The Viceroy's Wounds.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 24, 1912:
    DELHI, Dec. 23.— Lord and Lady Hardinge escaped death by a seeming miracle to-day. Three splinters of the powerful bomb, which killed one native attendant and wounded another, penetrated the back and shoulders of the Viceroy, and he was also wounded in the neck by screws with which the bomb was filled, others of which passed through his helmet.
    The worst of the Viceroy's wounds is a deep one, four inches in length, exposing the shoulder blade. His other injuries are said to be superficial.
    The doctors who removed the metal splinters from the wounds declare it marvelous that the Viceroy escaped more serious and even fatal injuries.
    Lady Hardinge immediately after the explosion asked her husband if he were hurt. The Viceroy replied, "All right; go on."
    Lady Hardinge said. "We cannot. There is a dead man behind."
    The elephant on which they were riding was then halted.
    The Viceroy tried to stand up, but reeled and fainted, and the officials who gathered around had much difficulty in removing him from the elephant's back. He was taken to a hospital. The howdah in which he and Lady Hardinge had been seated was blown into matchwood.
    The Viceroy will soon be able to leave the hospital for the Viceregal lodge. Lady
    Hardinge suffered much from the shock, and it was necessary to apply soothing remedies.

Reward for Anarchist's Arrest.
    The thrower of the bomb has not yet been caught. A reward of 10,000 rupees (approximately $3,300) has been offered for his arrest.
    The ceremonies were interrupted for only a short period while the Viceroy and his wife were being conveyed to the hospital and Viceregal residence, respectively. Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, Financial Member of the Council of the Governor General of India, took the Viceroy's place in the procession, which then proceeded on its way through the new imperial city to the Durbar camp, where a great number of rajahs and other Indian chiefs were gathered. Sir Guy then took up his position in front of the Viceregal dais and read aloud a dispatch from Lord Hardinge saying that he was only slightly injured by the missile thrown by a fanatic. The reading of the message was received with prolonged cheering.
    The attempt on Lord Hardinge's life roused feelings of intense indignation among the natives, and the British officials present, as he is one of the most popular Viceroys who have ever ruled in India. For a comparatively long period there had been a lull in the native agitation in India, which at various times led to assassinations of high officials. The attack on Lord Hardinge therefore came with the greater unexpectedness.
    Only a short time ago the Viceroy wrote to the Indian Office in London saying that the country was very quiet and that the prospects for his official entry into Delhi wore most favorable.
    The bomb was thrown as the great procession, in which a large number of gayly caparisoned elephants took part, bearing native Princes and high British officials, was passing through the Chandai Chowk, which is a long, narrow, typical Oriental street containing many stores retailing various kinds of merchandise.

Rode on an Enormous Elephant.
    The Viceroy's elephant was an enormous animal. The driver sat between his ears, guiding him in the usual native way by tapping him on the forehead with a steel spike. Behind the driver was the great howdah, a boxlike construction fixed on the elephant's saddle. The howdah was covered with imperial purple drapings decorated with gold. In it were seated the Viceroy and Lady Hardinge, and at their backs stood another native attendant holding over their heads the great parasol which indicates the royal dignity. He was the man who acted in the same capacity for Lord Curzon.
    Owing to the lowness of the houses in the Chandai Chowk the would-be assassin, who stood on one of the roofs when he threw the bomb, was only a few feet from the Viceroy and Lady Hardinge.
    The bomb, which was evidently intended to explode by concussion, burst with terrific force. The native standing behind the Viceroy and Lady Hardinge, holding the imperial umbrella, was blown from his position to the ground and instantly killed, while the driver sitting in front of the howdah was wounded in no fewer than eight places.
    The great procession immediately came to a standstill, and a crowd of officials rushed up and found the Viceroy bleeding, while Lady Hardinge was terribly shaken. They were assisted to alight from the howdah and placed in motor cars, one of which conveyed the Viceroy to the hospital and another Lady Hardinge to the Viceregal residence.
    The police in the meantime had surrounded the house from which the bomb was thrown and had made several arrests. All the outlets from the city, were also placed under strict guard.
    To-day's celebration marked the carrying out of the announcement that the King made in the course of the great Coronation Durbar, of the transference of the imperial capital of India, from Calcutta to Delhi. Since that announcement was made the Viceroy has been busy visiting various parts of the county and has been able to pay only a few flying visits to Delhi to inspect the preparations for the advent of the Government in the new imperial city. To-day he was making his state entry, and had been received at the railroad station by many members of the Government, by the officials, and by a large gathering of native ruling chiefs. After the official greetings at the station he had started on his way to the old fort, whose history is imperishable in India, owing to the prominent part it played in the great mutiny.