Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-01
FOREIGN.
Excitement Over the London Explosions
Evidently thc Work OF the
Dynnmitists.
ENGLAND.
I.I1E sXrLosIoNs.


London, October 3l.--Excitemen,
over the explosion on the underground
railway last evening Is very grenf a
large number of policemen under emo
cial inspectors We're on duty all night
NJ the various railway stations guard
! ing the lines. Heavy forces also
watched the houses OF parliament anS
other public buildings. The explosion
ut Charing Cross occurred opi yards
! west of the station. No train wos
there at the time. The walls Of tho
! tunnel were battered, but the rails
were not misplaced. The Windows
OF the station Were blown out. but Tho
roof was not damaged, and no persons
| hurt there. AT Praed street the force
of the explosion was terrible. Althourh
men We're busily engaged All
night moving the debris, thc tost
is not yet finished. The tunnel
there was not destroyed, but n deem
mole was excavated i'm the road he'd
The brick work was blown ont. aud
u gas pipe and telegraph line broken.
The refreshmcnt saloon was wrecked
and the windows of the other rooms of
the station smashed The explosion
occurred Immediately under passing
y IN.
All the persons injured were In the
last two carriages. Twenty-eight per.
sons wounded were taken to 1t.
Mary's hospital; four of them are seri
ously hurt, but expected TO recover.
The others We're able to 90 their homes
during the night All the detectives
of the metropolitan police are search.
ing for the perpetrators of the out
ha rat
iicers are assisting. The police
deny that any rocket cartridges have
been found near the scene of the ex-
plosion. No trace has been discoy-
cred of the nature ofthe explosions. 1t
is ascertained that the explosions could
not have been caused by coal g;,s.
Trains are running us usual this morn
ing.
Three o'clock. explosive matter
yet found ut the Praed street station.
An inspector from the home office
viewed the scene of the explosion
there and afterwards examined the
damage to the train. He expresses
the opinion that cartridges made of
the first order of explosives, such as
gun cotton, were used. The guard
states that while looking out of win
dow just before the train left Praed
street station, he saw some sparks
nearly underneath the carriage and
Immediately afterwards heard the ex-
plosion. The explosive used at
Charing Cross station was small in
quantity, not being dynamite.
The police warned railroad officials
three months ago that they had adj
vices from America of threatened ex-
plosions, and precautions were then
taken TO provide against them.
THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION.
London, October 3l.-There was an
immense attendance to-day to Wit
ness the ceremony of closing the Inter
national fisheries exhibition. Reply
ing To an address and report showing
the complete success of the exhibition,
the Prince Of Wales stated the queen
had followed the successes OF the cxhi-
bition with great interest, and request
ed him to express her hope that it
would be of benefit to the fishing pop
ulation of the kingdom. He said that
after all the expenses had been paid, Il
substantial surplus would remain,
which should he devoted TO improving |
the welfare of the fishermen of the |
country and promoting the interest of
the fisheries in order that calamities to |
a fishers life might be alleviated. The |
prince was gratifjed mt being able to !
continue the work of his father in Civ |
ing opportunities for the peaceful en-
ulation of all nations and thus divert
ing mems minds from international
rivalries. This exhibition led him 10
hope the buildings might remain TO he
for the use of other eXhibi-
tons. He desired TO see here n.y.
gienic exhibition in 1884, one of the
progress of invention in 1855, and he
holding herea colonial eNhi-
bitiob in 1856.
ITARRINGToN's SPEECH.
London, October 3l.-Harrington,
secretary of war, in speech at Buxton
last night, thought that Gladstone, at
the forthcoming installation OF the
new lord mayor of London, won i'd say
the peace of Europe was assured and
the difficulties with France were set
lied, although state of things might
arise in China which would require
all of EngIand's friendship and for
bearance 10 prevent serious complica-
lions.
DEMANDING AN ADVANCE.
Manchester, October 3l.-The mi
ners' conference, representing 2O,OOD
employers demanding an advance of
10 per cent. wages The conference
then adjourned till December.
IRELAND.
STEALING AAiMUNITIoN.
Dublin, October 81. While guam
titv of ammunition was being con
viewed by Il railroad train, under cs-
cort, to Templemore, county ,Iipper-
airy, a box of powder and 900 cart
ridges were stolen at Limerick june
ton, while the soldiers composing the I
escort were ut luncheon. No clue.
DAviTT's AGRARIAN1sM.
London, October Michael Dayitt
lectured in ST. James last evening. to
a large aud orderly audience. He ad'
the naturalization Of land.
the course of salisbury and
Northc0te in stirring up discord IN
Ireland and said the time would
come when they would have to defend
their ill-gotten property, not against
5he land league, but against the en-
Iightened manhood of England, FRI {
"A lac.