THE BOMB OUTRAGE 153 



(I could not distinguish what) thrown from one of 

 the second-floor balconies in the direction of the 

 first elephant. A thin blue-grey line of very fine 

 smoke indicative of picric acid remained quite 

 plainly visible on the line taken by the bomb from 

 a balcony to across the road. I saw it quite clearly 

 and am convinced for that reason that the missile 

 was thrown from the second floor. The police 

 think otherwise, but I am satisfied that I am right. 



The bomb appears to have just missed Lord 

 and Lady Hardinge, and to have landed in the 

 second half, the back seat, of the howdah when 

 it exploded. It killed the State Umbrella-bearer, 

 wounded the attendant sitting beside him, and 

 injured several people in the crowd. 



I understand that Lady Hardinge turned to her 

 husband and asked if he were hurt. He replied, 

 " All right, go on." They were unaware of what 

 had happened to their attendants. 



The Viceregal elephant took no notice of the 

 explosion, which was not, a very loud one, and 

 continued his stately progress, as did mine. 

 The elephant of the Commander-in-Chief, how- 

 ever, swung round and got out of place; I thus 

 got close up to the first elephant. At first I 

 thought the Hardinges had both escaped injury, 

 but I could see that the two men behind them 

 had collapsed. The Viceroy sat bolt upright 

 and gave no indication whatever of his hurt. All 

 of a sudden, when we had gone about 30 yards 

 from the spot where the outrage occurred, the tall, 

 straight figure of the Viceroy literally crumpled 

 up. Of course, his elephant was at once stopped, 

 as were all the rest. Absolute quiet and perfect 



