Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-16
FOREIGN NEWS.
rerribIe ExnIosion in r,andon.


Terrible Explosion in London.
LONDON, March 15sh.-A terrible gas ex-
piosion occurred in the local Government
Bosrd offices at Westminster at 9 o'clock to-
night, destroying much property The re-
port was heard in the House of Commons,
aud caused alarm. The conclusion was so
great that it shook the side galleries and the
reporters gallery. II Being the dinner hour,
few members of the House were in the hall
The Duke Of Edinburgh was in the peers
gallery, and seemed alarmed. The Speaker
rang bell, and asked the cause of the alarm
No one was injured. The widest rumors are
ahoat. The report resembled the discharge of
an S0-son gun.
LaTER.-It is now believed that the explo-
sion was caused by dynamite and was de-.
iberats attempt to blow up the Government
offices.
SECOND DIsPATcH.l
LONDON, March 16h-A. M.-The explo.
sion was undoubtedly the work Of the Feui-
ans. The adjacent streets are filed with
myrisds Of fragments of glass, and heavy
plate glass is lying in heaps or the ground.
A stone weighing two hundred pounds was
projected against the King-strees police sta
ton, making q hole the sizs Of mans head
Nothing will be touched till an inquiry be
Garnet be estimated till daylight. Five HIM
dred coustables are guarding the scene. The
building has the appearance of having been
bombarded. There is deep trench, ten feet
by three, in one room, the floor Of which has
been literally piowed. Two children sleeping
in house at She corner of King street were
thrown from their beds By the force of the
explosion, and their facss wera badly cur
They were taken to the police station. Every
psne Of glass in the vicinity was shattered.
A nan was arrested at midnight OF suspicion
OF being concerned in the explosion.
THIRD DISPATCH.l
LONDON, March 16sh-A. M.-The explo.
sion has bsen the subject Of consideration in
thu House of Commons. Barcourt, Home
Secretary, said ms did not think it right TO
cay anything about the matter until IN Off
cisl inquiry had been made. He had heard
that an attempt had bsea made to blow up
the Times office, but no injury wRg done.
tanca of two or three miles. Yeg-
terday evening q canister containing
explosive material was found behind the
Times cffice, with, it is rumored, lighted
fuse attached. The police are making iuves-
LEGATIONS. The officials think the explosion
was caused by gunpowdec or dynamite. The
officers of the gas CONF aDy declare that they
can fad no evidences tha5 il was caused by
gas. The force of the explosion shot large
portion Of masonry across the street.
HarcouEt has had q conference VITA tbs
Chief of Polics, at which ssvegal Witnesses
were examined. The conclusion reached was
that the explosion occurred inside the room,
and not outside the building. After the ex-
piosion the forca OF police ss the houses OF
Parliament was doubled. The Government
offices and the residences of the Ministers are
strongly guarded.
The Times attaches little Importance to ths
explosion which occurred at it's office. The
canister contained only small quantity of
powder.
The Daily Neags says: It is of course OBJ
vious that the explosion YVES the result Of
premeditsted design. We are confronted
sons bold enough to act on the widest coun-
sci of O'Donovan Rosa.
The Times says The Fenisu answer to
Gladstone'5 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 office
occurred at 7:45 Wednesday evening, but the
falling Of the canister prevented any serious
damage. There is reason to believe that there
has been two attempts of this kind by the
same miscreante.
The Government ofiess-the part occupied
by Sir Charles Dixie and Local Government
Board-are in an immense building bounded
By Parliament street, Downing street, Charles
street and ST. James Park. Charles street
is dark and unfrequented at night, which
partly explains the extraordinary fact that
no lives vera lost. The dynamite was placed
on window sill inside the bslustrade, where
the fuse, when burning, would be concealed
from the view OF anyone passing, The Sorcs of
the explosion was terrific. The grest stone
balustrade was obiiterated, the massive ma
sorry torn into fragments, AID the pavement
shattered and ground to powder. a wooden
structure oppc site was blown into splinters,
and mass of stone was driven through the
wall of the house. beyond it. Inside the
walls there remained nothing but splintered
wood broken plaster, ard walls burst asun-
der-an indeacribable sceae Of destruction.
The street. was completely covered with the
fragments Of plate glass. blown bodily out and
shattered to atoms. The doors of the King
street police station were burstin by the force
of the air, and the occupants were prostrsted.
Broken timbers and masses Of stone were
sent flying into King street. People crossing
at Parliament street were knocked down. A
hanson and horse were flung across the side
walk against che front of the Whitehall,
Club, in which the great plate glass windows
were driven in a shower into the rooms,
ton prevailed. People poured out
of their houses. the broken glass
cracking under their feet. In the
House of Commons the alarm was general,
and many members left immediately. The
lobby was emptied, and the people rushed
out of Westminster Hall. Some 200 police
and detachment of the fire brigade took
possession of Charles street, and drew
Gordon around the building, which no one
but members of Parliament and public
officials were allowed to pass. AS the
alarm spread. excited bands focked from all
parts toward Westminster, and the most
intense excitement prevailed, the report rapid
ly gaining currency that the House Of Com
mons had been blown up. No one pretends to
explain the motive or purpose of the act.
1t was ascribed to the Irish Invincibles, az
matter Of course, and is described as a part
of Fenian plot, threat and warning to the
Government. One thing only is certain-it
was deed of fIightful recklessness aud
atrociiy, and only an inexpiicabie good for
tune prevented it from being attended with
the most serious fatality.
The 6xGord-Cambridgc Boat Race.
LONDON, March 18th The annual boat
race between the crews from the Cambridge
and oxford universities takes place on the
Thames river this afternoon. The course
will be from Putney TO Mortlake, a distancs
of four miles and tive furlongs
SECOND DIsPkTcHJ
LONDON, March 15th.-The boats starte6
at 5:41-Cambridge had the Middisssx side OF
the river, Oxford the Surrey side. Oxford led
by length ct the Dukes Head, short dis.
lance from the starting point, keeping the
LEAD TO the end. winning by three lengths.
The result caused greater excitement than
any previous race, in consequences of the
heavy betting on the Cambridge crew. who at
the start were favoritss at to 2. The defeat
of a crew upon whom such odds were laid is
House Of Commons.
LONDON, March 18Th. = Lord Edmund
Fitzmaurice. Under Foreign Secretary, stated
at the House of Commons this afternoon. in
answer to Coleridge Kennard's question, that
the Government had done nothing toward
recovering the surplus of the Alabama
award.
Affairs in Ireland.
DUBLIN, March 15th.-The Catholic clergy
of the diocese Of Swineford, county MAYO.
have passed resolution in which they charge
the Government with nsglecting the dis.
tressed people, and condemn the remedies Of.
fered-namely, the workhouse or emigration.
LONDON, March 15tb.-The Press Assoeia-
ton saws it is stated ON good authority that