Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-01-26
TO unfavorably affect decent Irishmen en-
ployed or seeking employment in England.
Vigilence committees and
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ployed or seeking employment in ENGLAND
1 Vigilence committees and
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| of employees are threatened 1t is estimated
that according 10 the force and energy o.
the explosive employed in the House o,
Commons that if the House had been in ses.
sion Mr.. Gladstone. Sir William Vernon
Harcourt. Mr.. Charles Bradlaugh and 200
other members would have been killed. The
scarce of visitors at the Tower, after the ex-
plosion occupied four hours. The number
~ =. 'ne eAPiosioh Is as IoIo~s' Al
ly; at the Parliament buildings, 1 injured Sc
riously and 10 slightly. The worst injuries
were sustained by Constables Cox and Cole
and a civil engineer named Edwin Greer. he
was visiting the Parliament buildings. Over
a hundred visitors were in the House o,
Commons when the explosion occurred ir
Westminster hall, and most of them rushe]
out OF the hail to asc rtain the cause of the
report, and thus many lives were saved. The
introduction into American Congress of bill
by Senator Edmunds to prevent and punish
the dynamite conspiritors in the United States
has had spleudid effect in turning aside the
bitterness of feeling against America which
had been engendered by the explosions Lonp
conferences were held this evening at the
Scotland Yard between Sir William Har-
court and the principal experts of the police
departments, but no additional arrests have
been made.
About sixty visitors were in the Tower a.
the time OF the explosion The explosive
agent was deposited in what is known as the
banquet hall of the White Tower This hill
is now used AS an armory and in it were
s'oreu iarge humoet Oh Msr'ini tlnes ~hich
unteers. II was behind rack of these that
r. n. c.,
was placed. The dynamite played its mad
dest freaks with the rifles. Many of them
were twisted into most eccentric shapes i'm
aginable, and their distorted forms were
scattered about the hall in marvel of con-
fusion. Ali the glass and other fragile arti-
cles in the hall were smashed out of all sem
blance to their former selves. The wood
work was set on fire by the explosion, but
before any serious damage was done BY the
flames they were extingushed All the peo-
sons who were arrested during the afternoon
on suspicion of being implicated in today s
proceedings were released this evening, there
being no facts against them sufficient to
warrant keeping them in custody. The po-
lice are completely non pulsed. They are
incapable of even forming a theory, and
appear to be dszed at their own inetficiency
to prevent such outrages or to discover their
perpetrators when they have been committed.
Popular indignation ran so high and the
clamors OF the crowd tor some one on whom
to wreak vengeance for the crimes committed
were so Unstable that the persons arrested on
suspicion
when they were set at liberty. Remarkable
force was shown bv the explosive in West
minister hall in a downwarn direction. Hole.
were scooped in the ground large enough to
hold man Further inspection of the local
lty of the explosion in the House of Commons
shows that the flooring was dri, clear
through the basement. The damage. how
ever. will not DELAY the assembling of Par
lament. a, everything can he easily repaired
before the day of the meeting arrives
LONDON, Jan. 20
of wreskage caused by Yesterdays explosion.
The destruction of the magnificent, stained
window at the end hall i. greatly lamented.
II is believed tha, one of the conspirators en-.
teren the Crypt. passing policeman at the
entrance, and depositing an internal machine
at the bottom of the The pnIlcpmau
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 work of all
the windows in the hall. The policemau's :
hair was singed and face burned; his clothing
was torn from hi. BODY by the force of the
explosion. He is still alive. but no hone is
entertained of his recovery The man and
woman who drove from the Parliament
buildings Immediately before the explosion.
and who were arrested on suspicion have
been liberated the evidence against them
being insufficient to hold them. The founsa-
ton Of the hall is uniniured but the roof is
badly damaged The bases of the statues OF
go, -. .bo 1,,,.teo;t,s .i. -,
me foundations OF the buildings were
greatly damaged Inc noorlng OF the
strangers ana speakers galleries Is go tore
up as to be
Absolutely Unsafe
to venture across. The peers gallery suf-
tered the most damage. The parcel which
caused the hrst explosion was wrapped in
brown cloth and was two feet long by one
loot "lde. Inc outrages were referred to
and denounced IN ali the churches today
thousand OF peoole visited the scene today
but were not allowed to enter the building.
temporary repairs nave been ordered 10 all
Inc House OF commons meet feb ~