The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-17
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A ocaat Dcoso and 1gobody Hurt
As1annut 10 now up 0oveenmso'
OOoeo IN London.
IoupoM, March IA terrible g,
soxSrnnent board Offices In West.
Si"sfer ne . tonight destroying
much property. Ire !spos .. ~;
heard in the House Of Comm0ns !oo
esuoed great alarm. The concuss ssesa
~ 70 graf that 1t shook Inc s.oe
Galleries and tho repoete1s esIeIy:
Eeinn dinner hour but tew me@Oets
vere In tho house or hall The Duke
al Edinburg was In tho peen gallery
ana seemed alarmed. The speaker
rsne ~ bell and asked the cause OF
Ina siarm. No one was injured. The
Viliesf ruu,ors were allOat. The re-
mort resem6led the discharge OF IN
@Tss Il il now believed that
the explosion wae caused bv dynar
mia ia was . deliberate attempt to
blow up tho government Offices.
NrW Y0RS, Mar b l5-Tbe Sas1
h.s this: lIondO0. Every part Of
Westminster Abbey, tho houses Of
Parliament, the greet structoreS ,, OF
public Offices. the clubs ana evening
houses were violently shaken tonight
b. 4 tremendous explosion atv O'Clock
precisely. A great dstOnation was
beard, which Wa followed
by the crash Ut glass
falling from Thousands VI
Windows. A deliberate attempt had
been made TO blow Up part OF the
Government Offices. The part Occu-
pied by Sir Charles Dixie 10 IN i'm
inense building. bounded by l'arlia-
memt street, Downing street. Charles
street, and 1t. James Park. The
apartments In question front On
Charles street and are almost level
with tho pavement. The walls are
thres great thickncsses Of solid ma-
eOury. and the windows protected by
. massive stone aud balustraale. Op-
posite, - yards away. ts the King
street police station, and % feet away
y sentry guards the Px' lament street
front. Charles street IL dark and ull-
frequemtesl ut night, hich partly ex-
plains the extraordinary fact that
no lives were Lost. The dynamite
was place,l Ou \ window sill inside
Lhe laslust rssale, where y fuse when
burning would 10 concealed from
lhe view Of any ono passing.
The tOrce of the explosion
was terrific. The great stone |
was 0bliterated. the mas
rive masO Try being torn to fragments
md the pavement shattered and
ErOund t powder. A wooden struc- |
lure opposite waS blown into spljn- !
tery and u mass Ut stone WAS driven
through the wall Of 4 house beyond
L. Inside Of the walls there remained
but splintered wood and bro.
ZEN plaster, the walls were burst aSun-
ler, and IN indeocribable scene Of de-
presented itself. The street
VAS completely covered with the
fragments Ut l.rUken plate-glass,
,loWn bodily out and shattered to
toms. The doors Of the King street
,0lice station Were burst In by the
'Orce Of dir and the occupants were
'rostrated. rOken ttml,ers and
Masses Of stone were sent n.y.
~ intO King street. Thh pe0-
IL crossing Parliament street
vere knocked down. A hanson and
lOrse were flung across the sidewalk
gainst the front OF the Whitehall
Tub house, In which the plate-glass
vindows were driven in y shower
ntO the rooms.
Everywhere the greatest cOllsterna-
lon prevailed, aud people poured out
{ their houses, the broken glass
Eacklng under their feet.
In the House Of Commons the
larm was general. Many Left imme-
lately, the lobby was c:nptied and
he people rushed out Ut Westmius-
9r hall. Some 30 police aud o de-
aclment Of tho Dire brigade t0Ok lOs-
essi0n Of Charles street and drew q
Ord0n around the building which no ,
No but lneinbcrs Of parliament and
Ojice officials were allowed to pass.
. the alarm spread excited hands ,
ocked frvm all parts toward West
ltnster and the most intense excite
lent prevailed. The report rapidly
aimed currency that the House Of
OmMOn3 had been blown up. No
No tonight preteiils tn explain the
0ttve or the ps,rp0se Of the net. It
ascribed to the Irish Iuvincibles ~ !!
matter Of cOurse, and IL described rs :
ut Ut . + entan plot Of threat and
arning to tho government. One
ling only 10 certain; it was q deed Il
frightful recklessIiess and atrocity. {!
I'd only M indispensable good for
me prevented It from being attend /,
with the most serious fatality.