds was projected against
the King-Sircet police station. making
hole the ,ize Of mans head. Nothing viii
De- allowed 10 be touched until an inquiry
I. made to-day. The full extent OF
the damage cannot Toe estimated until
DAYLIGHT. Five hundred conStables are
harding the scene. The building has the
appcarance' u having been bombardod.
There i q deep trench i0X3 feet in dimen-
sions in one room. the floor of which has
been literally ploughed. Two children
who were sleeping in a house at the corner
Of King street were thrown from their
bed, bv 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 neighborhood
was shattered
man was arrested at midnight on suS-
picion Of having been concerned i'm the eX-
plosion.
The Times SAYS: &" An explosion at our
office occurred at 7:i5 O'Clock on Wednes-
Aoy evening. but the falling Of the canister
prevented any scrious damage. There IS
reason to believe that two attempts OF this
Kind were made by The same miscreants."
Sir William HarcOurt has had n confer
cncc with the chief OF police. at which
several witnesses were examined. The con-
clugon reached was that the explosion o.
CURED inside OF a room and not on 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 are strongly guarded.
The Times attaches little Importance 10
the explosion which occurred at it, office.
The canister contained only small guam
. tity Of powder.
RESULT OF 4 PREMEDITATED DESIGN.
The DaIv Times SAYS: lit is OF course
obvious that the explosion was the result
Of a prcmeditated design. We are con
fronied with the fact that there are in Lon
don persons bold enough to act on the
widest cOunselS OF O'DonoYau Rosa. 1t
j. impossible not to connect the authors OF
this outrage with certain phases OF Irish
crime and the assassin press in America"
The Times says: 1.-THE Fenian answer
10 Mr.. GladstOne's speech on the land act
has not been long delayed. We are in the
presence OF the first attempt OF the dyna-
mite party to carry out policy OF bring
Ing the war into the heart OF London"
by Associated Pr'ss.l
LONDON. March 1G.-There il an enor-
mou, crowd gathered mt the scene OF the
explosion last night IN the Local Govern
ment Board Offices i'm Westminster. y
Government inspector has made IN cXami-
nation Of the portion of the building dam
aged 10y the explosion, and places the los,
ri 1900. The vessel which contained the
explosive material was placed in the cellar
Of the Local Government Board Offices.
4 later and closer inspection shows
that the explosion occurred from the out
eide Of the building.
NOTICE TO IRISH EXTREMISTS.
The Times SAYS if the Irish extremists
are really going to reply with dynamite to
any measure they disapprOye of it il cer-
tain that the day of remedial legislation is
over.
No arrests have vet been made in con-
y ncction with the explosion. The police
Fn0ticed nothing suspicious about the build
Il Ing before the explosion occurred.
REWARD or $1,000.
The Government has offered reward OF
81 900 for the discovery OF the authors OF
The explosion.
SUPPOSED MISTAKE.
The Pqi- MaH Gazette says in many
map, of the London local government The
Board office il marked as the home office
II i thought that the attempt 10 blow III
the former building was made with th'
idea that il was the latter, Sir William Hair
cour. the Home Secretary, beng very Oh
nOxious 10 the Fenisns.
WHAT O'DONOvAS ROSA sAYs.
New YORK. March 1G.-Whcn O'Dono
van Rosa was asked to-day whether Thu
explosion In London was caused by dyna
mite or was an accidental explosion OF gas
he answered. 1--WE could not follow on
our system unless we used dynamite, ant
that il what caused the explosion. Iher
Was no accident about it,"
"Do YOU think il was intended TO dc
stroy the buildings, or also to Kill thos
within!>
at was Intended TO do all tue dalnaG
possible, and il was done 10 show Englan'
that she had better give Ireland her Owl
Parliament England il az war with Ire
land, and Ireland should he at war WIT
1 England
Rosa showed a telegram from frien
8in this city warning him not 10 speak OF
- this subject. an1 the following dispatch
from Boston:
Congratulate you on the news from Lon
don this morning. i can collect none
now in Boston. .
tSignedl "JoHS DRIscoLL.
Rosa said that BE had received to-da
offers Of money, and that il needed.
answer 10 "a o,.,utf.u. ~ IN whit Would upS