Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-02
avuAm,TE IN LONDON.

DYNAMITE IN LO"OoN'
terrific Explosio" at a"n nn+.c,.
4 l'r the City and Mystiiirs De'e'',
tihr'., ,,,,s structure Unharmcd
ives ,;r,. last and No One seriously
Hurt. . an co+,.lo,
.,,fnr an attempt was l'a'e W o.o" .h W.
cN'A'1 h,idrc. Fortunately, however -'te
l.oi,"' l,,trI in an absurd tiasco. The only
all1s dome. as far as can be ascertalned,
DAME destruction of perhaps $50 worth
Is ~. inJow-rlass III the warehouses
oi n,,h banks of the river, Il
Oh D""' Of lamp-posts twisted into
1&lo",'t, shapes, and a fcwRtravelers
t&i1'1,H WV over, one pedestrian, who was
knoeNcG" naaIest to the explosion, is said to
lrooan'. .n slightly bruised by being violent
navy w. AGAINST the stone parapet OF the
~ lsii"' mad the outrage been carefully
oIN-p1 and had the perpetrators i'll
pRA,''JT" "orinus mischief. which is doubted
i@l'e ,Lo nolice officials, the result
by have bccn appalling. London
I'M. is known 10 be the most thronged
iN'.-, ,ghfarc in the world. 1t is estimated
NV. ."t tifty thousand people from thc LONDON,
,tin, 4 Dover Railway Station alone
@ IN and fro on the bridge daily. tour
fi;n.. of vehicle traffic are WIN a'i'lcnity
l"ni moving by policemen stat'ohea "llnlll
- lev wards of each otliel' anu .he sue.
" tf" are pro~portionately crowded for
WN,', on hours out of the twenty-four.
e'7,' noliccman. who at the time OF the eS-
mn was standing OH top of the steps
P "a; 10 the steamboat pier on the SUI
lt''', ~. If the river, with his back to the
lfS saws he saw Il binding glare like
s''"'iT ,,biuinr. which was followed by a
S"st NJ. ,nnort. He was almost stunned
~. L,l,net was blown some yards away
;a!. ,l ,,' conrvssion. He ran to the police
9 sir and cave the alarm. Soon afterwald
w.. riyrr police were making as minute
u' oyamination as possible of the
I,,tr,ssrs of the bridge and wharves on
'a ~ ,,,l of the river. Their search, how
o Wv was ~fulitless. Daylight showed that
r NV, J., single stone had been displaced by the
Dho.1. Taking this fact into consideration,
n,1,rts are unanimous Of opinion thai the
~.ynlosivc agent used was thrown over the
hriIrp and exploded in the air on striking
1c water. Toward, noon, however, Il
wIIarrcr Informed the police that a few
Minutes before the explosion he saw a boat
nnn,,j,,inr three men under the arch on tic
surrey side. He took no particular notice
81 thcm. thinking they were river police,
md he illV iltl oIS IN bSop ~ '"i" A4H
,tnnosp( that they proceeded down tie
riy,,, The police have learned that Il piece
~ rha,red Sacking about a foot and a haf
,n,,arc has been found on one of the but
+,,,,,ps, and are now of the opinion that the
ryrIo,iye was placed there. They attrit-
,tn fine slnaIlnnss of the damag to the eA-
,rao4ljnary air currents beneath the span
No arrests lave been made.
Ii apprar- the explosion occurred nearer
the Surrcy end Of the bridge than at frs,
srnposcd. and vet most of the houses dam
a.el were on the MiddlcseX side, where tho
windows were smashed dis far as Billings
cate Market. Several panes of glass were
broken in FishmunscrS' Hall, but otherwise
the huilding received no damage. Severa
squares of Il lofty glass screen in the Can
NMS Street Railway station fell to the plat
lorm with a crash, greatly terrifying The
passengers in the building, although nobody
Wa injured.
1t a noteworthy fact that Saturday wa
the seventeenth anniversary OF the Clerllen
well explosion. The windows of the build
iH-, occupied by Rollins & Co., American
merchants, suffered severely. y, custom
officer states that after the explosion he oh
served Il small steam launch carrying OF,
lna>l forward pass at a high rate o
speed down the river. Strangely enough
III the time of the explosion an in
spcctor and two ..constableS were watch
ilg the bridge from IA boat. Il preca,l
lion which has been adopted nightly for III
l@>ttwo years. They SAW nothing bcfor
The explosion to arollse their suspicious, an'
made a minute search atterward, but coul'
discover nothing of Il suspicious character
some witnesses saw three distinct flashes
Several horses drawing heavy loads wer
thrown To The ground. The cngin
divers sitting in their Shed III Cannon stree
lalNNy station were hurled from tl!ei
seats. Persons passing over the bridge Il
the time OF the explosion say that 4 co
NM. OF water was thrown toa great height
d~rnrIing people. The detectives recent!
Withdrawn from special duty have been Oh
orfei to return TO London. lrecaution
nav been resumed at the railway station
lAIesortl to the receipt Of parcels.