Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-03-17
THE LONDON EXPLOSION.

COtnpuBn0Q tb0 Work.
London, March ia terrific gas ex.
plosion occurred in thelocaigovernmept
board Offices ut Westminster ut 8 o's:ioe,
tonight. destroying much property.
.Ehe report shook the house OF commons
asl caused alarm. The concnssion was
90 great that it shook the side, II the
gallsns aud the. reporters gallery. Be.
ing the alnen honr few members Of the
house Rsfe in the hall. The duke Of
Edisbnfg 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 fumors
were afoat. The report rescmbled the
discharge of an eighty-ton gun.
LATER-lt is now believed the explo-
sion was caused BY dynamite and was
deliberate attempt to blow up the gov.
ernment Offices.
The explosion is being made the sub.
ject of consideration in the commons.
Harcourt, home secretary. said he did
not think it right to say anything about
the matter until an official inquiryshsd
been made. He had heard that an at
tempt was made to blow up the Times
Office. but no injury was done. The ex.
plosion was heard two OF three miles.
Yesterday evening canister contain.
ing explosive material was found behind
the Times Office, With, it is rumored, q
lighted fuse attached. The police are
making an investigation. Officials think
the explosion was caused by gunpowder
or dynamite. Officers of the gas com.
pany declare that they can find no evi.
dence that it was caused by gas. The
force of the explosion shot large por-
tions of macon work across the street.
The explosion was undoubtedly the
work of fenians. The adjacent streets
were filled with myriads of fragments OF
glass. and heavy plate glass 10 lying in
heaps on the ground A stone weighing
200 pounds was projected against the
King street police station. making hole
the size OF mans head. Nothing will
be touched until an inquiry has been
made to-day. The full extent OF the
damage cannot be estimated ti1l daylight.
Five hundred cOnstables are guarding
the scene. The building has the appear
ance Of having been bombarded. There
IL deep trench ten by three feet In one
room, the floor OF which has been liter
ally ploughed. Two children slsepins
in the house on the corner Of King street
were thrown from their beds By the
force OF the explosion. and their faoea
badly cut. They were taken to the po-
vicinity was shattered. 4 = man an, WAS g Il: h
rested at midnight on suspicion of beipn
concerned in the explosion.
Halcourt had Q conference with the
chief of police, at which several wit.
nesses were examined. The conclusion
reached was was that the explosion oc.
0rp enos1A k1,A ,1k .k..S n
the building. After the explosion the
force Of police at the houses of parlia.
ment were doubled and the governmen,
were strongly guarded.
The Time attaches little importanc,
TO the explosion which occurred. at it.
Office. The canister contained only ,
email quantity OF powder. IL.
The Daily News says: It is, of course
obvious that the explosion was the resul
Of premeditated design. We are con
fronted with the fact ths
there are in London person
bold enough to act on the wild
est counsels Of O'Donovan Rosa. It j
| impossible not to. connect the authors o.
this outrage with certain phases of hisl
crimes and assassins in the press q
America.
The Times says: The Fenian answe
to Gladstone's speech on the land az
was not long delayed. We are in ith
presence Of the first attempt of th
dynaminite party to carry out the polio
Of carrying the war into the heart {
London. The explosion at our ofiie
occurred at 7:45 Wednesday evenin,
but the filling of the canister prevente
any serious damage. There is reason I
believe there were two attempts Of th
Kind by the same mlsereants.