A BOMB IN A CHURCH.
(United Press Association—Copyright.) Received 10.25 p.m., April 6. LONDON, April 6. Saint Martin's Church was filled with, dence smoke and the fire brigade was summoned. The pew below the pulpit was blown up. The bomb exactly resembled that used in Saint Johns Church early in March. Received 10.5.5 p.m., April 6.
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LONDON, April 6. A candle was inserted in the lid of a canister under a seat in Saint Martin s Church, apparently some eighty minutes before contact with the gunpowder. According to some accounts the canister was wrapped in suffragette's literature and contained clockwork.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20050, 7 April 1914, Page 5
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102A BOMB IN A CHURCH. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20050, 7 April 1914, Page 5
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