The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-01-29
Done by Dynamite.

after two o'clock this afternoon all Lon.
don was awakened by three fearful ex:
plosions which occurred simultaneously
in the house of parliament, i'm West.
minister hall and in the tower Of Lon.
don
Thousands of eager people immediate.
ly gathered at the scenes Of the cxplo.
siOns
The greatest excitement prevailed, the
extent Of the damage not being known
The house Of parliament and the govern.
ment Offices were severely shaken and
the buildings for blocks around trembled
on their foundation.
While the thousands of anxious spec
tators were gathered around the scene of
the parliament explosions, the utmost
CONSERVATION and excitement was created
by rumor which spread through the
crowd, that another explosion bad Oc.
Cured in the tower Of London.
The news spread throughout the city,
aud the whole populace were immediate
ly thrown into terrible state of excite.
ment. Men, women and children rushed
To the scenes Of the wrecks, and business
soon became ut complete standstiIl.
Everyhody feared that the deadly work
had but begun, and for an hour after the
announcement OF the explosions all
seemed to await in dread the wreck Of
others of the government buildings.
BELIEVED 70 BE DYNAMITE.
The general impression that prevailed
was that it was the work of Fenians, and
that dynamite had been the weapon
This became q conviction on the AN.
fIt nG fhn s.arnnl ~ ,ln MI
that it was y precOnccrted effort to de-
stroy as many as possible OF the govern.
Inent buildings no one doubted
THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS.
Thi. explosion occurred close to the
house of lords, near Westminster hall.
1t is rrpnrted that the explosive WAS
placed in the crypt under the building
The force of the shock was tremendous,
aud was felt at q great distance. The
amount OF damage done was very great.
There were two explosions instead of
one, as was at first supposed, at the par
lament house. The second one como
about three minutes after the first, and
WAS near the house of commons. Tie
other one was at Westminster hall.
One man was arrested near the scene
of the explosion and the detective force
Immediately went to work seeking further
developments, which were anxiously
awaited.
The parliament explosion knocked Il
policeman down aud injured him so
seriously that his case is at present con.
sidered critical. Its force also knocked
down two other policemen who were
standing in the vicinity and badly
stunned them. A lady and gentleman
standing near the officer were also pros
trnted. The great window over the
main entrance tn Westminster hall was
smashed to atoms aud all the side win
dows were blown out In the interior of
floor the only seat damaged by the ex.
ploslon was that which Gladstone occu-
pies twas badly broken.
The explosions caused quite panic
among the visitors who were in the build
ing at the time. Those who were in the
house of commons fled precipitately, and
many Of the ladies were bruised in the
crush. The second explosion in the par.
Lament building occurred thee minutes
later than the first, and was far more
destructive. The dynamite which caused
the second explosion must have been
placed under the peers gallery OIL The
left side. Little hope is entertained OF
the survival of the wounded policeman.
The force Of the explosion was such
that one man was blown To the earth,
who was as many as three hundred yards
from the point where it occurred. The
lobby Of the house of commons was
completely demolished.
A CLUE TO THE PERPETRATORS.
A clue to the perpetrators of the out
rage IL thought to have been discovered.
just before the explosion occurred man
and woman, the latter carrying hand
bag, engaged Il cab outside of the parlia.
ment yard, and drove rapidly away, Civ.
ing no direction rs to their destination.
They had not gone very far when the
explosion happened. The cabman hear.
ing this stopped his cab The man and
woman at once leaped nut and hastened
quickly from the spot. The cabman
went in pursuit, and the runaways were
soon oyertaken and arrested by the
police.
THE EXTENT OF THE rAMAGE.
The prevalent belief is that the de
structive agent was conveyed into the
house of commons by some Saturday
visitor: A fuller investigation shows
that the extent of damage was much
greater that at first supposed. The
western extremity Of the house is total
wreck. There is no doubt that the
explosive was passed under the press
gallery on the government side of the
houae. All tho wood work in that part
of the building was shattered, and wide
hole was made through the floor. The
gallery was displaced, and even the solid
s,uae work Of the doorways was either
pnlver;led or shifted from It's position.
Every pan" of glass in the house was
smashed to atoms. Benches were over.
turned and broken, and the gallery
generally dsmantled. One lady who
was visiting the house of commons at
the time of the outrage, was seriously
injured. Immense damage was done in
the lobby; the masonry, decorations and
sculptures were utterly destroyed. The
shock was felt in Pail Mall, and persona
In the vicinity say that the very earth
sho0k.
Sir William Vernau Harcourt. the
home secretary, and the marquis of Har.
lington, secretary of state for war, visited
the scene.
Another account of the wreck at
Westminster hall says that the explosion
was more disastrous than at first antici.
pated. Four persons were badly injured,
including two policemen, WHO are proba.
bly, fatally wounded. A lady who was in
the hall spied an internal machine and
called the attention of policeman Cole
who was on duty at the time to it.
A BOMB IN THE HANDS OF AN OFFICER.
Officer Colo rushed to the spot, seized
the machine and attempted to extinguish
the fuse, but was not quick enough. The
fuse burned 30 rapidly aud closed so
quickly unnn thu nachi na III mi Tho Office.