BOMB OUTRAGE.
THREE PERSONS INJURED
STARTLING HAPPENING AT MELBOURNE.
(B» Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.* (Received March 16th, 0 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 16. Among the morning mail delivered at the office of the Lands Department was a package addressed to a member of the Closer Settlement Board. When the package was opened a loud explosion occurred, resulting in injuries to Mr Fredorick Lee, a Closer Settlement Commissioner, Thomas Hastie, and Reginald Jones. The room was partly wrecked. A window was smashed, and the ceiling shattered by brass bullets. Tho explosive material is supposed to have been dynamite, operated by a hammer spring and a percussion cap contained in a small wooden box. The package was posted at Sydney. No theory is advanced as to tho cause of the outrage.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14918, 17 March 1914, Page 7
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