ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE SYDNEY OBSERVATORY.
The particulars of this extraordinary attempt, which was briefly mentioned in our cablegrams, is thus alluded to in the Melbourne paperß: — Shortly after two o'clock on Saturday afternoon a youth of nineteen or twenty called at the Observatory, and left a small box, addressed to Mr Russeil, the Government Astronomer. Upon bsiag partially opened it was found to contain powder. It was then taken outside the building and opened cautiously by Mr Russell. He found It to contain five and a half pounds of blasting powder, and sixteen matches standing on end, the sulphurous tips being uppermost. A sheet of sandpaper was gummed to the under side of the lid, so that the friction in withdrawing the lid would ignite the matches and cause an explosion. A ginger beer bottle was filled with combuutibles which were sufficient to blow the whole establishment up, and the instrument Beems to have been carefully prepared. The poiice are now busy investigating the mater.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 229, 27 September 1877, Page 4
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