BOMB OUTRAGE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 156, 13 April 1928, Page 5

BOMB OUTRAGE

KING EMANUEL’S ESCAPE. FOURTEEN KILLED, 40 INJURED. EXPLOSION IN MILAN STREET. Press Association —Copyright). (Received This Day, 8.55 a.m.) ROME, April 12. Fourteen were killed and 40 injured by a bomb explosion on the occasion of King Victor Emanuel’s visit to Milan. The bomb, placed at the foot of a lamp-post in the Piazza Giulio Cesare, exploded terrifically just before King Victor arrived. His Majesty had reached Milan only in the morning to open the famous fair. Despite the outrage he proceeded to carry out the official ceremony, afterwards driving to the grounds and visiting the more important pavilions. Other items of the day’s programme, with the exception of the gala performance in the Scala Theatre, proceeded unchanged. The police are actively searching for the culprits. King Victor later visited the hospital and spoke to those who were injured in the explosion, - The Piazza Giulio Cesare is a large square near the entrance to the fair. A squad of Rome detectives have gone to Milan, whose Mayor offers £IOOO for information as to the perpetrators of the outrage.—Australian Press Association and United Service.

SAVING OF THE KING’S LIFE. LAST-MINUTE CHANGE OF PLAN. (Received this Pay, 1.20 p.m.) ROME, April 12. ■ Tho city is aghast following the two fcomb outrages. Mussolini, in a message to the King, says : The whole of Italy is vibrating with indignation. The outrage at Milan occurred at 10 o’clock in the morning, close to the triumphal arch of Julius Caesar Square, live; minutes before the King’s procession passed. Apparently His Majesty’s decision to drive direct to the fair from the train saved his life. Experts say the bomb was of a newtype, shaped like <ai huge grenade and so constructed as to burst into hundreds of pieces. Moreover, it was electrically operated. The bomb was cunningly, secreted inside the lamp post, fragments of which were largely resopnsible for the slaughter The explosion damaged houses over a wide area. There was a terrible spectacle on the roadways with mutilated bodies -in every direction, an undescribable stampede adding to the horror.—Australian Press Association.

MUSSOLINI ENDANGERED. BOMB ON RAILWAY LINE. * , (Received This Day. 8.55 a.m.) . ROME, April 12. Advices from Como state that a powerful bomb was discovered on the railway line over which Signor Mussolini was due to pass on his return to Rome. It had,a thread attached, the other end of whieh was held by a man hiding near the track. The man was arrested. —Australian Press Association and United Service.