BOMB OUTRAGE IN KIEFF.
According to a Galician newspaper, an attempt has been made to blow up the Palace of the Governor of KielT. An entertainment was being given by the Governor in honor of the Grand Duke Coustantine, who is on a visit of inspection to the Kieff garrison, and while the salons were crowded with guests, who included most of the distinguished personages in the city, a loud explosion was heard in the courtyard of the Palace. The scene of gaiety was instantly changed to one of panic, as all the windowsjfaciug the courtyard were smashed, and the brickwork of the building was much damaged. Tho police were hastily summoned, and on searching the neighborhood of the ex plosiou found several pieces of metal, evidently fragments of the bomb which had caused the destruction. Fortunately nobody was injured, but naturally the outrage caused a severe shock to the Governor’s guests. It is supposed that this attempt to wreck the Palace was an act of revenge on the part of the students, on account of the measures which have recently been taken gaainst them,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 363, 13 March 1902, Page 4
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185BOMB OUTRAGE IN KIEFF. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 363, 13 March 1902, Page 4
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