McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-11-08
A Mysterious Explosion.

alarm strong Gordon Of police was sum
moned 70 preserve order, to keep the wa.
clear and convey the wounded people to til,
hospitals. Passengers on the train at. thu
scene of the explosion say that there wa.
suddenly loud report like cannon, ther
sudden darkness, the gas lights from the
front to the rear being put out. Glass was
broken, and splinters Of wood flew about
the cars, cutting and woundinp many pas.
sengers. Above the din were heard the
shrieks OF the injured and panic stricken
people. All this occurred ii, moment, and
for awhile confusion reigned supreme. The
train, which was crowded, contained prin-
cipally country visitors returning from the
fisheries exhibition. After leaving the sta
ton the train travelled steadily ahead, al
though the conclusion smashed nearly all
the lamps In the Prsed street station and
caused much damage to the permanent way.
When the train reached the next station, at
Edgegrave road, the first effort was made to
rescue the wounded. Some were dreadful
ly burned, but more were PROSTATE with
fright. All doctors, surgeons and dispen-
saries in the neighborhood were called into
requisition. The first impression was that
explosion Of the gas caused the
disaster, but later inquiries tend
to show malice. The two rear car
riages were damaged most. They are mere
skeletons. Another theory is that the ex-
plosion was caused by foul gas accommodating
in the tunnel. The general opinion of rail-
way officials is that the disaster was caused
by some explosive material which had been
placed in the rearmost carriage. About
forty persons were injured, some danger
Ously. Almost simultaneously with this
affair another explosion occurred in the I'M
derground railway between Charing Cross
and Westminster station. AT Charing Cross
the glass of the station, collapsed. The;
effects were similar to those at the Praed
street explosion.
A cablegram Wednesday says: The
excitement over the explosions in the I'M
derground railway line is very great. A
large number Of police, under special in
spectors, were on duty all night at the
various railway stations and guarding the
line. A heavy force also watched the houses
of parliament and other public buildings.
The explosion at Charing Cross occurred
distance of two hundred yards west of the
station. There was no train there at the
time. The walls of the tunnel were bat
tered but the rails were not misplaced.
The windows in the station were
blown out. The roof was not dam
aged. The police deny that any rocket or
cartridge has been found near the scene of
of the nature of the explosives. 1t has been
ascertained that the explosions could not
have been caused by coal gas. No clue to
the persons causing the explosions were OBJ
tanned. All the detectives of the Metropoli-
tan police are searching for the perpetrators
of the outrages. Up to O'Clock no eX-
plosive matter was found at the Praed
street station. The inspector from the
home Office viewed the scene of the explos-
ion there and afterwards examined the dam
aged train. He expresses his opinion that
the cartridges, made of the first order of
explosives, such as gun-cotton, were used.
The guard states that while looking out of
Praed street station, he saw some sparks
nearly underneath the carriage, and imme-
diately afterwards heard the explosion. The
explosive used at Charing Cross station was
a small quantity of some material other than
dynamite.
At the Praed street station the force of
the explosion was terrible. Although work |
men have been busily engaged all night re-
moving 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 road-bed. The brick work was blown |
out and the gas-pipes and telegraph lines |
broken, the refreshment saloon wrecked,
and the windows of other rooms of the STA
ton cracked. The explosion occurred i'm
under q passing train, 40 yards
west of the station. All the persons injured
we're in the last two cars. Twenty eight
persons wounded were taken to St. Mary's
but they passed through favorable night
md are expected to recover. Others were
,ble to go to their homes during the night.
The explosions caused intense excitement
n Irish circles in London. The Irish al
most unanimously think the outrages were
lue to deliberately planned Vaccinations of
enemies of the national party of Ireland.
Who intend to create an anti-Irish feeling in
England. It will be next to impossible,
hey think. to have perfectly impartial
ury to try O'Donnell now. 1t is also re-
marked that the explosions occurred about
he moment when Dayitt was opening his
address in St. James hall. 1t Is stated the
police are unaware of the presence in Lon
lon of any of O'Donovan Rossa's dyna-
niters. However, all Irish rendezvous are
losed and wafched go "a. 'l 1