Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-26
L0ND0N'S DOUBLE SCARE.
THE EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY
AS GREAT AS EVER.


Minister Hall is full Of wreckage caused by
! yesterdays explosion. The destruction of the
magnificent stained glass in the window at
! the end Of he hall is greatly lamented The
/ tracery and mOuldings of the window were
/ also damaged. Ii Is believed that one of the
] cOnspiratOrs entered the crypt passing a
I policeman at the entrance. and deposited an
/ internal machine at the bottom of the steps,
! The policeman had his suspicious aroused and
I removed the parcel, which exploded. making
I hole i'm the floor three feet in diameter
/ twisting the iron railings and smashing the
I iron and lead work Of all the windows in the
/ hall.
THE POLICEMAN FATALLY INJURED.
/ The policeman's hair was singed ana his
/ face burned, His clothing was torn from his
i body by the force OF the explosion He is
/ stlll alNe,6ut no hope is entertained of his re-
/ coNerY. The man and woman who drove
/ from the Parliament buildings Immediately
/ before the explosion andwho were arrested on
/ suspicion. have been liberated the evidence
against them being insufficient to hold them
I The foundation Of the hall is injured but the
/ roof Is badly damaged. States were blown
| from the roof. and the stone work shows
white patches. The bases Of the statues of
/ william v. and George ~. which were over
/ Jurded uy the explosion, are greatly injured.
WHAT AN INSPECTION SHOWED.
An Inspection of the Parliament buildings
/ to-day showed that, excepting the beautiful
. N4utAoN OVERLOOKING inG sLa fGdSe at the south
! emu OF W westminster Hall, scarcely pane of
/ glass escaped destruction. The foundations
| OF the buildings were badly shaken. The roof
/ OF the crypt, in spite of its massive strength,
/ was greatly damaged, riffs being visible here
| and there. The floor of the House of Com
/ mons presents a strange spectacle. being
| covered with heaps Of massive fragments.
] Inc cldDOratelN carved Oaken wall behind the
| seats beneath the gallery was completely
| thrown down. The hoOring of the strangers
and Speakers galleries is so torn up that il is
deemed unsafe TO venture across.
THE DAMAGE IN THE GALLERIES.
The Peers gallery suffered most. Tue side
galleries and the reporters gallery were not
The parcel which caused the first explosion
was wrapped in brown cloth and was two
feet long by one foot wide
= gentleman COMPLAINS that the shock of
the explosion broke one OF his blood vessels
The Queen sent a telegram to-day inquiring
as to the condition of the two injured police
stating that both were progressing favOrabIy.
The greatest Indignation prevails through
out the provinces. The outrages were re-
icrred to and denounced in all the churches
to-day.
sTRICTER PRECAUTIONS.
G. :. Read, member of the House OF
Commons, to-day inspected the locality Of
the explosion in the Parliament buildings.
He says that the damage is immense and that
10 will take months to repair the iniury
! Thousands of persons have visited the scene
I -
Parliament buildings. Temporary repairs
have neen ordered To allow the House of
| Commons to meet on Feb. 10 Stricter
| regulations IN regard TO the admission of Wis
| ltOr= have been ordered to be taken IN the
/ future. The policemen who were on duty at
| the entrance to the Parliament building on
| saturday say that they examined the parcels
| of All the visitors on that day without dis
covering anything of a suspicious character,
| ana lhaJ no one carrying parcel like the
| one described rs containing the eXplOsive
tn aFaft4
LADY ERsKINE's NARROW ESCAPE.
Lady Erskine and her children had mar
row escape from injury. At the time of the
explosion they were lunchng in the Deputv
sergeant at Arms dining-rOOm, which is
situated in st. Stephens porch. The door of
the room was burst open bv the force of the
explosion, and the centre panel of another
door was shattered. A man servant was
blown across the room, and the children were
greatly terrified The utmost precautions
are being taken to protect public buildings,
especially the government offices. the general
post office, central telegraph Office and rail
way stations.
Suspicious travellers are closely watched
Searching parties to-day inspected all the
public buildings from top to bottom.
AN ALLEGED EXPLOsURE.
The Press Association has informed the
government that lt has received a letter en-
closing plan of operations contemplated by
the dynamiters, and furnishing descriptions Of
the active members of the dynamite faction.
hitherto escaped we're. according to the above
mentioned letter. included in the scheme of
destruction. Steamers arriving at British
ports arc subjected to a minute search in order
to prevent the importation of dynamite into
the kingdom. The Hamburg steamers are
especially watched.
ARREST OF A TOWER SUSPECT.
One man was arrested to-day in connection
with the explosion at the Tower OF London.
He was taken to Scotland Yard and exam
ined, and will probably be charged at Bow
street Police Court to- morrow. The opinion
is generally expressed that the time has ar
rived to put some pressure upon the United
states Government to stop the operations of
dynamiters.
Among the visitors to the Parliament
buildings to-day were the Marquis of Lorne
and Princess Louise, the Duke of Cam
bridge, the Marquis of Harrington and sew
eral other Cabinet Ministers, and numerous
members of the House of Commons.
MYSTERIOUS CLUE.
Cox and Cole, the injured policeman, have
recovered sufficiently to make a statement.
II is stated that the police found near the
spot where the first explosion occurred an ar
Uicle Of peculiar nature, which they decline
to describe. Ii is believed that this article
will furnish a clue to the guilty persons
Inspector Denning says that on hearing
the second eXnlOsiOn he ran to the spot and
saw not a soul in the place. The entrance was
blocked by debris. He noticed a smell OF
sulphur and gunpOwder. Cox and Cole, it is
believed, furnished certain descriptions which
discovery of the authors Of the outrage.
AN INSPECTION AT THE TOWER.
Col. Majendie, Chief Inspector of Explo-
sivcs. to-day made an inspection Of the ex-
plOsiOn at the Tower OF London. as well as the
chaos would permit. The Martini rifles,
which had been hurled from the stands, re-
NAMED in confused heaps on the
1OOr and rendered impossible
near approach to the exact spot
where the explosion occurred. The scene
will be photographed O-mOrrOw. Col. Ma
endie says that he is satisfied that dynamite
was used to cause the explosion. He says
that about four or five pounds of the explosive
properly compressed would only measure four
or five cubic inches. and could easily be con-
Cealed in an OvercOat pocket or in the folds
Of a wOman's dress. The Tower officials be-
lieve that woman deposited the dynamite
in the building. The police some time ago
had reason to believe that woman was con-
stantly passing back and forth between
America and England for the purpose Of i'm
porting dynamite. She was frequently
watched. but evidence sufficient to warrant
her arrest was never obtained.
THE IRISH PRISONER.
It's now learned that the mysterious Irish
man who is described by the police as Cum
ningham. alias Dalton, alias Gilbert, and who
was arrested at the Tower esterday on sus-
picion of having been concerned in the eN-
plosion at that place, has not been released.
He is still detained in the Whitechapel police
station. The guard in front of the station has
been doubled in consequence of
the gathering OF an enormous crowd
OF excited citizens in Leman street, in the vi
cinitv Of the station. Loud curses and Omi-
nous threats are continually heard, and there
is no doubt that a desperate attempt would
be made to lynch the prisoner II 1t were not
for the presence Of police and military. Gun
ningham viii be arraigned at the Police Court
in Whitechapel road tomorrow morning.
EXCITEMENT IN EUROPE'S CAPITALS.
The explosions have caused the greatest eX-
citement in Berlin. Vienna, Rome and Paris
The NetCs saws editOrially that the damage to
the Parliament buildings by the explosions Is
so slight as compared with what was intended
that the attempt may be looked upon as a
failure. The choosing of Saturday when the
place was filed with innocent sight-seers Is
evidence of diabOlical cruelty. There can be
no doubt that the dynamlters, If caught can
be lawfully hanged on the ground of high
treason in levyIng war against their sovereign.
Ii becomes a serious question whether Eng
land will not join with Russia and Prussia
in the eXtradItiOn treaty. Even in America,
where the greatest Jealousy in relation
to such questions has always existed,
steps have been taken in the right direction.
NATURE OF THE POLICENIEN's INJURIES.
Cole had several ribs broken and Cox Is suf-
fering from conclusion of the brain. It is
estimated that 100 persons were present in the
Parliament buildings at the time of the dis
aster. The effects of the shock, as noticed in
the lobby. were curious and unaccOunta-
Bile. OF three clocks the hands Of one over
the entrance to the House of Commons were
blown out completely. The one on the
left side was stopped, and the one
an the rie ht side was uniniured. Some OF the
windows in Westminster Hall were blown
bodily away. while others were riddled
with shot. The only atom of consolation to
he found is in the fact that several Of the
stained windows survived the ordeal tOlerably
monarchs were injured.
~ THE POETS CORNER.