The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
ALARM AT LONDON.
. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN
WESTMINSTER.
The Galleries Of the House Of Commons
Shaken By q Supposed Dis
charge Of Dynamite.

LONDON, March ia terrific ex-
plosion occurred in the Local Gov
eminent Board Office, in West
minister, at 8 o'clock tonight, de-
stroyingmuch property. The report
was heard in the House of Commons
and caused alarm. The conclusion
was great that it shook the side gal
leries and the reporters gallery. 1t
being the dinner 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
of the alarm. No one was injured.
The widest rumors are afoat. The
report resembled the discharge of an
eighty-ton gun.
Later-It is now believed that the
explosion was caused by dynamite,
and that a deliberate attempt was
made to blow up the Government
offices.
The explosion was heard at a dis
lance of two or three miles.
Yesterday evening a canister con-
tanning explosive material was found
behind the Times office, with, it is
rumored, a lighted fuse attached.
The police are making an investiga-
ton.
The officials think the explosion
was caused by gunpowder or dyna-
mite. The officers of the gas Co.
declare that they can find no evil
dences that it was caused by gas.
The force o fthe explosion shot large
portions of the masonry across the
street.
LONDON, March 16.-The explo-
sion was undoubtedly the work of
Fenians. The adjacent streets are
filled with myriads of fragments of
glass, and heavy plate-glass is lying
in heaps OF the ground. A stone
weighing 200 pounds was projected
against the King Street Police sta
ton, making o hole the size of a
mans head. Nothing will be allow
ed to be touched until an inquiry is
made to-day.
The full extent of the damage can
not be estimated until daylight.
Five hundred constables are guard
ing the scene. The building has the
appearance of having been lombard
ed. There is a deep trench ten feet
by three in dimensions in one room,
the floor of which has been literally
plowed.
Two children who were sleeping
in a house at the corner of King
street 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.
4 REWARD FOR THE DISCOVERY OF
THE PERPETRATORS
LONDON, March 16.-All day there
has been an enormous crowd gath
cred at the scene of last nights ex-
in the Local Government
Board Offices in Westminster. 4
Government Inspector has made an
examination of the portion of the
building damaged by the explosion
and places the loss at $4,000. The
vessel which contained the explosive
material was placed on the outside
of the Local Government Board Of
fees. The Government has offered
a reward of $1,000 for the discovery
of the authors of the explosion.
No arrests have yet been made.
The police noticed nothing suspi-
cious about the building before the
occurred.
In many maps of London the Lo-
cal Government Office is marked as
the Home Office. 1t is thought that
the attempt to blow up the former
was made with the idea that it was
the latter, Sir William Harcourt,
Home Secretary, being very obnox-
ious to the Fenians.
The reward also applies to the al
on the Times office. Any one
not the actual culprit giving infor-
nation as to the origin of the explo-
will be pardoned.