A DYNAMITE PLOT.
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY 'A
STEAMER.
AN INFERNAL MACHINE DISCOVERED.
Fly Telegraph.— Association,— New York, May IG. The New York police, in consequence of a letter they received stating that the Mafia Society contemn plated the destruction of an English' liner, discovered on board the steamer Uinbria a box containing no less than lOOib of dynamite, fitted with mechanism which was actually working and arranged to explode within 36 hours.
(Rewired May 12, 12.10 a.m.)
New York, May It.
The letter received by the NeTtfr York police warned them that the Mafia Society had ordered the destruction of every steamer sailing to New York flying the British flag. The Oceanic, it was said, was spared' out of pity owing to the large number of women and children aboard'.
When the letter was received & hoax was suspected.
The infernal machine, containing l 1001b of dynamite, was of most ingenious construction. It was found on the pier among the passengers' luggage, the clockwork ticking away. It was promptly dropped into the sea, It is thought that two Italians brought it to the pier. The police, however, suspect Fenians, despite Mr. Patrick Ford's denial.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12268, 12 May 1903, Page 5
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193A DYNAMITE PLOT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12268, 12 May 1903, Page 5
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