The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 38, February, 1894: An Illustrated MonthlyVarious
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The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 38, February, 1894: An Illustrated Monthly
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In this same year--1884--no fewer than three explosions occurred on
the night of the 30th May, whilst on the same evening a bag was found
in Trafalgar Square containing Atlas Powder, with fuse and detonators.
The first was at the Junior Carlton Club, St. James's Square, where
about fourteen persons were injured. The second--which occurred about
fifteen seconds after that at the Junior Carlton--at the residence
of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, St. James's Square (Fig. 18), which the
perpetrators evidently mistook for a part of the Intelligence Office.
It is probable that the charge used was thrown over the area railings,
but it accidentally lodged in a window recess of the morning room,
where the most serious effects of the explosion were felt, although
the windows of the house were much shattered. As the official report
states:--
[Illustration: FIG. 19.--SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS-WYNN'S--MORNING ROOM.]
"Although a party were assembled in the morning-room at the time the
explosion occurred, they fortunately escaped injury with the exception
of one lady, who had her hand slightly cut by some broken glass. This
remarkable escape (as it must appear to anyone who had an opportunity
of examining the room before the _débris_ had been disturbed, or who
has seen the photographs of this room) can only be attributed to the
fact that the party did not happen to be seated directly opposite to
the window under which the explosion occurred, but rather in the other
part of the room, where they were to some extent sheltered from the
effects (Fig. 19). Two servants who were standing on the front doorstep
were also injured, one of them somewhat severely, making a total, so
far as is known, of three persons injured by this explosion."
[Illustration: FIG. 20.--EXPLOSION AT SCOTLAND YARD.]
The third explosion of this eventful night took place at 9.20 p.m., at
Old Scotland Yard. The charge was placed outside a room used by some
of the detective staff. The explosion brought down a portion of the
building, doing considerable damage to some carriages standing there at
the time and to neighbouring buildings, and injuring several persons
(Figs. 20 and 21).
[Illustration: FIG. 21.--EXPLOSION AT SCOTLAND YARD.]
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