New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-15
Stained Glass Windows of
ST. Georges, Hanover
Square, Destroyed.
REPORT WAS HEARD
A MILE DISTANT
Retaliation by the Public on Suf'
fraeettes Begins to Keep Pace
With the Outrages.
tRr Cah,e q Tn. Tribune. ]


London. June l5.-Suffragettes did
further destruction TO church property
last evening, when by means Of bomb
they greatly damaged the famous
Dutch stained glass east window of St.
Georges Church. Hanover Square, the
fashionable West End church where so
many society weddings are celebrated
The bomb. which exploded with a re-
port heard a mile away. is thought to
have been composed of about two
hounds Of black powder contained in a
pressed beef can 1ound tightly round
with a leather strap. From the frag-
ments found it had apparently been
taken to the church in a bag of thin
oilcloth.
Al the time Of the explosion 90
oclocD the church had been closed
for more than an hour,
The damaged window was made at
Malnes about 1920. and brought TO
England IN ls4S.
Saw Used in st. PauPs.
Earlier in the day the suffragettes
caused scene in St Psurs Cathedral
almost as bad as that in the Brompton
OratoSy q week previously. The judges
of the high courts and the Lord Mayor
we're attending the service. One wom-
an started to shout out: Il protest in
the name Of Mrs. Pankhurst," and
when policemen and vergers went TO
eject her. Il was found that she was
claimed 10 the plank which connected
the chairs. A saw vas fetched and
while the choir was proceeding with
thc anthem the plank sawn in halves.
The woman screamed sll the time
she was being elected, and other women
near her. started TO howl. For some
minutes something like pandemonium
reigned. Chairs were upset and women
yelled at the top of their voices. Two
women flung themselves on the floor
and kicked and struck out at every
one who approached them. Some
members Of the congregation helped
Vigorously in the work of removing the
women, and two Of the disturbers were
literally pulled by the necks over the
tops Of the chairs and put into the
street.
Two Women Threatened.
Two suffrsgettes who made dis
turbance in Westminster Abbey at the
close Of the evening service were fol-
lowed by an angry crowd across Par
lament Square. There were threats TO
throw them in the river. but they es-
capped in a notorious.
According to 1.-THE Daily Express"
the authorities have discovered that
the militant suffragettes pay regular
tariff rates for the commission OF acts
Of violence. AS an example, it says
$3.50 is the price paid for slashing a
valued picture.
London, June IA bomb was exploded
IN St Georges Church, Hanover Square,
tonight Coming so close upon the bomb
outrage in Westminster Abbey, the desc
Grafton of this famous edihce has in
creased alarm as 10 how far the militant
women intend 10 go.
The caretaker Of st. Georges had
locked the church after a careful inspec-
ton on the conclusion Of the evening SER
vice. A few minutes after 10 o'clock a
pssser-by heard an explosion and sum-
moned the FIRE bridage. The firemen,
forcing the doors. found the church filled
with a dense. white smoke. Three pews
In the north aisle and three stained win
COWS were damaged by the explosion,
while a pew Immediately in front OF the
lectern was blown down.
Fortunately the famous painting Of
The Last Supper" by Sir James Thorn
hin, which hangs above the altar. was
rot damaged, although the window above
was splntered.
The firemen found a square tin box and
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