ST. BEE’S BOMB
OLD BOYS CHARGED THE SUMMONS DISMISSED Reeoived July 27, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, July 26. Summonses were dismissed against the brothers Maurice and Basil Davenport, old boys of St. Bee’s School, one of whom is Mayor of Macclesfield, on charges of placing an explosive under the platform of the St. Boe’s School at the prize-giving by Lord Lloyd on Juno 18.
After Lord Lloyd had distributed the prizes at St. Bee’s School, Cumberland, what was believed to bo an infernal machine was found under the platform. The mechanism of the machine, which was controlled by clockwork, was fitted with a twolvo-hour dial set for 3.30, at which time Lord Lloyd was distributing the prizes. The police immediately took possession of the machine. The headmaster, Mr A. Bell, said that the machine seemed too well made to bo a fake. The affair was put in the hands of Scotland Yard and a wook later it was announced that Chinese crackers of a large size were found in the bomb. Three crackers were found, each 10 inches long, li inches wide, and J inch thick. A grave view was at first taken of the possibilities, but subsequent investigation led to the opinion that the affair might have been the outcome of a practical joke.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 176, 28 July 1932, Page 7
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