January 24th, 1885, when great damage was done to the Houses of
Parliament and the Tower of London by explosions of dynamite. The
Law-Courts and some other public buildings were to have been attacked
by the dynamiters, but happily were well guarded. (See
Clan-Na-Gael.)
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