E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Dynamite Saturday.
January 24th, 1885, when great damage was done to the Houses of Parliament and the Tower of London by explosions of dynamite. The Law-Courts and some other public buildings were to have been attacked by the dynamiters, but happily were well guarded. (See CLAN-NA-GAEL.)
