The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-02-05
THE DYNAMITERS.
1hsy Make Themselves Heard and
Felt in the British Me-
tropohs.
Three Terrific Explosions: Two In the
Houses Of Parliament, One In
the Tower.
Gladstone's Seat Blown to Atoms, and
the Lobby Of the Commons
Torn Away.


BY far the most destructive and startling
dynamite explosions that have yet shaken
the city of London occurred on Saturday.
Jan. "a. At 2 o'clock on the afternoon Of
that day, while London Tower was crowd
ed with visitors, that portion Of the build
ing known as the White Tower was vio-
lently shaken. followed by the widest con-
fusion. amounting to a panic. Sixteen Wis.,
itors in other parts of the building were
more or less injured, but fortunately none
fatally. At 2:10 o'clock two explosions oc-
CURED the scene being the House of Com
mons and Westminster Hall. Alady called
the attention of policeman to a package
living upon the steps outside the crypt Of
Westminster Hall. As he picked it up and
started out it exploded with terrific force,
injuring him fatally and prostrating several
bystanders. A great window over the main
entrance was demolished and the side win
dows blown out Three minutes later an
other explosion occurred, completely de-
molishing the lobby Of the House of Com
mons. As may well be imagined, these ex-
plosions created the widest excitement in
the great metropolis. Cable dispatches
give the following accounts of this latest
work of the dynamitards:
All London Is In . state Of excitement over
yesterdays terrible occurrences Two explosions
occurred In the houses Of Parliament One was
In the stranRers' gallery In the House of Com
mons, the other In the crypt ut the farther end
Of Westminster Hall. The first explosion hap
pened at ITO o'clock yesterday afternoon and
the second ono three minutes later. Both
houses were severely shaken, and cohsldefable
damage was done. The shock was felt at
0i noise was nsasa
as Downing street, through all the din of bust
ness and above the rafting of heavy wagons In
the city streets Saturday being the usual WIS.,
iting day at the houses of Parliament, the
buildings contained great number Of sight
seers at the time of the explosion Four
persons were badly injured, including two po-
ncemen, who were fatally wounded lady
who was in the hall espied an internal machine
lying on the steps outside the crypt OF West
minister Hall, and called the attention of Police
man Cole, on duty at the time, TO it. Officer
Cole rushed to the spot seized the machine, and
attempted to extinguish the fuse, but was not
quick enough. He tried TO carry the parcel out
of the building by way OF Westminster Hall,
but the fuse burned so rapidly and closed 30
quickly upon the machine that he dropped 1t
The explosion followed almost Immediately
after. 1t knocked him down and injured him
seriously. His case Is considered critical. Its
force also Knocked down two other police,
them A lady and gentleman near the officer
who bad the package were also prostrdted. The
great window over the main entrance to West
minister Hall was smashed to atoms and all the
side windows were blown out One-half OF the
hall was wrecked.
The explosion in the lobby OF the House of
Commons occurred three minutes later than the
one in Westminster Hail. IL came from directly
under the strangers gallery and very close to
the seat usually occupied by Mr.. Bradlau2h
when visiting the House of Commons The
lobby was completely wrecked. Upon the floor
the only seat damaged by the explo ion was that
which Gladstone occupies. The z slery was torn
down, the Speakers chair destroyed, and the
massive stonework displaced The force of the
explosion was such that one man was blown to
Al.
plosion- The dynamite viii IA caused 1t was
placed inside the great ornamental gates
leading to the crypt under Westminster
Hall These gates were blown clear
of their hinges and thrown to the
ground All the windows in the north
and south sides of the building were blown to
grand oak roof OF tne hall aslarge amount OF
accumulated SCOT This in It's downward move
ment made dense cloud. Much damage was
of tho house. All the woodwork In that part
of the buirtiing was shattered, and wide hole
was made through the floor
stonework of the doorways was either pulver-
lied or shifted from its position. Every pane
of glass In the house was smashed TO atoms.
Gallery benches were overturned and broken
and the gallery generally dIsmantled. Statues
of King William Nv. and King George ~, In
Westminster Hall, were overturned.
visitors Those who were In the House Of Com
mons fed precipitately, and many ladies were
It is estimated, according to the course and
enexQy of the'explosive employed In the House
Of Commons, that II the House had been In
session Gladstone, Sir William Vernon Har-
court, Charles Bradlaueh. and 200 Others would
have been killed. Even more strange, IL posi-
BILE, than this Is the fact that, under the same
circumstances, neither Mr. Rarnell nor any of
hts followers would have been injured at all, for
recently they have been sitting on the opposite
side OF the house, among the Conservatives and
the Tory quarters capped almost undisturbed.
At O'clock n. EXPLOSION also occurred
at the Tower of London, about two miles from
the Parliament buildings The attack was
made on that portion Of the building known as
the White Tower 1t was fairly filed with Wis
itors at the time, several of whom were hurt.
The building was not even seriously injured.
The police 1T once prevented all egress from the
building Alarge number OF children were among
the visitors Many Of these little ones had their
faces and hands badly torn by broken glass and
flying spliDters. The most pteousisight In the
large crowd of innocent prisoners Temporarily
detained within the Tower walls afforded by
these little ones, with their pale faces and bleed
ing heads. The scenes In and aroundthe Tower
are indescribable. Several children were among
the injured. Their pale faces, bloody heads,
and broken limbs reused the great crowd con-
heard on every side to Lynch the villainsl- and
Roast the fiendsl- One of the most singular
sose that the dis
placed the great stone which lay over the tomb
of the ncphews OF Richard ILL.,, and exposed the
collins in which their dust lies almost in sight of
the spot where their eyes were so cruelty put out
and their young lives smothered.
The news of the Introduction in Congress OF
bill by Senator Edmunds to prevent and punish
dynamite consptraci In the United STATES has
b. q splendid effect in turning aside the bitter
ness of feeling against America which had been
engendered by the explosions.
Mhen the contents Of the dispatch giving the
news were made known, cheer was given for
the United States.
The Tories attach significance to the conci-
dence that the outrages occurred just after Mr..
Parnel's infiammatory speech . at Cork
correspondent sought an interview this
@. B., Constable and Governor of the Tower OF
London. who said: AS rule there are more
American than English visitors to the
Tower. In the winter however. tho proportion
Is re, ersed, and this outrage was unfortunately
pcrpetrated In the winter. IL IL pity that
there were not some Yankees no TO-DAY. IL
Mr.. Lowell and q few more OF them had been
here. and had suffered, instead OF POOR little
children and women. perhaps the American
nation would be reused TO join England in
her attempts to crush this hornets nest
The number of those injured by the expo-
sion Is ~ follows: At the tower. six injured
serious and fourteen slightly: at the Parlia-
ment buildings four seriously and ten 81 rhtlv.
The worst injuries were received by Constables
Cox and Cole and a.civil engineer named Edwin
Grecn- who was visiting the Parliament build
ings.
Canadian. who gave q clear account Of himself:
also an Irishman named Dalton. Gilb'r,. or
Cunningham, and a man and woman who were
seen to drive away NJ tho time Of the explosion
at Westm' nster All were released In the even
ing but CunfnvhRm