Fuller Particulars—3o Persons Injured.
A Brave Policeman.
[SPECIAL TO THE PBESB .ASSOCIATION.]
London, January 24.
In connection with the dynamite outrages, it has transpired that a lady informed a constable who was on duty at Westminster Hall that she had observed some men place a parcel in the crypt, and while the policeman was in the act of removing it an explosion ensued.
Several monuments in the Hall were considerably injured. '
About one hundred visitors had quitted the House of Commons just before the explosion occurred.
The Peers' Gallery and the Liberal lobby were completely wrecked.
The Opposition lobby, the Strangers' Gallery, and many benches in the House, together with Mr Gladstone's and the Speaker's seats, were injnred by the explosion.
At the Tower, the armoury roof was blown open by dynamite, which wag placed on the staircase.
Five persons were seriously injured, and thirty, including children, were slightly injured. A great many stands of arms were destroyed by the explosion.
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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5005, 27 January 1885, Page 2
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161Fuller Particulars—30 Persons Injured. Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5005, 27 January 1885, Page 2
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