The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29

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we're placed ~ persons who nnined an.
cosa Ia the. structure - tightsoofs' The
evidence also huws that the explosives
were operated from points aumu-
wnrO on tho inner husilOn, ar IN The
efplanado nearest the Thames tower,
Tic police were unusually prompt aud
successful la placlhg thtir Omuarr a
upon all ogrnsH from tho toWnr grounds,
Hut few peIsons had loit when the on-
barge was ordered. Extra guards have
been posted about the walls. Every
person within them N Ia ha subjected to
Il personal examination, Tho report
mado by the tower explosion was ter
riho, and was heard Tor miles mp aud
down tho Thames and ~ once attracted
an Immense crowd 10 tho scene,
CHARGING ITO VISITORS,
ASS Il. M.-Ihe prevalent belief il that
the destructive agent was conveyed into
the house oil commons by some Srur-
day visitors. Fuller Investigation shows
tho extont of the damage 10 DO much
greater than was nj iirst supposed, The
Western extremity.of the house II a tn.
tai wreck. There Is now no doub. hut
tho explosives were placed under the
piers of tho gallery on the government
side of the house. All the woodwork In
that part Of tho building was
made through the floor. The
gallery was displaced, and oven the
solid stone work of the doorways either
pulverized or shifted from their posi-
lions. Every pane of glass In tho
house was smashed to atoms. Tho gal
lery benches were overturned aud
broken and the gallery generally dis
mantled.
MORE SCARED THAN HURT.
6OO p. m.-Later reports show that the
first stories about the damage TO the
White Tower wore somewhat exag-
gerated..
The White Tower building was not
destroyed. IL IL now said that die
structure is not even seriously injured.
These later reports have tended somo-
what To allay the public excitement.
If
Tho explosion had really demolished
the White Tower, the result must have
been immensely more serious, TOR part
OF the building is AN armory, used at
present for the storage Of rifles, and
often large quantities of ammunition.
This fact makes the popular indigna-
ton against tho perpetrators of the out
rage indescrihable. Large numbers OF
children were among the visitors. Many
of these littlo ones had their faces ana
hands badly torn by broken glass am
flying splintors. The crowd outside the
walls has been wrought up To
A STATE OF FRENZY
against the perpetrators OF the outrage.
A lady visiting the house of commons
Mt the time of tho outrage was seriously
injured. Immense damage was dOi.e
ON the lobby masonry. The docora-
tons and sculpture were utterly dos
troyed. The place is described as lit
orally blown 10 pieces. Tho shock was
felt in Pail Mall, and persons in that vi
cinlty say the very earth shook.
Sir William Vernon Hucourt, homo
secretary, and the Marquis Of Harting-
ton, secretary Of state for war, are visit
ing the scene.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
says the explosion at Westminster hall
was more disastrous than at first re-
ported. -Four persons were badly in
jured, including two policemen, fatally
wounded. A lady who was in The
hall spied tho internal machine and
called the attention of Policeman Cole,
who was on duty at the time.
TIE OFFICER RUSHED
TO tho spot, seized tho machine, and at
tempted to eXtinguish the fuse, but he
was not quick enough. The fuse burned
so rapidly and closed so quickly upon
the machine, that the officer dropped it,
and the explosion followed almost inn
mediately after. One.half of tho hall
was wrecked. The explosion in tho
lobby of the house of commons occurred
three minutes later than the one in
Westminster hall. 1t came directly un-
dor The strangers gallery, and very
close to the seat usually occupied by
Mr.. Bradlaugh when visiting he COM
mons. The lobby was completely
wrecked.
1T BROKE UP THE FURNITURE.
The glass roof OF the house of COM
mons was completely shattered. The
clock in the house stopped nj precisely
2:l3 p. IN. A heavy beam, which formed
one OF the supports TO the gallery, was
projected into tho speakers char, ser
iously injuring ii. Giadstone's seat
was torn to pieces.
WHAT THE PEOPLE YELL.
Another account of the explosion ut
the tower gives the following details:
The scene in and around the tower is
iedescribable. Several children are
among the injured. Their pale faces,
bloody heads and broken limbs have
reused the great crowd congregated in
on every side to "Lynch the villians!"
and "Roast the fiendsw Visitors are
still detained at the tower. They will
be kept there until their antecedents
can DO thoroughly inquired into.
Col. Majende, tho chief inspector of
explosives, in an interview this after
noon, said the eXlosion was due to nitro
glycerine compounds, prepared similar
to those used in previous outrages in
this city,. He believes woman had
charge OF the explosive apparatus at
Westminster hall and the lobby Of the
house Of commons.
SHATrERATIoN AND SCOT.
6P. Mt has been ascertained that q
large quantity of explosive mat ter had
been placed inside the great ornameu-
tai gates leading to the crypt under
Westminster hall. These gates were
blown clear off their hinges and thrown
to the ground. All the windows on tho
north and south sides of the immense
building were blown to atoms. The
concussion shook down from the grand
oak roof OF the hall the accumulated
SCOT of centuries. This, in its down
ward movement, made a dense cloud
A FRENzIED CITY.
Tho city ia in q frenZed state of ex-
element. The whole police force is on
duty and tho troops in and around the
stationed everywhere in close proximity
to each other, and a Gordon has been
drawn around every public building.
Chief Superintendent Williamson, of
the Scotland yard, has personally in
spected the scene of the explosion, as
have also Inspectors Livingstone and
Kelly.
One of the wounded policemen is
dying.
ARRESTS.
Several men have beeh arrested, but
they are believed to be innocent OF any
connection with the outrages. The
man taken into custody in the vicinity
of Westminster hall is Canadian
and apparently seafarer. He was
thoroughly searched, but nothing OF a
criminal nature found.
THE QUEEN HAS PHOTOGRAPHED
for particulars of the explosion to Sir
William Harcourt. Hundreds Of rifles
were in the tower, which was ignited,