Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
LONDON STANDS AGHAST.
PRESS AND PEOPLE AROUSED
BY THE EXPLOSIONS.

that the damage caused Dy Ine dynamite
explcsions last night was fully equal to
the worst anticipations. Dense crowds
of curious and excited people are visiting
the scenes of the explosions. Policemen
are drawn up in line across various streets
in the vicinity so as to prevent the access
Of the multltudes. Orders have been
given by the authorities to leave the
wreckage altogether untouched until a
thorough examination has been made by
Col. Laiende,. Chief Inspector of EXplo-
sives. At St. James Theatre, hundred
yards distant, the explosions sounded
ike two ciaps of thunder. The audience
was seized with alarm, which came near
resulting in a panic. Several ladies
tainted. Men started to their
feet ready to stampede. The audience
vvaa reassured by shouts bidding every
one ID sit still as no harm had been done.
The second bomb in st. James square eX-
PIoeed against the residence of Sir Wat
klH Wynn, member of Parliament. IL
produced a huge fracture four feet in
helght by three in breadth. windows
were smashed and furniture damaged.
Yhe explosion created great havoc in the
Junior Carlton Club House. Numerous
cases of wine in the cellar were complete
ly destroyed The club will remain closed
several days. An hour before the eXplO-
sioIs occurred there was an outbreak Of
freat the War Office, which was speedily
eXtnguished without causing serious
Damage. 1t is unknown whether it was
of heendiary origin. So far as is known
uplO the present hour thirteen persons
wee more or less injured. Among these
aretYe women. All the wounded are IN
HOSPITALS. Five, including a policeman,
aretn precarious condition.
PRESS OPINIONS.
TIS newspapers devote large
portion of their space to the eXplO-
siOug, and comment on them in their
editorial columns in q vigorous fashion.
The Telegraph says: ''It behooves the
English people to reflect whether further
and eterner measures should not be taken
to nut stop to the public peril and the
mischief to which they are now exposed.
Eadh fresh act of cruelty and malice will
strengthen the resolve Of Englishmen not
to weld one iOt to those who are wishing
to dsmember the empire"
The Standard declares that ''nO cOnces-
sion can be made to outrage. SO far the
oniy result it has attained has been fail
urt and penal servitude. The nation is
disyusted and annoyed. but not alarmed.
If lhe attempt had fully succeeded last
night we could not answer for the repri-
salsof the London populace."
Tie Times says: ''The explosions have
followed shortly upon the introduction Of
George o. Trevelyan's Irish land bill.
The inference is legitimate that the baf-
fed Nationalists have again vented their
disclosure in a dastardly act of mis-
chef"
The Nc1Cs thinks that the occurrence is
an evidence that the dynamite conspiracy
ismore widely spread and served by more
1 ha, II hnrfe hn1 c.T1c
peeted. 1t successfully battles the de-
tedives and appears to have easy COM
mand over men and materials for nefarious
| purposes. The Net0S urges the public to
be YatchfUl of persons leaving or return
ingto lodgings or hotels.
THE CARLTON CLUB EXPLOSION.
The dynamite at the Carlton Club was
carried down the iron steps leading to
thekitchen and cellars. 1t was placed
in fIe cellar under the pathway, with a
lighted fuse attached. The upward
force OF the explosion broke a large hole
in t.. pavement and wrecked the base
men ngdpartments Of the club The eX-
plosion was most destructive on the
west side of St. James square.
The windows in the Duke of Cleveland's
houses in the war office in Pail Mall were
shattered. The bomb that damaged Sir
Watkin Winn's house was thrown over
the railing by a pedestrian, and lodged on
the stone sill a foot below the dining
room. The dynamite placed under the
Nelson Monument failed to explode. Had
the sixteen packages exploded the monu-
ment must have been completely ruined,
and widespread ruin and loss of life would
have been caused.
REJOICING IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, May 31.-There is joy to-
day among the New York Irishmen of the
dynamitical school over the success of
last nights explosions in London.
O'Donovan Rosa is probably the happiest
of the lot He was in a merry mood when
the reporter visited him. He rubbed his
hands as he said to a reporter: owe have
got England at last. 1t will not be long
before she will be on her knees. Last
nights explosion was only the beginning
of her trouble. Now that's all that [ am
going to say. Mr.. Joyce may have some
thing to say on the subject. Ask him."
Patrick Joyce, Secretary of the Irish
Revolutionary Brotherhood, did have
something to say. 81 could tell you a
great deal about the explosion, but it
would be very injudIcious to do so. Last
nights work ought to convince England
that we are in earnest. Scotland Yard
was attacked because it is there that all
plots against Ireland are hatched. Be-
sides it is the headquarters Of Fred
Jarvis, one of the Inspectors who came
to this country year ago, and, with the
cOnnivance of Inspector NewcOmb, put
Matt O'Brien, a friend of McDermOtt's,
into the New York post office to
pry into the correspondence of Irshmen.
The explosion shows how useless such
tactics are when we can blow the head
quarters of the English detectives up I'M
der their very noses. The other eXplo-
sions were notifications to the landlords
and aristOcrats in the buildings attacked
to retire from the positions they occupy"
"Some barmaids and other innocent
persons were injured by the explosions,
according to the published accOunts"
eve are very sorry if that is true, but
let those who wish to escape injury keep
out OF and away from government build
ings."
THE EXPLOSIONS EXPECTED.
"Did you anticipate the explosions?''
"Of course we did, and you need not be
surprised to hear of greater ones before
many days. Fred. Jarvis had better mind
himself, and Gladstone, toO."
''What do you think of the work as an
achievement with eXplosivesT'
sit is the most complete piece of work
/ ever heard of, and the men engaged in
it deserve a great deal of credit"
"Don't you think that the reward of
lead to their betrayal?"
81 know it will not. The days of McDer-
mott have gone by. The men who man.
aged last nights explosions cannot be be-
trayed. The English Government can't
stop our warfare by such methods. If
they want us to stop let them stop Glad
stones persecution of the Irish"
Capt. j. !. Coleman, who managed the
Mansion House explosion and escaped to
this country by boldly boarding a steamer
between file of English detectives. was
also seen. He enthusiastically slapped
the reporter on his back and exclaimed:
sit was a fine piece of work, my boy, a
fine piece of work. Pll warrant
you that there is some dismav
in London to-day and Gladstone is quak-
ing in his boots. This is not the end of
the business either. Wait few davs and
you will hear of more. / have been ex-
pecting these explosions for more than a
week." During the day new subscrip-
tions to large amount were received at
ODonOvan Rossa's Office.
EIGHTEEN PACKAGES OF DYNAMITE.
Col. Mejendie and Col. Ford have been
busy throughout the day examining the
debris in Scotland Yard. The police
have found eighteen packages of dyna-
mite. Col. Ford says that, considering the
quantity of the explosives used, il is mar
velous that the damage is no greater thanit
is. Had all the dynamite exploded it is i'm
possible to surmise what effect would have
been produced. The dynamite discov-
cred as Atlas powder, precisely similar to
that used in the Outrages a few months
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