The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-01
THE LONDON EXPLOSION.
Excitement Continuing and Searches Being
Made for the Perpetrators.

Excitement Continuing and Searches Being
Made for the Perpetrators.
LONDON, Oct 31.-The excitement over the
explosion on the underground railway line,
last evening, is very great Policemen un-
der special inspectors were on duty all night
at the various railway stations guarding the
line. A heavy force also watched the Houses
of Parliament and other public buildings.
The e1 plosion at Charing Cross occurred a
distance of 200 yards west of the station. No
train was there at the time. The W alls OF the
tunnel were battered, but the rails were not
misplaced. The windows in the station
were blown out, but the roof was not dam
aged. No person was hurt there.
At the Prasd-street station the force of the
explosion was terrible. Although workmen
have been .busily engaged all night
removing the DEBRIS they have
not yet finished their task, nor
has the damage at that place been repaired.
The tunnel there was not destroyed but a
deep hole was excavated in the roadbed.
The brick-work was blown out and the gas
pipes and telegraph lines broken. A refresh
ment saloon was wrecked, and the windows
of the other rooms of the station were
smashed. The explosion occurred immedi-
ately under passing train, forty yards west
of the station. All the persons injured were
in the last two carriages. Twenty EIGHT per-
sons that were wounded were taken to the
St Mary's Hospital. Four of them wrre Sc
riously injured, but they passed a favorable
night and are expected to recover. The
others were able to go to their homes during
the night. Both explosions occurred about
10 o'clock in the evening.
All the detectives of the metropolitan
L. -. E.. -
the outrageS and the railway office is assist
ing them. The police deny that any rocket
cartridges have been found near the scene of
the explosions. No traces have been discov
cred of the nature of the explosives. 1t has
been ascertained that the explosions could
not have been caused by coal gas. No clew
to the persons causing the explosion have
been obtained. Major Majendie, of the
Board of Trade made an examination of the
scene of the explosion at Charina Cross Sta
ton this morning. Trains are running as
usual.
No explosive matter had been found up to
3 o'clock. At the Praed-street station the in
spector from the home office viewed the
scene of the explosion there, and afterwards
examined the damaged train. He expressed
the opinion that cartridge made of the first
order ofexplosives, such as gun-cotton, were
used. wounded guard, while looking out
of the car window, just after the train left
LHe IIdeu-SlreeJ SldtiOil, says He SAW SpdIhS
nearly underneath the carriage, and imme-
dately afterwards heard the explosion.
The explosive used at the Charing Cross sta
ton was small in quantity and is not be-
lieved to be dynamite.
The police warned railway officials, three
months ago, that they had advices from
America of threatened explosions and pre-
cautions were taken to provide against them.
The Irish almost unanimously think that
the outrages were due to the deliberately
planned Vaccinations of the enc
mics of the National party
of Ireland who intend to create an anti-Irish
feeling in England. 1t will be next to impos-
sible, they think, to have a perfectly
impartial jury to try O'Donnell now. 1t is
also remarked that the explosions occurred
about the moment Davitt was opening his
address in st. James Hall.