Little Falls transcript., 1885-01-30
Destructive Dynamite.

LONDON, Jan. 24.-An explosion occurred
at p. III. in the White Tower, and ten min
utes later Two explosions took place in tn,
parliament houses The houses of parlia
menG and government Offices were severel,
shaken and considerable damage done The
second came about three minutes after thl
frst One was near the house of com
mons; the other near Westminster hall. 4
quantity OF explosive matter had been
placed inside the great ornamental gates
leading to the crypt under Westminster
hail These gates were, blown off the
hinges and thrown to the ground
All the windows on the north
aud south sides of the immense building
We're blown to atoms. The conclusion shook
down from the grand oak roof OF the hall
Che accumulated SCOT Of centuries This, in
its downward movement, made dense
cloud, so heavy that the officers On guard be-
came alarmed and dared not enter the room
ia the lobby Tho splinters We're four times
as thick rs the flakes in a binding snow, and
were propelled with dangerous force.
They cut and ripped the leather coverings
and sore out and scattered the horsehuir
from the seats all over the house.
Immediately before the first explosion a
lady visitor who was alone and about to
enter ch, building, beckoned to policeman
named Cole and called his attention to a
package lying upon the steps outside the
age careess1v, not suspectiug anything, and
went with it out into Westminster hall He
had no sooner reached the hall than the
package exploded This explosion knocked
the policeman down and injured him so seri-
ollsly that little hope of his recovery is en-
tcrtnined. Its force also knocked down two
other policemen standing in the vicinity and
stunned them. A lady and gentleman stand
ing near the officer who had the package
were also Frustrated: The great window
over tn" entrance to Westminster hall was
smashed to atoms, and The side windows
were blown out Those who We're in the
house OF commons fled precipitateIy, and
many ladies were bruised in the crush. The
second explosion was far more destruct-
i've than the first The lobby of the
house OF commons is completely demOl-
ishcd The western extremity Of tho house
Is 3 total wreck. All the woodwork OH the
gOyerumcNJ side Of t!le hous,, is shattered
and Il wide hole blown through the floor.
The gallery was displaced. and even the solid
Htone work OF the doorway was either pull
verIzed or shifted from position. Every pane
of glass in the iio, use was
SMASHED 70 ATOMS,
aud the cutlery benches were overturned
and broken. The gallery generally is u.sman-
tied Immense damage WAS done in the
lobby. The masonry, decorations and sculp-
trut were utterly destroyed. The place Is
described as literally blown to pieces
Sixteen pcrsons we're injurcd but none
mortally, Ivy the explosion at the Tower
This Outrage was the most successful yet
mate urun any public building since the In
auguraGion Of tns present era of dynamite
warfare. The attack was made on that por-
ton OF the building known as the White
Tower" 1t was fairly filled with visitors at
the time, and most, ii not all OF those hurt
were moving about in the Tower at the tue
of the explosion. the roof was blown clear
off tue structure. All The persons known to
q w {t,>rS IVA
She moment they realized the nature OF the
explosion. ef.ctually barred all eyress from
the Tower and grounds, and are now subject
ing every person detained to the most rigid
search, upon the theory that che attack was
porr'1r;.te3 per-, ,Ie;1o by some person or or per
yestis,ations 50 far made led to the cunclu-
sion CHAT the explosives used in the attack
On Lht: Tower We're handled by persons wro
gaine'' access TO the structure as slght-seers
The luins also show that the explosives
operated from q point somewhere in the in
ner b;lstlon or in the espanade nearest che
Thames tower. There was i large number Of
chiidr"n among the visitors Many OF these
ones had their faces and hands badly torn by
broken glass and flying splinters. The most
piteons sight In the large crowd of innocent
prisoners temporarily detained within the
with their pale faces and bleeding heads.
Ihefscenes ir and around the Tower were in
dcsc1 !'ahte. The pale faces, bloody heads,
and broken limbs of the wounded chlluren
reused the great crowd con®ated in the
vicinity to frenzy YeIs We're heard on
every side to Lynch the Villains" Roast
the Ftends!" Hundreds of rides were dam
eyed in the Tower, which was ignired, and
tho liz" vas
SUPPRESSED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY.
The ancient armory was destroyed The
explosion occurred on the second door Of
t,hh lOWhr
that u> Mantle was used. Three floors were
wrecked, and the explosion dam !
aged hundreds Of stands OF arms
The f4vorIte theory of the police is that
the dynamite used was carried to the place
In cdch case concealed under the long cloak
of u woman, whose appearance was thus
made to resemble that OF Il woman about to !
become u mother. A. woman in whom this
appearance was very noticeable was seen
among the visitors 1T the tower this after
noon, shortly before the explosion occurred.
She was escorted by tall man with mill
tary air: Neither of them could be found !
after tho gates were closed after the explo-
5lOn and when the visitors came to be
searched 1t is supposed the woman and
her escort escaped during the rush that oc-
the gates were closed The inlpotent action
Of the police Is generally ridiculed The
number OF those injured by the explosions
IS as follows:
At the Tcwcr-Six injured seriously, fourteen
slightly.
At lie Parliament Buildings--Four seriously,
ten slightly.
The worst injuries were received by Con-
stables Cox and Cole, both Of whom will
1ie And q civil engineer named Edwin
Green. visiting the parliament buildings
Several persons Were arrested on suspicion
out all were released as there was no evi-
lence against them.
Aside from recognition that in tho !
pnst Our national policy of avoidance of