The sun., 1884-10-12
DYNAMITE PLOT IN CANADA.
an ATTEMPT TO DESTROY TIE NEW
PARLIAMkNT HOUSE IN QUEBEC

EAhAAAA hNA nVObH AN VOADh~
TIE whsis Clty asavtlsd By aM Erpissloa
that Nearly Wrecked tie DessldiuG-A Nee.
end fapios,o~ scstssviws the Crowd that
haa Gathered - shs sesae-The Orounds
0anrded By the Psiiee sad the Military.
QUEBEC, Oct. 1l.-Tho attempted dcstruc-
tion Of tho Parliament House In this city to-
day constitutes one Of tho most diabollcal plots
ever designed. and nothing short Of q miracle
prevented. as ono Of Iii results. a terrible SAC
rince OF human life. At 1910 p. NJ. the whole
city was startled by the report OF an explosion
which caused people to rush out OF doors and
eagerly Inquire the cause. The Dews that tho
explosion was In tho Parliament House spread
like wild nre. and It was astonishing to note
with what rapdlty thousands OF persons as
scmbed attho scene. They saw. on ronching
tho spot. great gap In tho front wall Of the
now Parliament House some thirty to forty
feet square. and adjacent 10 the east end OF the
wing Of tho departmental building facing tho
Grand Alice.
The structure 10 situated Just outside st.
Louis Rate and Is built in four wings. Tho
three winRs containing tho public Offices
havo been omplotcd some time. but the fourth
which is really tho main building. is Just near
ing completion and ready to receive the roof
1t was 10 be tho Parliament House proper and
was to be ready for the session OF the Legsla-
ture next January.
Those who were In the immediate vicinity Of
the Parliament House when the explosion oc-
ourred found themselves totterine upon their
feet from tho force OF the eoncussion. The re-
port was Of terrific volume. and paralyz-
shower Of Bricks .S' Snd sma @ broRan bnnaes sienc
and debris from the interior Of the building
Immediate nsichborhood Of the structure. Inn
mense blocks of gut stone were torn from tho
across ] the lawn in front Of tho building, tear
Ing up tho grass In their course. Two ladies
S "epT I'm yeT on %
:SS :sSSDsd beng struck y ths huge blocks sS 2,
the building fow minutes previously and tho
report Was circulated that a number Of them
was not the case. It was tho work kmen's dinnor
hour. and none OF them except two were near
tho .wo namea Msr,e was ssr
ously hurt. He was struck In the throat by
stone. He was taken 70 his homo and medical
As the crowd q spectators increased people
rsave to the cause Of the s disaster e "' The
thoasS. expodsd was Seem N to %as sc IN
good order. and another theory that the heat
s a sa to be to sSoy
Snvo s eoo,sd paS'td sSe ' fS sod
for the building was without % roof. doors. Is.tH or
around rs the cause Of tho catastrophe. and the
rumor gained confirmation when the story was
BY two Of tho workinen in the cornor OF the
new pfriam9nt House ; ADJACENT to tho depart
nsh sd' Sss lie wesa
o,,tt Ia fpI ,,,txc
pos @S eoassnsd aynS
i. SUI. nobody could conceive OF tho motive
ssd s Re seee the
bers of the Government. and tho Government
engineers were alike Ierplexed. md 1t was
some time beforc anybody ventured very near
Most Of tho glass vas broken in the windows
courtyard enclosed BY them, The shock in, tho
various Offices anil the crash Of broker, glass
Ai rRo o Of xes ae& 1s1s EaSy yx H
What S sales ot dynamite Esi been reecntly
mont mont had previously received warning Of ap:
proaching outrages Of the kind was found. on
< reasonable time having elapsed. a search
was instituted, under the direction o. The con
for sS TS0H ho
which still! loitcred around were startled and
tsrrSS by .pa efro01 SO this %s
biook: The, mas2nry ,s here e double tho
dust asccnded from the building and no blocks
h1rsS o o ths s" the the
oHt that I sSn barely hSld tox.IeT e, and must
had vontured back into the departmentaio Offices
since the llrs. explosIon lost no lime in again
again venture in the building ior the remain
der Of the sitGrnHo5 Mr Cah9rIesos the CON
tho day after the first explosion.
tine or nrd
search OF tho buildings was determined upon.
And and wSs msae thS tgY under the drseiHn q
success: The %embe!s Of the aovsTnnent and
te e2n,rao4r aimso;t were Is mnSh pGra!y7ed
ssneed ihst
was the engine Of destruction. but, more tian
that i spp,earcd impossible I, b t9 divine, Mr.
Could no: possibly have had any Stored in the
no enemy who would lend himself 10 such a
9y the Of hm
q view Of securing tho bost advice possible un-
der the circnms,anceS, no sent for the, Hon.
ton. Comm mandant Of tho Citadel. 4 reward OF
| ST. 900 has been offered by tho Government for
| Information that will lead to tho detection OF
the dynamite, ,nend. Everything Is quiet
authorIties haYyS dogb.ed al ths guards At Tho
duty ' around M The Tho Parliament House House. '' 80 W
R suank ho , + sSaet ssd 2 e 6s
half Of 1t will have to be taken down and re-
built: 4 hole about twelve feet high high by Aye Aye
third story from tho basement and directly
| chamber and near the place whore the Speak
er's chair. is situated. Tho second eI Iplosion
| port Of the building arc badly bulged. and 1t Is
doubtful II Y can be repaired without LETTING
| only awaiting the completion OF the building
to call the House together for despatch Of bust;
ness. The building had been 30 far advanced
that, only q part Of the roof remained un'
finished.
Mr. O'Donovan Rossa sat In his boudoir In
the United Irishn,an office yesterday afterno Don
surrounded by yellow sheets OF manuscript
Have you heard about the explosion. Mr.
| Rossn p
what explosion2 Where was III Yes. Ger
tainly; but haven't read anything about 1t