Milford chronicle., 1912-12-27
Explosive Thrown From House.
top as He Rides By.
An ATTENDANT is KILLED
Baron Hardinge Was Struck by Fraq.
ments of Internal Machine - His
Wife Escapes Unhurt.

The viceroy and vicereine of India,
Baron Hardinge of Penshurst and Lady
Hardinge, narrowly escaped assassi-
nation by native fanatic while MAX
ing their ceremonial entry into Delhi,
the new imperial capital OF India
Three splinters OF a powerful bomb
which killed one native attendant and
injured another, penetrated the back
and shoulders of the viceroy and he
was also wounded in the neck by the
screws with which the bomb was filled
and which passed through his helmet.
The doctors who removed the metal
spliDters from the wound declared it
marvellous that the viceroy escaped
fatal injuries.
Lazy Hardinge Immediately after
the explosion asked her husband if ne
was hurt. The viceroy replied: Il am
all right; go on" Lady Hardinge then
said: I'VE cannot. There is a dead
man behind"
The elephant on which they were
riding halted and the viceroy tried to
stand up but reeled and tainted and
the officials who assembled had much
difficulty in removing him.
The hOWdah, a box-like affair on the
elephants back, in which Baron and
Lady Hardinge had been seated, was
blown into matchwood.
The viceroy will soon be able to
leave the hospital for the viceregal !
lodge. The umbrella bearer, who was
In, bn4
Lord CurEon.
The bomb thrower has not yet been
caught, although several arrests were
made. A reward of 10000 rupees zap
proximately $4,000 has been offered
for his arrest.
Phe police have learned that the
plot to assassinate Lord Hardinge was
hatched shortly after the Durbar,
when King George moved the capital
to Delhi.
The attempt at assassination was
made during the procession escorting
Lord and Lady Hardinge from the
railway station to the official vice
regal residence, which has just been
A man believed to be a
member of the Indian nationalist Sc
cret committee threw the bomb from a
hOusetop just as the equipage was
moving through Chandai Chowk
The bomb struck the edge of the
brilliantly caparisoned howdah in
which Lord and Lady Hardinge we're
seated. Immediately the Internal ma
chine exploded with a loud roar which
threw the procession into confusion.
The trumpetings of the frightened eie-
plants, mingled with the shouts of the
soldiers and natives, as several sepoys
lashed into the house from the roof
If which the bomb had been hurled.
Lord Hardinge fell to the bottom of
he howdah with the blood streaming
rom his shoulder.
The ceremonies were interrupted l
or only a short period while the vice /
Oy and vicereine were being conveyed
o the hospital and vice regal resi-
.ence respectively. /
Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, financial
member Of the council of the governor +
eneral of India, took the viceroy's
lace in the procession, which then n
roceeded on it's way through the new
nperial city to the Durbar camp,
here a great number of rajahs and Y
ther Indian chieftains were assem-. fl
led. d
Sir Guy then took up his position in n
ront of the vice regal dais and read
loud a dispatch from Lord Hardinge, a
aging that he was only slightly in n
ired. The reading of the message was a
sceiVed with prolonged cheering. P