The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-12-20
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Desperate Aitsmrt ~ nia# ~ lanfaa
IftHAr Win UfHaWiif no #Hiid UId
aifustaff faH aiHHi ~ me- fhsfaf Goa
stsfasiisa Throughout NE fltfl
futnuF. ffffmnaf a.
The isfnfe eonrusr.0a WHieh sisfiled .
ne cliy testsfdit aiiemfon Has lbf fesali /
If bona ade filempi io bios W t40ndou
bridge Fortunately, however ihs cHofi I.
frsuliod IN 40 absurd naacp, and iha hls'
iofIeal though comparatively nsw atruci.
ure stands entirely unlnlufed n only
damage done, ~ iaras can be aseefialncd,
Il the destruction n perhaps 600 wofthoi
wlndos glass In ihe warehouses on both
banks Of the river, number u lamp
posts twisted into fantastic shapes
and few travellers Knocked oyr
Had the outrage been carefully planned,
and had the perpetrators Intended serious
mischief, which il doubted by tic police
officials, the result must have been ap.
palling. London Bridge Il known 10 bc
the most throngod thoroushiafe IN tho
world II Is estimated that 50,00e people
from the London, Chatham 4 Dover Rail.
way station alone pass 10 aud fro on the
bridge daily Four lines Of vehicle
traflc are with difficulty kept moving
by policeman stationed within few
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o,',b,a,n h,,,r. ont nt ,,,onty .tnn, I'M
si,,,'.t,,.l h,,s,,,ss harso. In IN. cl,v
80 a., ,a,iias .on, ,h,n o,har ,,eot
1a". a,d ,a','srl oso,,ins ,hor, ts a ner'
~, H., I 't,,,,,,,io, a, M, nsnai crowd
~ 'I,' ,hts clrnnms,"ncc aIonc nanv nersons
.,,,',, NM, s,'',,s irnn, In'
o',Vs ,nr. 4 vaa, san ,hn nomtnaiiv strony
ya,y,,t s,s,t"nnJ bo,,yoon ihr cIty aud ,he
snnthwarl sIdc wcrc donbled In consc.
o,,nnn, - me- ,h,oa,s of JynaIultcrs Inn
I,ho ,ho ,vh W. a1,hr,o ,non,hs ;ho scare djcJ
",yav ,' anI % ,bo n, ,u eY,ra inrrn was wIthdrawn
w,,,i, aonon r,,nn,es at,ar ths nx.
,losion and as s,on as thc legality nf Tho
ai,omn, rnniI hc asccrtalncd ynnr ron.
rosnmia,,vo hnrrIod ~ ,hn rivor at nIacE.
,r,ar. hlrad a hnat and rowcd IN tho zoe.
nnd arch ot ,ho hrldge an the sonihwart
sid, ,yh,ch annearc1 io he thc very focns
-, ,ho nvniosInn n, fonnd tbcrn three
b,st 'ioads 81 noliccmcn cyamInIng tho
piers and buttrcsses. and gazing anxious.
iy nt the superstructurc, Ills first quos-
tlon, however, resulted in his arrest, and
despite cards, papers OF Identification
and protests, he was immcdl.
ntcly hurried ashore and 10 the nearest
police station. A spcclnl messenger sent
10 A well.known news bureau finally
brought succor and the suspect was rc.
leased. While under the bridge aud pnr.
leyInr with the officials, such an exam.
InatIon AS the waning light permitted
showed that no damage whatever
had been done. The massive granite
work of the plcrs had not even
bcen cblpped. This fact would
seem IN instIfy the pollco theory.
which was freely dlscnsscd AT the station
and en- route. TINT the dynamite which had
been used was lnclosed In tin ease,
and had been thrown from the western
or upper side of The bridge. oplnIons
differed as 10 whether a short fuse had
been used. or whether the explosion
Ind been caused by coneussIon. but all
nppenrod TO npree that Il had occurred
very near the surface of the watcr
under the center arch.
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aud ,haro aV ,y"ro "a, vapv ,o,S hna,s nea, n ,wo
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nrae,,esi,s a I ~ h.an shantancd -, ano ,mmo' s
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lin, In ,hat ,or : limo the s,ci,amenr IN
,has .ramdad v,cinI,v ~ Th,oclmor,on
v".sn,at a,d H., ,v,,Iisn, .,.ao,,
wss In,onse and ~, n ,ima sImost
a,aann,ad ~ n.ni. peonI. rnshad
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hsidan I ,n d,a..s .nd wa,a o,,v nra.
yan,s3 from cro,,JIng n, N Tho s,r,c,u,.
usa,, hv ! cordon ~ noIiccmen ,yhich had
-, ,a,r,,d as sonr as ,ha ,h,aa,anad
iocait,y .ss n,ona,Iy iocs,ed
on n. railway brIdye n short dIs,snce
.h,yo iii hoaan,. eonInsion TraIns
sesSed rnnnIn, ioy ,hs time and n
eona,aI damo,sII,s,Ion l.s,ing Tor ian
-, ai,sen mInn,es reIgned sunreme
Tho n,.a,.nar ao,c.s IL p,.e, .,,as,
.ad .tn,.,t,. nas, hocsma ne son.
,e,s If a,,rsc,,on Amateur ~.
ror,ors nnshsJ their wsv ,n,o
conn,jn, and cdl,o,I.I ,oom. sry'
,on" ~ enow what Ind hannened o,h.
s,s related b.r,ow,ng tales ~ The hor,I.
bis stsh,s ,hev hsd s.en Inc ,nmbcy -,
bnIidings which had heen blown nm n,
an e,ar1 aceonnt ~ Tho condItion o2 ,be
a,ches ~ Iondon nyidco which rema,nsd
s,snJiny Esnorta fyom seo,Iand
y,rd estlmate that. while the dam.
age was sil9h', ~ eaS' MY pouhus VI
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