Daily Republican., 1885-01-26
LATEST REPORTS,

of Westminster Hall 10 full OF wreck.
Age caused by yesterdays explosion.
The destruction OF the magnificent
stained glass In the window at the end
Of the hall 10 greatly lamented. The
tracery and m0uldings Of the window
were also damaged. It 10 believed that
one Of the conspirators entered thej
crypt. passing . policeman at the en-
trance, and deposited the internal ma
chine At the bottom OF the steps. The
policeman had his suspicious aroused |
and removed the parcel which exploded |
making hole in the floor three feet In |
diameter, twisting the iron railings and
smashing the iron and lead work of
all the windows In the hall.
The policeman's hair was siuged and
his faco burned. His clothing was
torn from his body by the force of
the explosion. He is still alive, but
no hope Is entertained of his recovery,
The man and woman who drove from
the Parliament building Immediately
before the explosion, and who were
arrested on suspicion, have been lib
Grated, the evidence against them being
linsufficieut to hold them.
The foundation of the hall IL uniDjur-
ed, but the roof is badly damaged.
States were blown from the roof, and
the stonework shows white patches.
The bases of the statues of William
IIV and George w, which we're over
turned by the explosion, are greatly in.
, ljured.
An inspection of the Parliament
buildings to day showed that. except
ing the beautiful window overlooking
the staircase at the south end of West
n minister Hall, scarcely q pane Of glass
vSx..N a fr a
. OF the buildings were badly shaken.
The roof Of the crypt, in spite of Its
massive strength, was greatly dam
aged, riits being visible here and there.
Il The floor of the House Of Common
!. presents strange spectacle, being GOV.
n cred with heaps OF massive Fragments
n The elaborately carved Oaken wal
q behind the seats beneath the gallery
a WAS com mpletely thrown down. The
n flooring OF the strangers and Speaker
a Galleries is so torn up that 1t is deemed
a unsafe to venture across. The Peers
II Gallery suffered most damage. The
side galleries and Reporters Caller.
"a were not ini ured.
The parcel which caused the first ex
4 plosion was wrapped in brown cloth
and was two feet long by one foot wide
IN A gentleman complains that the shoe
"A of the explosion broke one of his BLOOD
IN vessels. The Queen sent a telegram u
na day inquiring as to the condition of th
ha two injured policemen, Coke and Col
q. and q reply WAS sent stating that bo'
y were progressing favoraby.
The greatest Indignation prevail
ra throughout the provinces. The outrag
i'' were referred to and denounced In q
~. churches today.
u' LONDON, Jan. 20 AN America
whose name Is not known, was in
20, train going from Liverpool yesterd
afternoon, when All excited discussi'
- arose over Americas respon sibility
"a the dynamite explosions.
The opinion was freely express
. that the United StaJes was greatly
~ blame for harboriug O'Donovan Ros,
ne The American defended his count
.,' .s in yigorus language, and was attack
a,' nc by crowd Of the passengers
The American drew a revolver n
o' kent his assailants at bay until
train reached Chester, when he jumI
'a from the carriage aud escaped.
'ne Mr.. G. 8. Read, member OF the Ho'
~ of Commons, today inspected
no -, locality Of the explosion in the Par
a. AZ mept building. He says the dami
no is immense, and that 1t will u
up months To repair the injury. Thousal
nm of persons visited the scene to-day,
sa were not allowed TO enter the buildi
iau Temporary repairs have been order
ck l., unns. of Commons tn IN
hat w EHt.r,, Io,h Str;o,ar raoulati
|oA in regard t. the admission OF visit
have been ordered 10 be taken IN
ENT future.
The policemen who were on duty
|, rec the entrance to the Parliament build
erv. on Saturday state that they exami
far the parcels of all the visitors ON
The day without discovering anything
was suspicious character, and that mob
the carrying q parcel like the one descri
300 AZ containing the explosives was :
.ked to enter the bui ding.
, ofl Lady Erskine and her children ha
seat narrow escape from injury. AT
uslv time of the explosion they were lui
MED ling in the Deputy Sergeant'atA Al
adv dining room, which is situated in
torn Stephens 8 Porch. The door OF the r
i,ors was burst open by the force of the
,apy plosion, and the centre panel OF aho
the door was shattered. The man ser'
day was blown across the room, ana
was children were greatly terrified.
.emi- The utmost precauoiohs arc
Ali taken to protect public buildings, g
th. cially the Government offices,
tier. General Post office, the Central
ough graph ONCE ana the railway a.a.
watched Search parties today
spected all the public buildings
top to bottom.
ne OF Steamers arriving at British
agent are subjected to minute search In
q Tue to prevent the importation OF dyna
over lin'o the Kingde d. Hamburg stea
ho'S are especially watched.
'ap OF One man WAS arrested to day in
81 10 ln.ctiop with the explosion at
'rers Tower ut j. udun. He was take
u .he scotland Yard ard examined, and
me probably hr charged at the Bow {
reahs Police UourG tomorrow.
were The urIuion is generally expr
hapes that the lime has arrived 10 put
LOT pressure upon the United states
mt IN ernment to stop the operations G
s.a9, d. ynaniaters.
,yas CoNDEMNISG THE OUTRAGE.
spote Cork, January 25.-The mos
over tr me faction mere utterly fepudla
rough loutrages perpetra,ed III London y
on fire day, and denounca them as co"
erioua and inhuman.
we're INSPECTION OF THE TOWER.
Colonel Majtndie, Chief inspec
in the Explosives, 10 day mano an lnsp'
ening, of the explos,on at the Tower of Lo
/ sum as well as tbs chaos would p
In Gus The Martini riti"7 which had
Y non hurled from the stands rcmain
I even confused heaps on TIE floor aho u
10 be cd impossible near approach u
TO pre-. spot where the explosion occ
r their he scene will DO photol rapheG IL
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