The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-07

Two Explosions on q Railway IN
DER London.

Specisa by Cabel to Times .Dem0cratl
LoNpoS. October Si.-London had a
startling sensation last night. Two eX.
pIosions took place almost simultaneous
" and two tunnels Of the underground
railway fell. In one many people were
injured. In the other great damage Was
caused. The widest rumors are ailoat
The English papers do not hesitate 20
attribute the explosions to the Fenians
The Daily Telegraph says this morn
ing: aFresh agents Of destruction are
apparently at work in the metropolis.
Nothing could be more inhuman or de-
testable. Two such incidents, occurring
almost at the same moment, several
miles asunder, point distinctly to a plot
having for its,object wholesale assassin
ation.n
A few minutes after S o'clock mum
Der of messengers were waiting at Char
ing Cross Station. Among them was
The Times-Dem0crat correspondent.
The platform was crowded with persons
going to the Fisheries exhibition, which
closes to-day. There was much good
natured iostling and confusion. sud-
denly 4 violent shock was felt. The
Great Western train had Just left the
Westminster platform. The conductor,
who was on the point of entering ne
van, was almost thrown to the ground
He describes the report as OF discharge
of artillery.
At Westminster the windows Of the
signal box were completely shlyered'
At Charing Cross a low booming noise
was heard and the glass in the root sud-
denly fell.
ON entering the tunnel il was founu
that the rails had been untouched, but
the ballast had been disarranged and
/ the signal telegraph wires had been torn
| down. Part of the masonry in the tun-
mel was thrown in ruins on the permon-
ent way. Volumes Of black smoke
poured out Of the tunnel.
A few minutes after the Westminster
/ explosion the crowds waiting on the
Iplatform at the Praed Street Station,
adjoining the Paddington terminus OF
| the Great Western Railway, were thrown
into panic by a tremendous report,
apparently a few yards distant. Inc
windows of the refreshment room were
shivered to atoms. The young wonlein
behind the bar shrieked and tainteu'
There was general stampede 70 lue
| street above, where IN ap instant tllouA
and people had collected,
A train had arrived at fraed stree'
from the Mansion House a few minute,
before s O'Clock. Many passengers ane
people from the country had been spend
ing the day at Fisheries exhibition. 1h'
train had scarcely entered the tunne
way of the Edgeware road when the eX
plosion came There was loud nois'
like the firing of cannon, then suddei
darkness. All the gas was extinguishe'
and there was breaking OF glass ans
splinters flying in all directions. Thei
:. came the shrieks of the wounded an'
screams of pain. The stricken trail
rushed through the darkness to the sta
j ton. Guards and passengers brough
+ help. Many were carried up stairs {
I the main road and taken TO st. Mary
t Hospital. Others walked to the dispen
D saries and the chemist shops5' The res
: were badly frightened, but finished thei
: journey in cabs.
, The first surmise was that an explo
E sion of gas had occurred. The che
: engineer examined the wreck. Tw,
+ third-class carriages were shattered
e The heavy wood work of the roof, beam
: and floor were pulverized; from eyer
- u.
window and doorway every particle o
$ light wood had disappeared; there wer
] no signs Of a gas explosion; moreover
e the cylinders had been already burnln
= seventeen hours and were now nearl
: empty. r.,
e had collected in the tunnel and eNploC
s ed by contact with an inhammable sut
; stance. But the officials decided ths
It the disaster was caused by an inferno
is machine. The sleepers on the line wei
10 reduced to matchwood. The indcnt'
b tion in the side Of the tunnel shove
VI the concentrated force Of the explosiv
l. a line right across the arch indicate
e the direction which the explosive ira
d eled. Four rockets, or dynamite car
v ridges. are said to have been found ne'
Y the spot. There is no doubt Of the da
g. tardly outrage.
10 nossible to avoid the conclusion that II
le mysterious explosions were caused b
DR. foul play, and it is quite needless to "a
u that the outrage is attributed TO u
le Irish. Fortunately for Michael Dayit
a who was lecturing in 81. James hal
re the news of the explosions was slow
to getting abroad. The great hall WI
or packed with a demonstrative crow
ut largely Irish, and deafening chee
liz greeted the orator as he denounced Lol
yo Salisbury, and declared that 'priva
ed right in land was public robbery OF Il
nation Had London known what hi
happeued in the underground railw!
the consequence might have been