Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-16
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neiRhborhood, but bcsi les the de stsuction
OF some panes Of glass and the brutsipx OF
single pedestrian, no harm SCENE to have
peen done. There are various theories ~
20 Tue particular mode adopted Ia destroy q
CROWDED thoroughfare aud the hundreds Of
people usually found on IL at the hour Sc
eetcn !or Tie explosion. but tacre u sub.
stantiai agreement that the motive was So
called Political motive. and that the snb.
mite.
a London special OF Sunday says: Be-
yond the undonbted fict that an attempt
sas made to blow up London bridge the
Police have absolutely no Information OF
the affair. il Is now supposed that the dy-
Mantle used IN the explosion was dropped
over The bridge ard alig.ed on buttress.
The damage done co -,sists chiefly OF broken
windows in the houses IN the vicinity OF
tue bridge. Several pcrsons who were
passing over the bridge Mt the time OF the
explosion say that coum OF water was
thrown TO great height by the shock and
number Of persons were drenched.
THE POLICE AT FAULT.
"A careful inspection OF London bridge
was made to-day, and It was found that m
str'i' tural injury whatever was done. No
thing could be found about the bridge 10
indicate that an explosion had taken place.
The police have discovered nothing that Il
likely to assist them In their Inquiries rs
to the origin OF the explosion. The heads
OF The detective departments were confer
ring with the Home Office during the entire
day. The absence Of any cIew Il paralyz-
Ing the action Of the police, who arc even
unable to tell the nature OF the explosive
used.
BROKEN GLASS.
II appears that the explosion occurred
nearer the Surrey end 81 the bridge than
was at first supposed, and yet most OF the
houses that were damaged were on the
Mddlesex side, where windows We're
smashed as far as Billingsgate Market.
Seyersl panes OF glass were broken in Fish,
mopgers' III III, but otherwise the building
received no damage. Several squares OF a
lofty glass screen In the Cannon-street depot
fell 10 the platform with crash. greatly
terrifying the passengers in the buildings
although nobody was injured. River tra'-
fic bad luckily been suspended at the time
Of The explosion, owing to darkness. The
explosion forms the staple topic OF CONVEX
sation. and thousands Of persons have WIS.,
tied the scene to-day.
A DLINDING GLARE.
A policeman who. at the time OF the eX-
plosiOn, was Standing on the top OF the
steps leading 10 the steamboat pier on the
Surrey side OF the river, with his back TO
the stream, says he saw a binding glare
like sheet OF lightning. which was fol-
lowed by terrific report. He was almost
stunned. and his helmet was blown some
yards away by the conclusion. lie ran to
the police-station and gave the alarm, and
soon afterward tue river-police were
making as minute an examination rs posi-
bic OF the buttre,ses OF the bridge and the
wbarves on each bank OF the river. Their
search. however, was fruitless. Daylight
showed that not single stone had been
displaced by the shock. Taking this fact
into consideration experts are unanimously
of the opinion that the explosive agent
used was thrown over the bridge ard eX.
ploded in the air or striking the water.
MYSTERIOUS BOAT.
Toward noon, however. 4 wbarfer in
formed the police that few minutes be-
fore the explosion be saw boat containing
three men under the arch on the Surrey
side. He took no particular notice OF them.
thinking they were river-polIce, and did
not see the boat a!terward. He supposed
that they proceeded down the river. The
police this afternoon learned that piece
Of charred sacking, about foot and a half
square, bad been found on one Of the but
trcsses. and are now Of the opinion that the
explosive was placed there. They attribute
the smalness Of the damage to the eXtraor-
binary air currents beneath the span. No
arrests have been made.
B6oTBhAGK's EXPERIENCE.
A bootblack relates his experience Of the
explosion ms follows: q was cleaning 4
genteman's boots when suddenly felt the
earth shake about me. Immediately after
ward there was a terrific explosion and
was stunned. When recovered conscious
ness the gentleman had disappeared"
The buttress on which the explosive II
supposed to have lighted Is only slightly
damaged. Persons who were crossing the
bridge at the time Of the explosion we're
thrown down, and many gas-iets in the
vicinity were eXtinguished by the conc,Is-
sion.
DYNAMITE 0uTRAGfs.
The Observer says that the explosion
seems to belong to the ordinary cateSoryof
dynamite outrages with which recent expe-
riences have made Ehglishmen unhappily
familiar. IL was 4 perfectly useless crime
and led TO no practical result, beyond de-
stroyIng certain amount OF masonry. IL
was not attended by loss of life. yet IL Is
obviou. that the perpetrators must have an
ticipated the possibility q number OF In
nocent human beings being subjected ID
sudden and cruel death. The crime there
fore partakes OF the character OF murder.
II j. difficult to conceive what possible end
or PURPOSE the authors OF such outrages
hope 10 attain. The utter absence OF corre-
latiop between cause aud effect mainly con-
firms the theory that these crimes are OF
llibernian origin.
tBy Associated Press.I
$4,000 howard to be offered.
LONDON. December H. Motion will he
mpde in the City Common Council at its
regular weekly meeting on Thursday to
otter reward OF SIS 900 for the discovery
OF the parties who committed the dyna-
mile outrage on London bridge on SAL
urday afternoon. Great confusion ex-
lists among officials on account OF
authority over the bridge, it being
divided into three iuriSd!elions-namely,
CITY police, metropolitan, and water-pDilcc.
Inability to fix Tie precise spot where tue
explosion occurred prevents either from
assuming charge Of the whole inquiry. III
il should be proven thaS the expo 'icn oc-
CURED in mid air, still further cOmpiica-
tions will arise.
The English ana Irish Press GA the
Recent Explosion.
LoyDoN, Dec, mber 1J.-The Times, In
its leader concerning the explosion. Jumps
10 the conclusion That the outrage. about
whose authorship absolutely nothing Is AZ
vet known, must De traced in some way to
America, aud SAYS: "The moment hfs
COME to ask whether American law might
not be altered so that impunlty could no
longer be accorded 10 men WHO make no
secret OF ihei? murderous intentions. Wltb
such outrages politics are totally uneonDect-
go. Repeatcd endeavors 20 destroy poDlic
propertv and KILL or main harmless people
are simply murder, or attempts st murder.
from motives OF pecunary speculation. The
knowledge that the dastardly promoters OF
the outrages are loathed and eSecrated by
q vast majority Of Americans ENCOURAGES
the hope that " the bridge outrage shall DC
eventually traced IN transatlantic agency
America will not be content with mere ex-
pre- sion OF horror. but VIII be reused 10
take such action as Is to be expected from
civilized community in dealing with abjee'
scoundrels."
DUBLIN, December 15.-rhe Irish Times.
referring to the explosion in London, say
| il will greatly ageravate the public m'hn
| that the dynamiters have struck dow ~