Saturday 19 July 2014

Dynamite and Dynamiters (1894)

Between 1881 and 1885 Irish Republicans based in the U.S.A. launched a bombing campaign against the British mainland.  Their explosive of choice was the newly invented Dynamite.
This article, unsurprisingly, stays clear of the political issues, and describes the construction of the 'infernal devices' - to an extent which would probably be avoided in a modern publication.







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