River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-22
ATHRILLING LONDON SENSATION.


The Local Government Offices Blown
up and the Parliament Buildings
Observation-Disclosures Presented of
asComplete Ruin as Two Hours
Bombardment Would Effect.
London dispatch of the 18th says: A
terrific explosion in the local government
board officers, Westminster, occurred ct 9
tonight, destroying much property. The
report was heard in the house of commons
and caused alarm. The conclusion was so
great that it shook the side Of the galleries
and reporters gallery. 1t being the dinner
hour, but few members of the house were
in The hall. The duke of Edinburgh 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 rumors we. afoat. The report
resembled the discharge of an eighty-ton
gun. 1t is believed the explosion was
caused by dynamite, aud was deliberate
attempt 10 blow up the government offices.
The explosion being subject CT considera-
ton in the house of commons Harcourt,
home secretary, said he did not think it
right to say anything about the matter until
an official inquiry b q been made.
He had heard that an attempt was
made to blow up the Times office,
but no injury was done. The explosion was
heard at a distance OF two or three niies.
Yesterday evening a canister containing
explosive material was found behind the
Times ofl;e with, 1t Is rumored, ilghted
iuse attached. Inc police are making an
investigation. me ofiiciais ihink the ex-
piosion was cansod by gunpowder OF ayla y.
lhlse' ~ s, oiaesis .. sne sas ~, =
clare tnas lhey can hnu no evidence ,hat ~
was caused py gas. Inc sofce OF tne tx
ploslon shoe large portions OF masonry
across me street. Inc explosion was uh.
doubtedly the Work OF remains adjacent
streets are filled with myriads OF fragments
al glass, ana heaVy piale glass iylh9
in heaps on the ground. A stone
Weighing 2OO pounds was projected against
the King street police station, making
hole the size oil mans mead. Noshihg
morrow. The full extent OF the damage
cannot be eliminated until Daylight rive
hundred constables are guarding the scene.
Inc Duilding mas the appearance OF having
been bombarded. There is deep trench
ten feet BY three In one room, the moor OF
which has been literally ploWeu. Two
chlldren seeplng IN mouse corner OF hibg
street, were thrown rom lhelr pes
ry the force OIL Inc explosion, ana lnelr
70 apoiice station. Every pane OF glass IN
the vicinity was shattered. A man was ar
rested at midnight on suspicion OF being con-
cerned IN the explosion. Harcourt nas nau
asconIerrehce Win the chlei oi ponce, a.
which several witnesses were examined.
The conclusion reached was that the ex-
ploson occurred inside the room and not
outside the building. After the explosion
the force of police at the house OF parlia-
do Lad ba mt OH
and residences OF ministers was strongly
guarded. The Times attached little impor-
lance to the explosion which occurred at
this office. The canister contained only
small quantity of powder. The Daily news
says:
1t is, OF course, obvious that the explosions
was the result CT premedltated design. we
are confronted with the fact that there are IN
London persons bold enough to act on the
is impossible not to connect the perpetra-
ton of this outrage with certain phase OF
Irish crime and the assassin press OF Amer
lea.
The Times says:
The Fenian answer to Gladstone's speech
on the land act was not long delayed. We
are in the presence OF the first attempt Ofthe
dynamite party to carry out the policy of
bringing the war into the heart of London.
The EXPLOSION at our office occurred at TAO
Wednesday evening but the falling of the
canister prevented any serious damage.
There is reason to believe that two attempts
of this kind were made by the same mis-
creants.
LONDON, March 16-There is an
enormous crowd gathered at the scene of
the explosion last night in the local govern
ment board officers in Westminster. The
government inspector has made an examin-
alton of the portion ofthe building damaged
by The explosion, and places the loss at
f4 600. Inspection shows that the explo-
sion occur ed from the outside of the build
ing. No arrests have yet been made in con-