Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-06-06
DYNANITcRs AZ WORK,


The dynamiters were again at work FRIDAY
in London. AT .. 20 o'clock in the everipg ar
explosion took place in the basement of th1
Junior Carlton club house, In Vail Mall by
which that part CT the building was SKATER
led aud four female servants seriously in.
stured. A few seconds later another cx.
lplosion occurred near by, in front of the
Army and Navy club house. The lights
throughout that building were extingui.hctI
and the windows were blows in. A man
was seen just before The explosions to light
a fusee; he was pursued by an indignant
crowd, but maraged to make his escape by
Jumping into cab which was waiting for
him, and driving away in the darkness An
Iexplosion of dynamite occurred outside of
the detectives office in the Scotland Yard fif-
teen minutes later. The corner of the build
ing, which was composed Of thick brick
work, was blown off to height of thirty
feet. A brougham standing opposite the
point of the explosion was wrcckei and the
coachman injured A policeman was blown
across the yard, and striking against wall,
was injured. Another explosion IN Scotland
Yard was avcrted by the failure of the fuse
to burn. At 1920 o'clock sixteen packets of
dynamite, with fuses attached, were found
under the Nelson monument in Trafalgar
Square.
| At St. James'5 theatre hundred wards
distant, the explosions sounded like two
claps of thun Ter. The audience was seized
| with alarm, which came near resulting in
panic. Several ladies tainted and men
| started to their feet ready to stampede The
| audience was treasured by shouts bidding
| every one to sit still, as no harm hal been
done. A bomb in st. James's square ex-
| ploded against the residence of Sir WatkIn
II |
four feet in height by three in breadth The
windows were smashed ard the furniture
damaged. The bomb was thrown over the
railing by pedestrian, and lodged upon
sill foot below the dining room. The cx-
ploson created great havoc in the Junior
Carlton club house. The dynamite was
carried down the iron steps leading |
to the kitchen and cellars. 1t was
placed in the cellar under the pathway, with |
a lighted fuse attached. The upward force
of the explosion broke large hole IN the
pavement and wrecked the basement apart
ments of the club. The explosion was most
destructive on the west side of 81. Jamcss
square. The windows in the Duke of Cleve-
lands house, aud in the war office in Pail
Mall were shattered.
So far as is known thirteen persons were
more or less Injured. Among these are five
women. All the wounded are in the hos.
pital. Five, including the policeman, are in
a precarious condition.
Colonel Majende and Colonel Ford were
busy throughout the day examining the debris
in Scotland Yard. The police have found
eighteen packages of dynamite. Colonel Ford
says, considering the quantity of explosives
used, it is marvellous that the damage is no
greater than it is. Had all the dynamite
exploded, it is impossible to surmise the
effect that would have been produced The
dynamite discovered is atlas powder precise
" similar to that used in the outrages II few {
months ago. ,
Two persons tried to arrest a man who ,
was hurrying along Pail Mall in the opposite
direction from that which they were going !
and away from the scene of The explosion in
st. James's Square. But four men suddenly q
emerged from dark corner aud released the
man, whereupon the whole party has,ened :
away. The dynamite placed under the
Nelson monument failed To explode, owing
% effective fuse. Had the sixteen paCka-
yes exploded, the monument must have
oeeD completely demolished, and widespread
'uin and loss Of life would have been caused. | I