Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-09
DYNAMITE SCARE IN
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pomp, weighing 100 pounds
on Wednesday last upon ~ vs
Westminster bridge, which G !,
the House of Parliament y.
was taken possession of l,. u ~
and was conveyed to Sco,I Wy
headquarters Of the Meho~"'pr
lice, where the bomb is bo;np V
by experts in such matters !.
determine whether it waslo. at
At Scotland Yard to,d, v', !
spector in charge admitted .
police were in possession a.
iron of conical shape, h,'
appearance of being a cn ma!
jectile for use in a gu n'D,c
believed to be a bomb loadna1
plosives.
The bomb was found on or,
buttresses of Westminster I ha!,
the side furthest from tbo 'i y
Commons. The bomb wos
neatly in brown paper and foi
stout cord. From the n MyG
which the bomb was found 1 4.
say that it was dropped o "l
ledge by Il passer EE"rl
police inspector added II
that though the parcc ~
believed to be Il bomb, it is No |
mon thing to find such susplGo1
cles in out of the way places an1l
spector claimed to believe thats|
cal-shaped projectile which is nj
sion of the police may not be 4
and that it may not contain dyr'I
any other explosive.
In conclusion the inspector vI
the alleged bomb had not been
ined by experts in such matters
was safe to say that the police ".
fectly satisfied that the tndMe
bomb was not the result of ~
plot to destroy the bridge Or h
the members of the House d
mons.
Additional inquiries made
Associated Press reporter, and
reporters of Il number Of London
papers contradict the re-ass,r
ports given out by the Scotland
officials and seem to show thatth
undoubtedly been an ATTEMPT F.,
up that part of the bridge Vi
near the terrace Of the lo
Commons. Enquiries made Al
Home Office fail to conlirmthSh
clusion, but the general opinion
newspaper men VINO have be
vcstigating the case is that an d
was made to seriously damage
minister bridge, near the lIo
Commons, by the explosion Of,
amite bomb.
Further visits to the Scotland
resulted in compelling The
there who first denied that 4 dy
plot had been discovered, andvI
intimaled that a bomb which la,
found might not prove to be 4 dy
bomb, to admit that a dynaml
had been discovered, though \
Yard pretends that it was apc
Importance.
An Associated Press reporc
hired a boat at Westminster bird
was rowcd out to the middle
River Thames, where a number
on u barge anchored beneath the
were at work with paint pc
brushes in an attempt to Gle
The Associated Pr
porter upon this barge found
men who discovered the
which contained the dynamite
placed upon the buttress of the
From these men it WAS learn
the parcel found upon the bird
which is now in possession Of
lice was undoubtedly Il bomb a
it had n fuse attached to it. II
also asserted that in addition
bomb several large cartridges 81
to be loaded with dynamite wer
upon another buttress of tn
bridge.
One of the workmen bene'
bridge made the following state
the Associated Press reporter
name is Thomas Morris and m!
name is James PlZzey. We are
men in the employ of the Count
Gil. On Wednesday afternoon,
tide was running down and
ing the buttress, we saw a
on the buttress, fifty yards II
side of the bridge and Q
side nearest the House o
We rowed out to tn
eel and found that it CONTAINED
thing heavy and enveloped IN
thicknesses of paper. We sA
carefully and placed it in a
water before examining 1t. W
thought it safe to undo the
we did so, and found that it co
q large conical-shapcd iron
which weighed ten pounds am
had u fuse screwed into Us
Upon another buttress we found
large cartridges. We opened
found POO shot and an equal qua
powder; in addition also found
boat ,tloating in the river, bol'
This boat had no name upon IT,
thing by which its ownership
traced.'
The watermen also express
opinion that the explosives ID
placed upon the buttresses
bridge previous to low water
lice still maintain that the plol
compa rative unimportance.