Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-26
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. LONDON IN AFRENZY. Dynamite In The House Of Commons. EXPLOSION lk THE TOWER. A Narrow Escape For
 Gladstone. THE BOOMERS IN ARMS. Congress Frittering Away
 Its Time.
THE BOOMERS IN ARMS.
Congress Fr1ttering Away
 Its Time.


! Blown To P1eces-Westminst Hall Badly Shattered-Another Explo- sion In London Tover-A Narrow Escape For The NIembers-Only One Man Yet Nm CustOdy-AlI 1 England Aghast At The Daring Work Of The Consptrators.
 LONDON, Jan. 25.-The activity shown by the dynamiters has set all England in a fren- | zy of alarm and anxiety, and the explosions l thet occurred yesterday afternoon right in l the very houses of Parliament and in the famous Tower of London have given startling proof of the daring and devilish malignity of the fends. It was shortly after two o'clock when the explosions occurred in the Parliament buildings. The first one occur ! red in the crypt of Westminster Hall and the second in the strangers gallery in the House of Commons. Saturday is visiting day st the Parliament buildings, and yester- day the usually large crowd Of strangers in the building was largely increased, it being especially noticed that many women were i'll the throng. One of these was about to enter the buildings shortly before the first explo- sion when she noticed package lying on the l floor from which volume of smoke was is suing and at once called policeman's atten tion to it. The officer rushed to the spot, seized the machine and attempted to extin- guish the fire, but was not quick enough. The fuse burned so rapidly and closed so quickly upon the machine that the official became alarmed and dropped it. The ex- plosion followed almost immediately after The policeman was knocked down by the force of the explosion and fatally injured. Two other policemen and lady and gentle
 man standing near were likewise knocked down and stunned. The great window over the main entrance to Westminster Hall was
 smashed to atoms and all the side windows
 were blown out. The second explosion,
 which was in the lobby of the House of
 Commons, occurred three minutes later than
 the one in Westminster Hall. It came from
 directly under the strangers gallery, and
 very close to the seat usually occupied by
 Mir Bradlaugh when visiting the Commons.
 The lobby was completely wrecked the gal
 lery was torn down, the Speakers chair de-
 stroyed and the massive stonework displaced.
 The glass roof of the House of Commons was
 completely shattered. The clock in the
 House stopped at precisely thirteen minutes
 past two p. m. A heavy beam which formed
 one of the supports to the gallery under
 which Mir Charles Bradlaugh is accustomed
 to sit when he visits the House was project
 ed into the Speakers chair, seriously injur-
 ing it. Mir. Gladstone's seat was torn to
 pieces.
 panic seized all in the vicinity and the
 whole city was soon in a frenzied state of ex-
 citement. The whole of the police force was
 on duty, and the troops in and around the
 city were under arms. Police patrols were
 stationed everywhere in close proximity to
 drawn around every public building. Chief
 Superintendent Williamson, of Scotland
 Yard personally inspected the scenes of the
 explosions, as did also Inspectors Livingstone
 and Kelly. Several men were placed under
 arrest, but were soon liberated asss their in nocence seemed assured. It was found that a large quantity of explosive matter had been
 placed inside the great ornamental gates lead ing to the crypt under WestminsterHall. These gates were blown clear off their hinges and thrown to the ground. All the windows on the north and south sides of the immense building were blown to atoms. The concus- sion shook down from the grand oak roof of the hall the accumulated soot of centuries This in it's downward movement made such a dense cloud that the officers on guard be- came alarmed and dared not enter the room In the lobby the splinters were for time as thick as flakes in binding snowsto"m. They were propelled in many cases with dangerous force. Thsy cut aud ripped the leather from the seats and tore out and scattered the horsehair stutfng all over the house. A man who happened to be upon scaffolding near the crypt | forcibly to the ground. Tho statues of King William " and of King George " in West l minister Hall were overturned. No theory could be formed us to the guilty parties, but | it was thought, from the large number of ladies in the buildings many of whom carried 1 bundles which they guarded with jealous | care, that some of these had perpetrated the l outrages. The locality of the explosion in the House is always in deep shadow, being | directly under the gallery, and this an l auxiliary to the perpetration of the plot.
 Soon the fact became known that ex p1osion of some nature, but more fatal ill it's l results had occurred at the tower of London. | Wild rumors were current as to the number | of people hurt by the explosion, but these | were found to be greatly exaggerated. The | attack was made on that portion of the build ing known as the "White Tower," and oc cured about 3 o'clock. The noise of the | explosion was preceded by a binding flash. | There were about sixty visitors in the Tower at the time, and many of these | were more or less severely in jured. One man | had one of his legs smashed. Another's ear | was completely severed from his head. The | explosive agent was deposited in what is | known as the banquetting hall of the White | Tower. This hall is new used as an armory, 1 and in it were stored large number of Mar tini rifles which were destined to be 1 shortly issued to the volunteers It was be- | hind a rack of these that the deadly com pound was Plaeed' f..as dhe iih dynamite the rifles Many of them were twisted into | the most eccentric shapes imaginable, and | their distorted forms were scattered about | the apartment in marvel of confusion. All | the glass and other fragile articles in the | hall were smashed out of all semblanee to | ed through the floor at the spot where the | dynamite lay Directly overhead similar | hole was blown through the roof. The woodwork was set on fire by the explosion, but before any serious damage had been done by the flames they were extin- the vicinity of the Tower. Thousands of ex- cited men surged back and forth shouting for vengeance 'Lynch the fends!' ''Roast the fiends!" were heard on every hand, and 1 the men who were arrested and aftefward released had a narrow escape Of their lives. The police acted promptly and none within the | Tower were allowed to leave until their inno- cence had been unquestionably established. | All London was aghast at the terrible mafig- 1 nity and stupendous daring of the conspira- tors
 A careful survey of the result of the ex plosion In the House of Commons reveals the | fact that it's force was exerted almost entirely | on the side of the room where the members of | the government and their liberal followers have seats. Had the Commons been in ses- sion at the time of the explosion it is be- lieyed that no less than 200 mem | bers would have been instantly killed. | This number would necessarily have | included Mir Gladstone and several of his | ministers. Even more strange, if possible, | than this is the fact that under the same | neither MT. Parnell nor any of 1 his followers would have been injured at all, | for recently thay have been sitting on the op posite side of the House among the conserv- atives, and the tory quarters escaped almost | undisturbed. The police affect to see in this singular coincidence carefully planned | warning to the government.
 The search of the visitors at the Tower after the explosion occupied four hours. The number of those injured by the explo- sions is as follows: At the Tower, six injured seriously and fourteen slightly; at the Parlia ment buildings, four seriously and ten
 ten slightly. The worst injuries