Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-01-29
TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS.
England's Parliament House and
London Tower Badly Wrecked.
Particulars orthe Outrage.

Jan. "a.
Saturday being tho usual visiting day
at the houses of parliament. the build
ings contained a great number of sight
seers at the time of the explosions. The
first explosion occurred in the crypt of
Westminster hall. The second took
place in tho strangers gallery in the
house of commons. Immediately be-
fore the first explosion lady visitor,
who was alone and about TO enter the
buildings, beckOned to policeman and
called his attention ~ package
lying ON the steps outside the
crypt. The policeman picked it up
carelessly, not suspectiDg any
thing and went with it out into West
Minister hall. He had no sooner reach
ed the hall than the package exploded.
The explosion knocked the policeman
down and injured him seriously. His
case is considered critical. Its f'rce
also knocked down two other police
man standing in the vicinity and stun
ned them. A lady and gentleman stand
ing near the OF Ger who had the pack
age were also Frustrated. the great
window over the main entrance of West
minister hall was smashed TO atoms and
side windows blown out In the interi-
or of the house of commons The only
seat on the floor damaged by the explo-
sion was that which Mr.. Gladstone &C.
cupies. A small chip was also torn off
the top of the speakers chair. The ex-
plosion caused panic among visitors.
Those who were in the house of CON-
mons fed precipitately, and many
ladies were bruised in the crush.
The second explosion in the parlia-
ment buildings occurred three minutes
later than the first and was far more
destructive. The dynamite which
caused the second explosion must have
been placed under the peers gallery
on tho left side. Little hope is enter
tanned of the survival of the wounded
policeman. The force of the explosion
was such that one man was blown to
the earth 800 yards from the point of
the explosion. The lobby Of the house of
commons was completely demolished.
About tho same hour territ tic explo'
siod occurred at London Tower. At
the time of the explosion the famous
old structure was crowded with visitors.
The explosion here was the most sue
cessful of any that has occurred since
the dynamite fiends began their
hellish work. Very many persons
were seriously injured, and a number
fatally. The attack was made on the
portion of the building known as the
Nv hite Tower" 1t was fairly filled
with visitors at the time and most if not
all of these hurt were moving about in
the tower at the time Of the explosion.
The White Tower was almost COM
pletely wrecked by the force of the ex-
plosion. The roof was blown clear off
the structure. All persons known to
have been injured were visitors. The
police, the moment they realized the
nature of the explosion, etfectually bar
red all egress from the tower and
grounds and subjected every person de-
tanned TO the most rigid search, upon
the theory that the attack was prepe-
trated by some person or persons inside
the premices,
The prevalent belief is that the de-
structive agent was conveyed into tho
house Of commons by some visitor.
Fuller investigation shows the extent OF
the damage is much greater than at first
supposed. The western extremity OF
the house is total wreck. There is
now no doubt but the explosive was
placed under the peers gallery on the
government side of the house. All the
woodwork in that part of the building
was shattered and n wide hole made
through the floor. The gallery was dis
placed. and even the solid stonework of
the doorwa either pulyerized or shift.
ed from position. Every pane of glass
in the house was smashed to atoms, the
gallery benches overturned and broken.
and the gallery generally dismantled.
The glass roof of the house of COM
mons was completely shattered. The
house clock stopped at precisely 2 ID p
NJ. A heavy beam which formed one of
the supports to the gallery was project
ed into the speakers chair, seriously in
juring it. Gladstone's seat was torn to
pieces.
A lady visiting the house OF commons
as the time of the outrage was seriously
injured. Immense damage was done in
the lobby. Masonry, decorations and
sculpture were utterly destroyed. Tue
place is DIES cribed as literally blown TO
pieces. The shock was felt in Pail
Mall, and persons in the vicinity say
the very earth shook
The stat ues OF King w liam Nv. and
X ing George w., Westminster hall
were overturned. The fact that a nut.
usual number of ladies visited the par
lament buildings to-day has given rise
to suspicion that the miscreants who
perpetrated the outrages were either
women or men in women's disguise. In
is now remembered by attendants
about the buildings that parcels were
carried by many women, and they
seemed to bestow unusual care in
guarding them.
1t has been ascertained that a large
quantity of explosive matter had been
placed inside the great ornamental
gates leading to the crypt under West
minister hall. These gates were blown
clear off the hinges and thrown to the
ground. All windows on the north and
south sides of the immense buildings
were blown to atoms. The conclusion
shook down from the grand oak roof of
the hall the accumulated SCOT of GEN.
turtles. This in It's downward move
ment made dense cloud.
Popular indignation ran so high and
the clamor of the crowd for some one
upon whom to wreak vengeance for the
awful crimes of the afternoon was SO in.
satiate that persons arrested on suspi-
cion narrowly escaped lynching when
set q liberty. Wherever men congre-
CRATE, ct clubs, coffee houses, hotels on
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