The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-24
ANOTHER ERUPTION
IN THE CAPITAL OF ENGLAND.
i Big Explosion Occurs in the. Admiralty
oaies, But Happily NO r.,yss Are Lost.
The Crime Laid at the Doors of the
dynamite Flead.-ForelEn News,

LONDON, April 9s.-Great excitement
was caused in the Admiralty office ii
Whitehall at ii o'clock this forenoon by
an explosion in a room in the basement o
that building. The fremen and police
were promptly summoned and all tht
gates Of the Admiralty building were
closed. A special guard was at once
posted and no person was allowed toentel
or depart from the premises until
thorough examination could be made. II
was at first supposed that the explosion
was caused by the premature discharge o.
a projec.ile which had been sent to the
Admiralty for examination.
The explosion occurred in the Secre'
tary's department. Mr.. Edward N. Swain.
son, Assistant Secretary and principal
Clerk, received ileyere scalp wound. II
Is said that other officials were also in
jured, but none 80 seriously as Mr.. Swain
son. IT is now. believed that the explos.
ion was not accidental, but that Ii was
caused by dynamite. Alafge force Of de-
tectiyes, under Inspector o'Hagan, has
been posted around the Admiralty build.
ing, and no one is allowed to leave until
after Identification.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt and Col.
AIajendie, Chief Inspector Of Explosives,
are making careful and personal exam
ination Of the wreck. No official state
ment Of the cause Of the explosion has yet
been made. The walls and other princi-
pal parts Of the building are uninjured.
In addition,to the severe scalp wound Mr..
Swanson also suffers from severe concus-
sion of the brain. II is expected, how
ever, that he willrecoyer from his injuries.
II Is now regarded as certain that either
gun cotton or dynamite was used to cause
the explosion. Mr.. Swainson's room, in
which the explosion took place, was made
a complete wreck. The ad jacent corridors
were vsry much damaged, while all the
windows fronting on the horse guards
parade were blown out. Several Of the
Of explosives attached TO the
Home Office were promptly on the ground
and are making critical examination Of
the wreckage. No arrests have been
made up to this hour, nor has any one
been detained even on suspicion. No
clue oil any kind whatsoever has yet been
obtainedas to the origin Of the explosion.
THE ROOM SET ON FIRE.
The explosion this morning badly dam
aged the room in which It occurred and
set It on fire. The officials and firemen
soon extinguished the flames. The Cabi.
net Ministers were Immediately informed
by telegraph of the explosion, and were
furnished with all the facts in connection
Herewith that were ascertainable at the
time. A special messenger was dispatch.
ed to the Home Office, and Sir William
Vernon Harcourt, Home Secretary, was
thus notified Of the affair. Mr. William
Sprouston Caine, NJ. p, Civil Lord Of the
Admiralty, was summoned by telegraph,
and he shortly afterwards arrived at tho
scene Of the explosion.
The room occupied by Mr.. Swanson, and
in which the explosion occurred, is on the
ground floor and Immediately back OF the
Admiralty oillce. Il oyefl6oks the yard
in front Of the residence OF Lord North
brook, the first Lord Of the Admiralty.
The plaster Of theroo hangs in ribbons
from both the walls and the ceiling. The
fittings OF tho room are smashed into
atoms. The marvel now Is, that more
serious damage was mot done to the occu-
pants OF the room.
Mr.. Swanson, who has been restored to
consciousness, gives'it ashis opinion, that
the explosive, whatever 1t may have been,
was thrown into the room through win:
dow.
a rumor is now in circulation that two
men bearing package were seen, just pre-
vious to the explosion, mounting wall
near to the secretary's department.