The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-29

LONDON, Jan. 24-An explosion occurred
ut p m. In the White Tower. and ten min
utes later two explosions took place In the
parliament b0usea The houses of parlia-
ment and government Offices were severely
shaken and considerable damage done. The
second came about three minutes after the
first One was near the house of COM
mons; the other near Westminster hall A
quantity Of explosive matter had been
placed inside the great ornamental gates
hall These; gates ,wera blown Of ~
All the, windows, Oh the ',noft4
and south sides of the immense building
were blown to atoms The conclusion shooR
the accumulated SCOT Of centurieA This. id
its downward movement, made denise
cloud, SO heavy that the officers on guard be-
came alarmed and dared not enter the room
in the lobby: The splinters we're four times
were propelled with dangerous force.
They cut and ripped the leather coverings
and tore out and scattered the hOrsehair
from the seats all over the house
aa1 ste e. shs soa first , s1p aSa%t
enter the building, beckoned to a policeman
named Cole and called his attention to
package lying upon the steps outside the
crypt The policeman picked up the pack:
III,
went with it. out into Westminster hall He
had NO sooner reached the hall than the
package exploded This explosion Knocked
the policeman down and injured him go seri-
6usly that little hope of his recovery ia en-
tertained. Its force also knocked down two
other policemen standing in the vicinity and
stunned them. A lady and gentleman stand
Ing near the officer who had the package
were also Frustrated The great window
over the entrance to Westminster hall was
ho6 tn, nj fhe
were blown out Those who We're in the
house of commons fed precipitately, and
many ladies were bruised In the crush The
second. explosion was far more destruct-
house of commons is completely demol-
ished. The western extremity of the house
is a total wreck. All the woodwork on the
government side of the house is shattered,
and a wide hole blown through the floor.
The gallery was displaced, and even the solid
verified or shifted from position Every pane
of glass in the house was
SMASHED TO ATOMS,
and the gallery benches were overturned
and broken. The gallery generally is lnisman-
tied Immense damage was done in the
lobby. The masonry. decorations and sculp-
ture were utterly destroyed The place is
described as literally blown TO pieces
mortal1y, by the explosion at the Tower:
This outrage was the most successful yet
made upon any public building since the in
auguraJion of the present era of dynamite
warfare. The attack was made on that por-
ton of the building known as the white
Tower" It was fairly filled with visitors at
the time, and most if not all of those hurt.
were moving about in the Tower at the time
of the explosion. The roof was blown Gear
off the structure. All the persons known to
have been injured were visitors The police,
the moment they realized the nature OF the
explosion, effectually barred ali egress from
the Tower and grounds, and are now subject
ing every person detained to the most rigid
search, upon the theory that the attack was
perpetrated by some person or per
designations so far made led to the conclu-
sion that the explosives used in the attack
on the Tower were handled by persons wfO
gained access to the structure as sight-seers-
The ruins also show that the explosives
operated from a point somewhere in the in
ner bastion or in the esplanade nearest the
Thames tower. There was 4 large number of
children among the visitors Many of these
ones had their faces and hands tadly torn by
broken glass and flying splinters. The most
piteous sight in the large crowd of innocent
prisoners temporarily detained within the
Tower walls was afforded by these little ones,
with their pale faces and bleeding heads
The scenes in and around the Tower were in
desc1ibable. The pale faces bloody heads,
and broken limbs of the wounded children
reused the great crowd congregated in the
vicinity to frenzy. Yells were heard on
every side to Lynch the Villains" Roast
the Fiends!" Hundreds of rifles We're dam
aged in the Tower, which was ignited, and
the fire was
SUPPRESSED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY
The ancient armory was destroyed The
explosion occurred on the second floor of
the White Tower: All the authorities agree
that dynamite was used. Three floors were
thoroughly wrecked, and the explosion dam
aged hundreds of stands of arms
The favorite theory of the police is that
the dynamite used was carried to the place
in each case concealed under the long cloak
OF woman, whose appearance was thus
made to resemble that Of q woman about to
become mother. woman in whom this
appearance was very noticeable was seen
among the visitors at the tower this after
noon, shortly before the explosion occurred
She was escorted by a tall man with mill
tary air. Neither of them could be found
after the gates were closed after the explo-
sion, and when the visitors came to be
searched it is supposed the woman and
her escort escaped during the rush that &C.
Cured Just after the explosion, and before
the gates were closed The impotent action
of the police is generally rldiculed The
number of those injured by the explosions
is as follows:
At the Tower-Six injured seriously, fourteen
slightly
At the Parliament Buildings-Four seriously,
ten slightly.
The worst juries were received bv Con-
stables Cox and Cole both of whom will
die, and civil engineer named Edwin
Green. visiting the parliament buildings
Several persons were arrested on suspicion
but all were released, as there was no evil
dence against them