DARING ATTEMPT AT DYNAMITING.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1196, 30 January 1885, Page 3

DARING ATTEMPT AT DYNAMITING.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TOWER OF LONDON, AND WESTMINSTER HALL.

London, January 24 Intense excitement has been causal here by the discovery of daring and well planned attempts to damage the ( louses ot Parliament and Tower of London by dynamite explosions. Early tins afternoon the first ex plosion occurred, the dynamite having been Jo Igo I in the first crypt under Wes minster HaU. The windows of the Hall wre smash d by the cnncus3 : on, and a large hole made in flour.’ Two poliee'men and a visitor who were present were seriously injured.

A lew minutes later a stcou I unpins on took place, in a spot uuder the Strangers’ Gallery in the House of Commons. The western end of the Chamber was completely wrecked by the force of the explosion. 0.,e person who is suspected of having caused the explosion was arrested on the spot. A third explosion occurred about the same time, the scene being the White Tower of the Tower of London. Numerous visitors were present at the time, and four persons were severely injured. Windows in the neighbourhood were broken, and the buildings sustained considerable damage. In connection with the dynamite outrage it has transpired that a lady informed a o matable, who was on duty at Westminster Hal), that she had observed some men place a parcel in the crypt, and as the policeman was in the act of removing it an explosion ensued Several monuments in the Hall were considerably injured. About 100 visitors had quitted the House of Commons just before the explosion occurred. The Peers’ Gallery and the Liberal lobby were completely wrecked. The Op position lobby, the strangers’ gallery, and many benthos in the Ho ise, together with Mr Gladstone’s and the Speaker’s seats, were injured by the explosion In the Tower the armoury roof was blown open by dynamite which was placed in the staircase. Five persons were’seriously injured, and 30 including children, were slightly injured. A great many stands of arms were destroyed by the explosion. January 25 hj. The polic-nnan who attempted to remove 'he parcel of dynamite which exploded at Westminster Hall is dying from the injuries he sustained. Over 100 apertures were made in the roof of the Hall near where the explosion occurred. The contents of the bat quoting hall, Council Chamber, and Tower were much damaged by water during the extinguishing of the lire caused by the explosion. A C median sailor, who was suspected of complicity in the outrage and was arrested, has since been released, -and an I’ish American has been arrested on suspicion The whole country is intensely indignant at the outrage. It is stated that the Government (sic) have received a letter disclosing the plans of the dynanntards w h o effected the recent explosions, and indicating the membeis of the baud.

January 26th. A man named Gilbert, an Irish-Ameri-can, who was arrested on Saturday in co ineo'ion with the explosion at the Tower, has been exa nined at the bow street Police Court and remanded for a week.

The perpetrators of ihe dynamite outrage are the subject of considerable execration in America. Great disgust is also expresse 1 on the Continent at the outrage. J anuai y 27 th. The police are pursuing au important clue to the identity of the men who engaged in the dynamite outrages at Westminster and the Tower, and eight persons are now being ciosely watched. Washington’, January 26th. In the Senate to day resolutions expressing abhorence of the dynamite outrage recently perpetrated in Lon lon were passed.