The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26

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EVENTFUL SNERzING
HOW ALrTTLe THING NAY g lADENs
w. WITH GREAT REeuLTa
- snesss Under LonAen DriAgs That
Cost Two and SsaveA Manys Liyss.
= s.eess ThatSAverteA .Assassiaa-
tisn-One That Cassea : sPaaie.
Exactly At 8 p. 10. on the evening Of
Dec. 10. 1884. q sneexe was sneexel I'M.
der London bridge which Sconsigined
two men to an Instant and horrible
death.
Their names were Iomasney and
Fleming, and they were conspiratora
Their mission was to blow up the
bridge With dynamite, because It was
considered that at that time there
would be more. people crossing IT.
workmen. wprkgirls and Others on
their way home from business-than at
any other and that. the loss In human
life would be therefore correspondingly
more appalling.
All went well at drst. The pair of
desperadoes dropped noieelessly down
the river in a bont, with forty pounds
Of dynamite In their possession. to-
gether with the necessary fuses and de-
tonatora Arrived at their destination,
however. they found that the gully hole
underneath the southern arch Of the
structure, wherein 1t had been their In.
tention to insert the explosive. had
been stopped up. Lomasney undertook
to remove the obstruction. but It occu.
pied him some little time. The night
was bitterly cold. and his comrude got
chilled and was seized with a sudden
at Of sneezing. In bis agitation he
dropped q or more OF the decorators
be was holding. and these. falling on
the dynamite which was laying in the
bottom Of the boat. exploded It, with
disastrous results. Doubtless. however.
that in%opportune sneeze. although 1t
ended the career Of a pair Of despera-
does, saved London bridge from de.
struction.
That the Right Hon. W. p. Forster
died peacefully In his bed instead of
being assassinated IN 1882 was due to
q sneeze. Three times the consplrators
laid ID wait for him. but the Inst at.
tempt was the most determined Of
them all. Four men armed with heavy
.caJiber navy revolvers were to waylay
him as he drove from the viceregal
lodge to the castle. Two Of the assas'
sins were to fire at him from the first
door window Of a house in a certain
and the other two were station,
ed at the window Of another house
few yards down'on the opposite side Of
the way.
. These latter were the. reserves des.
tined to try their skill should their col.
leagues miss. Neither Of the two firing
parties were to show themselves until
the al approach OF their proposed
victim was signaled from the street
below. The signal IN question was to
be the waving Of a pocket handker.
chief by James Carey. the same man
who was afterward killed by O'Don.
nell.
The plot was excellently planned
from the point OF view OF the partlei.
pants therein. In fact. 90 far as human
foresight could provide against eventu.
allties the chief secretary seemed as
good as dead. Yet 1t all came to naught
and for 90 simple q reason that the
plottcrs themselves. meeting together
afterward at, their secret rendezvous
IN North King street, were fain to
laugh at their own discontinue.
The morning was cold and gusty.
Mr.. Forster was somewhat late, and
Carey. chilled with. waiting about, be-
gan to sneeze. Instinctively be drew.
out his handkerchief, the handkerchief
that was to give the fatal signal. and
tn an instant the clustering north wind
had licked It from his benumbed fh,
gers and sent It sailing down the street
a. q twenty mile an hour gait.
At that very instant the chief secre.s
.tarry's cnrrlage turned the corner and
ca swiftly, toward. him. Carey ran
to the spot which Ind been previously
agreed upon and tried to make his fel.
low conspirqtors understand that their
victim was In sight by signaling With
bis arm andpointing. 4
The result. however. though exactly
what might have been foreseen, hardly
came up to his expectations. The four
men at the windows were waiting for q
man with a handkerchief. Instead. they
saw n without any such signaling
apparatus, evidently excited aud point
ing wildly up the street, Instantly they
copjured up visions Of traitors in their
ranks and Of detectives on their tracks
and, dropping their weapons. incontt.
lnently and hastily aed.
3 On the evening Of Oct. IL. 1878. a POI
ticeman on duty near the. Coliseum
Music hall, Liverpool, noticed an unu,
suaI .commotion at the entrance. ri.
sheveled boys and girls. their clothing
10. many insta noes torn from their
bucks and some OF them covered with
blood. were pouring from the gallery,
exits, while from within the building
came the sound Of shrteking and loud
cries for help, Realizing something of
what was happening, the constable
seized an ak and smashed Ia two Of the
extra" doors.
Hls. prompt action undoubtedly saved
scores II not hundreds OF lives. for by
this time the auditorium had become a
veritable pandemoniuln. wherein sever.
al thousand people, mad with terror.
were 6ghting and struggling with one
another for precedence.
Thirty-seven OF the number lost their
lives, and more than twice that number
were MANNED for life. And the cause OF
the panic was a at Of sneezing into
which q number Of. girls In the front
row OF the gallery were thrown owing
to some mischievous person tossing
some SNUFF into the air.
A number OF those behind. hearing
and seeing q connection in front, rose