The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-25
bitterness of feeling against America,
which had been engendered by the ex-

The tower was fairly filed with
visitors Mt the moment the explosions
occurred. Many persons were seriously
injured. One man had his leg smashed;
another had an ear completely severed
from his head; two were
taken to the hospital, where
their wounds were catefuIly dressed.
At 40 p. m. excited crowds were still
about the tower, and cries of vengeance
continue on every side. TIE clan o. ing
or the people alb mt the Parliament
| buiIdingsis greater than ever, and they
| are tumultuous with excitement. OF
the two persons arrested just after the
xIIosion, as they were hurrying
/ away. from Westminster the man is
middle-aged, somewhat .looTe medium
height and de scrib.I himself as 4
! Canadian seafarer 81 j part-owner of a
vessel. The po'ire, convinced of his in
nocencer rele5s' ed him. The locality of
the explosion il the House of Commons
IS always in q deep shadow, being di-
rectly under the gallery The person
who deposited the dynamite was thus
much less likely to attract notice than
in almost any other part Of the house.
The Pail Mall Gazette summarizes its
account of the explosion in the House
OF Commons in the following language:
Thus the whole of the interior Of the
| House OF Commons presents remark
able scene of devastation. Although
there is great litter, everything may
be put right within a weeks time.
Nothing is more surprising about the
whole dastardly outrage than its utter
failure to effect any substantial injury"
). An lrishman giving the name of Cum
ningham, but who has also been known
as Dalton and Gilbert, was found among
the visitors detained for scrutiny after
the explosion at the tower He had
recently come from America, and
| being unable to give satisfactory
explanation of his object In
visiting the tower, he was taken into
custody and conveyed to the police
cells at Whitechapel, where he will be.
detained until able to give a clearer &C
count of himself.
A long conference was held this even
ing at Scotland yard, between Sir Will
lam Vernon Htrcourt and the princi-
pal experts of the police department. No
additional arrests were made.
About sixty visitors were in the
tower at the time of the explosion. The
explosive agent was deposited in what
white tower. This hall is now used as
an armory, and in it were stored large
numbers OF Martini rifles. which were
destined to be shortly issued to volun-
! teers. 1t was behind rack of
these that the deadly COM
pound was placed. The dynamite
played its maddest freaks with the
rifles. Many of them were twisted into
the most eccentric shapes imaginable,
and their distorted forms were scattered
about the apartment in a marvel of
confusion. All the glass and other
fragile articles in the hall were smashed
out of all semblance of their former
selves. A large hole. was crushed
through the floor at the spot where
/ the dynamite Wa 8 placed. directly over
head similar hole was blown through
the roof. The wood work was set on
fire by the explosion, but before any
serious damage had been done by the
flames they were extinguished.
| All persons arrested during the after
4 noon on suspicion of being
implicated in te-day's crime were
released this afternoon, there being no
facts against them sufficient to warrant
keeping them in..custody. The police are
completely nonplu sed. They are in
capable of even forming theory, and
appear to be dazed at their own ineffi-
cheney to prevent such outrages, or
discover their perpetrators when COM
1 mitted. Popular indignation ran so
high andlthe clamor of the crowd for
some one upon whom to wreak ven
the afternoon, was so insatiaSe
that the persons arrested on
suspicion narrowly escaped lynching,
when set at liberty. Wherever men
congregate, at the cubs, coffee houses.
hotels on the street, at home, every
where, the. one topic of conversation
throughout London, throughout the
United Kingdom this evening has been
this. last instance of the dynamiter's
devilish activity Remarkable force was
shown by the. explosion in Westminster
Hall, in a downward direction.
Holes were scooped in the ground
large enough to hold man. Into
one of these holes so formed Constable
Cox was violently thrown, and from it
was extrieated in bruised and battered
condition. Two other policemen near
the point of the explosion were not SO
seriously hurt, but they were thorough
ly stunned by the conclusion. Further
. inspection of the locality of the explo-
sion in the House of Commons, shows
that the flooring was driven clear
through to the basement. The floors
through the building are Uttered with
debris, broken chandeliers, glass and
other objects of fragile nature. Ghe
gus fixtures were wrecked and it was
Impossible for Colonel Majendie, chief
of the department of explosives. to con-
tinue his investigation for lack of proper
illumination. The damages, however,
will not delay the assembling of Parlia-
ment, as everything can be easily re-
paired before the day for meeting ar
riveS.
TIE EFFECT IN PARIS.
PARIS. January 2i.-The news OF the
dynamite explosions in London has
, caused an enormous sensation, especi-
ally among the English and German
sojourners in this city. The English
, embassy las been beseiged throughout
t ths evening by anxious inquiries after
} the latest details. News dispatches
/ from London are posted in the main re.
2 ception room as fast as received, and
t the bulletin boards are constantly sur
! rounded Lord Lyons could not be seen
e this evening, but as far as could be
t learned from the attaches OF the lega-
: ton there is no suspicion that the
a Fenians in Paris, of whom James
: S'nphens is the leader, were connected
8 Wit the plot, and no special investiga-
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