Organizations  --  Clan na Gael  Part 3  "Dynamite Saturday" Saturday, January 24, 1885, seemed to be another ordinary day in London.  The Houses of Parliament were open to tourists.  A family from Cork were visiting Westminster Hall, when they came upon a black bag covered by children's clothing.  They reported it to the policeman on duty.  The officer returned to the site to find the bag smoking.  He picked it up and attempted to race outside with it.  But the bag became too hot to hold.  He threw the bag to the floor, where it exploded, causing a small crater in the floor.  Two policemen were thrown into the crater by the force of the explosion.  (Both survived.)  Windows shattered.  The building rocked. There was another explosion in the Chamber of the House of Commons.  A bag had been placed in the seats of the gallery.  The explosion completely destroyed the Peers Gallery and badly damaged the government front benches and speakers chairs.  Damage extended all the way to the Member's Lobby and the Post Office. A third explosion took place at the Tower of London.  A man was seen lighting the fuse and running away.  He was later arrested and convicted, as was his accomplice. Who was responsible for the explosions?  No one ever claimed responsibility.  The two men convicted in the Tower of London explosion were Americans.  Fingers pointed to the Fenian Brotherhood and/or Clan na Gael, though Devoy denied his group's part in it. NEXT: Clan na Gael and the Easter Rebellion