The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18
AFFAIRS ABROAD.
THE LonDon snlooe EXPLOSION.
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Iornos, Dec. H.-.G;0O a. m.-IIoyond
to blow up London bridge the police
have absolutely no Information Of the
affair. IL II now supposed tho dyna-
mite used In the explosion was dropped
over the bridge and alighted ON the but
tress. The damage done consists chiefly
in tho broken windows In the houses In
the vicinity.
TUE nooT BLACKS STORY.
A boot black relates his experience OF
tho explosion a. follows:
ali was cleaning n gentleman's boots
when suddenly Ill ieit the hearth shake
for about u minute. Himmediately haf-
forwards there was "a terrific explosion
cred consciousness the gent had disap-
| peared."
The buttress on which tho explosive
| Is supposed TO have alighted was only
slightly damaged. Persons crossing The
bridge at the u no OF the explosion were
thrown, and many gas jets extinguished
by the conclusion.
MS ALLA MYSTERY.
A careful inspection of tho London
bridge was made TO day. 1t was found
that the structure sustained no injury
whatever. Nothing could be found
about the bridge to Indicate that an ex-
plosion had occurred. The police have
discovered nothing likely To assist their
Inquiries as to the origin of the explo-
sion. The heads OF tho de
tective departments were comforting
with the home office during the entire
day. The absence OF any clew is para
lying to the action of the police, who
we're unable to tell the nature of the OK
| plosive used. IL appears that the OK
plosion occurred nearer the Surrey end
OF the bridge than was at first supposed,
and yet the most OF the houses dam
aged were on the Miudlesex side,
where windows were smashed as FAR as
| Billingsgate market. Several panes of
glass we're broken in Fishmonger's hall,
| but otherwise the building received no
| damage. Several squares of lofty
| glass screen in Cannon street depot tell
To the ground with crash, greatly ter
rify ing passengers in the building, ul-
though nobody was injured. The eX-
plosion forms staple topic of conversa-
lion, and thousands visited the scene
to-day.
THE INTELLIGENT pDLlCE AGAIN.
a policeman who, at the time OF the
explosion was standing on the top OF
the steps leading to the steamboat pier,
ON the Surrey side of the river, with hi,
back to the stream, says he saw a blind
| ing glare like sheet of lightning which
was followed by terrific report. He
was almost stunned, and his helmet
was blown some yards away by the
oncussion. He ran To the police station
and gave the alarm. Soon afterward the
| river police were making ~ minute an
examination as possible of the buttress
OF the bridge and wharves on each
bank of the river. Their search, how
ever,was Ruthless. Dayli ght showed that
not single stone had been displaced
by the shock. Taking this fact into CON
sideration, experts are unanimously of
the opinion that the explosive agent
used was thrown over the bridge and
exploded in the air or on striking the
water. Towards noon, however, a wharf
man informed the police that n few
minutes before the explosion he saw II
boat containing three men under an
arch on the Surrey side. He took no
particular notice Of them, thinking they
were river police, and did not see the
boat afterwards. IL is supposed that they
proceeded down the river. The police this
afternoon learned that piece of charred
sacking, about foot and half square,
had been found on one of the buttresses,
and they are now of the opinion that the
explosive was placed there. They at
tribute the smalness of the damage to
the extraordinary air currents beneath
the span, where no arch had been made.