Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-30


the theory that the attack was pcrpetlHtcd
by some person or persons inside the
premises Up to ! O'Clock but sixteen per
sons had been officially returned is htv-
ing been injured by the explosion. None
of these are reported as MORALLY hurt.
Houses of Parliament.
The three towers of the present houses
of Parliament, which rise ON the banks OF
the Thames beside Westminster bridge,
have been erected since 1910. The build
ing has in it eleven courts, 100 stairways
and 100 apartments. and has cost upward
of Sl5,OOO.OOO. The beautiful clock tower
which rises at the northern end, and where
is situated the chime of bells of which the
famous Big Ben forms the bass note
that strikes tn" hours, is the chief OF
the three towers and stands somewhat
alone. like the CHWgauIc at Florence. and
measures 81" feet in height. The clock in
this tower has four diulS, each twenty
three feet in diameter, and takes five
hours to wind mp. At the southern cN-
trcmity is another tNWcr which rises oven
HIGHER than the clock tower, ana in the
middle Il smaller one over the dome OF the
central hall The sight OF the WHOi", dS
seen from the river front, whore the walls
of the buildings rise pcrpcndicuarly, is
very impressive.
Historically, the most interesting part
of the buildings is Westminster Hall.
where visitors always 20 to see its remark
able wooden ceiling which. unsupported by
columns. spans square, 800 feet long 10y
SiNty-eight feet broad at height of
nincty-two feet from the ground. The
hall was formerly Il vcstibule, and is the
place where the Parliamcuts Of olden
days We're held where Edward H. was
declared to have forfeited the crown
where cOronationS were held where
Charles |. was condemned to death and
Cromwell was saluted as Lord Protector,
and where many other famous acts were
performed. The last public festival in it
was the coronation of George ~. 1t was
begun by William Rufus, son of the Con
querur, in 1897. and is one of the largest
halls in the world.
The Tower of London,
Where the second explosion occurred, is ut
another extremity of london, but similar
ly situated in respect to the river, that is
overlooking il. thus possibly airurdug
means of escape to the conspirators. From
Westminster bridge and the House of
Parliament the Thames runs northward
for half-mlle or more, and then bends
in II right angle to the eastward. two
miles below Westminster, and on the
same side of il, rises the historic
Tower of London, Il mass Of old bnstion-
ed turretei iortiiicutiOn whose ori-
gin Il lost III antiquity. Around a nucleus
in los William the COnuueror erected
what is now known rs the White Tower.
the portion of the Tower which was dam
aged. according TO cable aGViccs by the
explosion. This tower is in the very centre
of all the buildings, Notifications. and
moatS, where people are III constant at
tendance, and to which access by any con
Splrator would seem to be most difficult
what is known as the "Tower' com
prises all the buildings covering an area of
some thirteen acres Of ground which are
included within the Notifications At
first royal palace, the Tower became
prison and is now used as Il
Government arsenal and repository
for the crown jewels and much of Old
armor and weapons that is interesting
1t Is lnclOsed by Il double line of walls
above which rises the White Tower, so
called from its chalky appearance. The
White Tower was the old "keep." and
measures ll6 feet from north to south, and
9G feet from east to west, and is ~ feet
high. The walls themselves are from IL
to 10 feet in thickness, forming immensely
strong masses of stone and mortar At
the top it is surmounted by turrets at each
OF the angles. II was in this tower that
Richard III. abdicatcd in favor of Henry
of l}olingbroke in 1899 Here too Prince
James OF Scotland, was imprisoned in
l4O5.
LONDON, Jan. 36-The excitement over
the explosions continues. The approaches
to all public buildings are rigidly guard
ed. Nobody is now allowed to enter with
out submitting to the closest scrutiny
The tower and Parliament houses are sur
rounded by sentries and extra policemen
Col. Maiendie. inspector of explosives. is
minutely examining the scenes of the cN-
ploSions. There are immense crowds in
the vicinity of the Tower and Wr,tmin-
stcr Cox and Cole. the injured policemen.
are doing we'll, and hopes of their rccov-
cry are entertained. The police have ar
rested another man on suspicion OF com
plicity in the crime. He will be examined
TINS afternoon Cunningham. who was
Yesterday, was tried to-day. His
examination tended to convince the police
that IN arrestlng him they had secured
prisoner who at least had guilty knowl-
eeIdge OF saturday crime. 1t was proven
thht Cunningham was a native OF
Cork: that he hal lived ut least
five years in the United States,
and that he arrived in England
during last autumn, and came directly
from New York. His pretense that he
was an EngllShman was well carried out
Il few hours later his arrest, his appear
ance 1avoring it, and his drawing stam-
mer being peculiarly cockneysh. But in
his excitement under the close cross
examination of the court he forgot him
self for moment and spoke as rapid
~ and distinctly as an elOcutiOniSt and
clearly demonstrated that his cockuey-
Ism was II clever piece of discrimination.
II was shown that the prisoner had been
known III " hite Chapel rs Dalton. His
statements that he had lived in Liverpool
were entirely disproved. The court con
sldered the case made out against Gun
bingham sufficiently strong to warrant
his cOmlnittal and he was remanded for Il
week to await further examination. Dur
ing the proceedings Cunningham paid the
closest attention to everything going on
within the courtroom. He frequently was
made very nervous by the statements of
the police and at such times would lean
forward and bite his under lip,at the same
time glancing furtively about the room.
The official estimates made by the gov
eminent inspectors, place the amount OF
pecunary damages wrought by the eX-
ploslonS in Westminster Hall, the House
OF Commons and the tower at 10000
The electric light office of the House of
commons and the cables were DESTROYED
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