Evening star., 1939-02-03
Subway Station Blasts
|njure Seven, Snar|
London Traffic
Irish Republicans Face
Court as Violence
Is Renewed
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Feb. 3.-Bomb explo-
sions in two subway stations in the
center of London today signaled the
renewal of a series of anti-English
outrages attributed by Scotland
Yard to Irish Republican agitators.
The blasts occurred almost Simul-
taneously about 6 a m. in the Leices-
ter Square and Tottenham Court
road subway stations, about quar-
ter of mile apart. Apparently the
bombs were timed to go of before
the rush hour began.
Squads of Scotland Yard detec-
tives and police hastily blocked the
entrances to both stations, turning
away thousands of puzzled office
workers. Londons complex trans
portation system was thrown into
snarl.
Blasts Injure Seven.
A ticket collector and one other
person were injured at the Totten-
ham Station and five persons were
hurt at Leicester Square.
So strong was the blast in the
Tottenham Station that telephone
receivers in long row Of booths
were blown from their hooks. Dyna-
mite had been placed in the luggage
room, the glazed walls of which were
shattered Woodwork was sent hur-
ting throughout the big station,
Glass windows of ticket booths were
broken and water from burst pipes
flooded the station.
The explosion at Leicester Square
also occurred in the luggage room.
Glass show windows in the adjoin-
ing waiting room were shattered as
were windows across the street.
Experts Search Debris.
Explosives experts searched the
debris in baggage rooms at both
stations for traces of bomb con-
tainers. Scotland Yard men waited
at the hospital bedside of the in
jured Tottenham Court Road ticket
collector to hear his account and
criminal investigation department
agents searched for two men be-
lieved to have fought for the Span
ish government in an Irish brigade.
Attendants at all subway stations
were ordered to check no packages
without first inspecting their con-
tents.
The blast was so strong at Lei
cester Square that women were
knocked from their feet as they
descended escalators to the trains.
1t blew out the contents of a ciga-
rette store window.
For three weeks police of England,
Scotland and Wales have had a "a
hour guard on railroads, airports,
electric and gas systems and other
vital centers following the original
outbreak of explosions.
2l Held BY Police.
Todays violence followed appear
ances in London and Manchester
Police Courts yesterday of 10 men
and two women on charges of con-
spiracy to cause some of the earlier
explosions.
Cars filled with police preceded
and followed the BLACK maria"
which took the prisoners to the
London court, as precaution
against possible attempts to liberate
them.
Police read into the evidence
proclamation alleged to have been
found on one of the defendants
calling upon England Ito withdraw
her armed forces" from Ireland and
for the Irish people ito assist us in
the effort we are about to make in
Gods name to compel that evacua-
ton and enthrone the Republic of
Ireland"
The explosions were aired in the
House of Commons when Labor
Leader Clement Attlee asked Sir
Samuel Hoare, home secretary, for
details.
Sir Samuel said investigations
are being actively pursued"