Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-22
LIFTING LONDON.
Government 0fiices Near The House OF Parliamen
Destroyed BY Fenian Dynamite.
A DARK DEED.

A DARK DEED.
LONDON, March IA terrific gas
explosion occurred in the Local Govern
ment Board Offices in Westminster at
9 O'Clock tonight, destroying much
property. The report was heard in the
House of Commons and caused great
alarm. The conclusion was so great
that it shook the side galleries and re-
porter's gallery. Being the dinner
hour, but few members of the House
were in the hall. The Duke of Edin-
burg was in the Peers gallery, and
seemed much alarmed. while the
Speaker Immediately rang his bell and
asked the cause of the explosion. No
one was injured. The widest rumors
are ailoat. The report resembled the
discharge of an S0-ton gun.
The explosion was heard at distance
of two or three miles. Yesterday even
ing canister containing explosive ma
terial was found behind. the Times
Office. with, it it is rumored
LIGHTED FUSE ATTACHED.
The police are making an investiga-
ton, and the officials think the explo-
sion was caused by gunpowder. The
officers OF the gas company declare
they can find no evidence that it was
caused by gas. The force of the explo-
sion shot large portions of masonry
across the street. 1t was. undoubtedly
the word of Fenians The adjacent
streets are filled with myriads of frag-
ments of window glass and heavy plate
glass, lying around in heaps on the
a.
was projected against the King Street
Police Station. making hole the size
of a mans head. Five hundred con-
stables 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 ploughed. Two
children sleeping in a house at the cor
ner of King street were thrown from
their beds by the force of the explosion
and their faces were badly cut. Every
pane of glass in the vicinity was shat
tered. A man was arrested at mid
night on suspicion of being concerned
in the plot
Harcourt has had conference with
the Chief of Police, at which several
witnesses were examined The con-
clusion reached was that the explosion
occurred
INSIDE THE ROOM
and not outside the building. After it
took place the force of police at the
House of Parliament was Immediately
doubled. The Government offices and
the residences of the ministers are
strongly guarded.
The Times attaches little Importance
to the explosion which occurred at its
Office. The canister contained only
small quantity of powder.
The Daily News says: 1T is, of
course, obvious that the explosion was
the result of II premeditated design.
We are confronted with the fact that
there are in London persons bold enough
to act on the widest counsels of
O'Donovan Rosa.
The Times says: The Fenian an
swer to Gladstone's 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 war
into the heart Of London. The explo-
sion Mt our office occurred at 7:45
O'Clock Wednesday evening. but the
falling of the canister prevented any
serious damage. There is reason to be-
lieve that the two attempts of this kind
were made by the same miscreants.
The explosion being the subject of
considerable talk in the Commons, Har-
court, home secretary, said that he did
not think it right to say anything about
the matter until an official inquiry had
been made.