, 1893-06-07

of the area. Several families liFs in vAgionS-
portions of the buildings Of tbs courts. ADD
those people, terribly frightened at the lodd.
ness and apparent nearness. Of the sxplostoa1
were to be seen running into the square ana
enquiring, half distTactedly, what had cauAed
the report.
This morning revealed shocking scene OF
wreckage. Every window in the quadrangle
was shattered. and the broken fragments OF
the glass covered the whole area; one win
dow, fully thirty yards from the pfL CO who're
the explosive was thrown, was shattered. In
the soutL west corner of the quadrangle ep.
posite to the spot where the bomb was thrown
every pane was shattered aud the woodwork
Of the sashes was damaged. AlonL tho qua
drangle there are twenty-four windows in
three storeys, and not one has escaped des-
t%ruction. The spectacle to-day is one of gene
raj ruin. Fr. gments Of glass hang from the
broken easements, and the ground 10 strewed
with dust and Debris. There is no doubt
expressed that the design was to wreck this
portion Of the courts. The explosive was 90
powerful at least az that used In Exchange.
court, and probably was larger in quantity.
There are traces Of a zinc case, in which the
explosive material was probably. enclosed. The
bomb must have been thrown through the
intersticss Of the high rsilings, and the opn'
lectures ID that it was fred by a fuse, allow
ing the person who depoaitsd it to make good
his escape. On the spot where the bomb 10
supposed to have fallen a few of the iags are
displaced, but it is agreed that this occurred
MT Through the effects Of the explosion, but
IL the course Of working operations carried
on there earlier in the day by some Of the EN-.
ployes Of the Board of works. These men
eft Oh work early in the afternoon, and not
The slightest suspicion can attach to them, as
the explosive must have been introduced nine
hours aftl rwards through the area railings-
None of the masonry is injured. II 10 ed-
mitted that it is almost q miracle that no life
was lost. The Four Courts at night, however,
are a deserted area, and are only inhabited
by some care takers. Had any persons been
passing at the time they would probably have
been killed.
There is q loud cry for enquiry into all the
circumstances. The Dublin evening papers
TO day Sunday published special editions.
MIR. M&llon has since been interviewed, and
although rhe police officials are one and all
chary IN giving information. they state that
the explosion has not taken them by surprise.
1t is known that public buildings in Dublin
have %lattcr,y been under special watch and
ward.
The one sui iect Of discussion to-day, adds
our corr. spontent is the motiv Of The crime,
and here all is perplexity. The fact that it
was CoHAiuIttou U CdIulNnyt h"y W &ANoS
rise to the common opinion that it was
intended in SON way to Il ark that miserable
anniversary of the assassination in the Phoenix
Park, but with what motive and purpose no
one can tell. The police are of opinisn that
there was no deliberate attempt to take lie.
The locality of the outrage is deserted at
night, and perhaps mo lonelier place in the
city could be selected as its scene. One thing
is certain, the police have no clue to the per
petrators. The miscreant Of the Exohsngt-
court tragedy-an affair involved in equa.
mystery-has escaped, and there is little hope
that the author of this further deed of evil
will be discovered. The suppositisn is that
after throwing the bomb the misoreant escap-
I'd northwardS along the line Of the quayS
towards the Phoenix P0k.
AS to the motive, some were so foolish IS
to assert that it waa an act of revenge follow
ing upon the. adjudication of Mr.. Michael
Davitt as a bankrupt in the Bankruptcy
Court on Saturday. Others liken the event to
the .Clerkenweli explosionj but such idle Cos
sip finds no general crelence. In the mean
time attention is drawn to the fact that the
present series of outraees commenced With the
explosion at the end of October 1901, i'm the
National Press Offices, Middle Abbey street
the building was much damaged, but no enc
was hurt; this explosion 0c~curredabout eight
O'Clock at night. The next explosion -was in
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