New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-17
FOIIR SOLDIERS KILLED.
r,,r EXPLOSION OF AN AMMUNITION
WAGON WORKS HAVOC.
,rc,1ARs on DUTY IN CHICAGO FLOWN TO
PIECES WHILE MARCHING ALONG GRAND
BOULEVARD OTHER PER-
SONS INJURED.

Chicago. July 16.-Exploding shot and shell
-,ughs slcken!ng carnage among soldiers, civil
'.,s and horses this afternoon in Grand Boue-
.rd one Of ChlCago's finest driveways. The
hoa;ss Of four United States soldiers were
,,srced by projectiles and torn apart 50 that
nav died instantly. being blown far from the
,0na of slaughter. Two Of the wounded soldiers
,,o not expected 10 live. Eight more were
,rred and struck with leaden and wooden
,,,ss1es. and half a dozen or more civilians were
injured.
The killed are:
rsvard Doyle. cannonecr. "a Lgh: Artillery.
,o,,eyv f. from Fort Riley, Kan. blown from
.aisson or ammunition chest. which exploded.
jeremiah Donovan. cannoneer. same battery.
blown from seat alongside Doyle.
Joseph Caller. farrier, Troop II. 7th Cavalry,
Tor, sheridan. body riddled and torn by shot
ard pieces Of gun carriage.
Fred Lotz. wheel-horse driver Battery F, 20
Artillery body pierced by shot and wood; died
st Michael Rees's Hospital at : p. m
The moriay wounded are:
Martin O'Donnen. cannoneer Battery F. I'd
.r,iIlerv. body pierced by fragments Of wood.
.,rrsd by powder; taken TO Mercy Hospital.
Sargeant Lider. same battery. injured in the
came manner as ODonnell; burned more seri-
opslv: taken to Mercy Hospital.
Among the less seriously injured are:
" T Antis bugler Of Troop Il. 7th Calvary.
Tar, shsrj9 n. right shoulder shattered by shell;
=, weak condition and recovery doubtful; taken
10 Mercy Hospital.
L W Allen. Cannoneer, Battery +, "a Ar'iiie'S'
INNER part of body burned
George Hoffman sergeant. same battery. ch'n
,.r,lv shot away; taken 10 camp.
Anthony Kane. cannOneer. same battery nan
o,sar blown off: taken to camp.
n-,ver Enke Battery F. blown from horse 20
,round and head hurt; taken 10 camp.
nr,yar P1nowski. same battery. blown from
,or.a across the street; cut and bruised.
Cornonier Trquhart, same battery. face and
neck burned by powder right foot pierced ov
bullet. wounds dressed at Mercy Hospital.
rrooner Huvck. eth Cavalry: blown off his horse
and rendered deaf; bruised and burned; taken
TO camp.
Ralph NJ. Byers. boy living with his parents
at No. 377 Oakwood Boulevard; leg pierced by
,,,o bullets and blown off his bicycle; fell on
grass plot forty feet away
Mrs r. A. Howe. of No. 1881 Grand Boulevard,
face and head cut by flying glass while sitting at
window
Mrs s. c. Griggs. visiting her mother. Mrs.
= g Huling. at No $3.50 Grand Boulevard.
knocked down BY explosion wrist and face cut
Unknow1 man and his sister, driving in Oak
wood Boulevard blown from buggy mans nose
broken womans face cut; taken in carriage 10
home in South Chicago after womans WOUNDS
were dressed: the horse ran away ana the
vehicle was demolished.
Another unknown woman was seen lying on
the stone sidewalk OF Grand Boulevard after
the disaster but the extent of her injuries could
not be learned, because she left the scene with
out waiting for msdi al care. Many other citi-
tens who followed the military column were
thrown 10 the ground and more or less bruised
and deafencd
DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
At least s25 900 worth Of damage was done to
the property Of the residents on both sides or
Grand Boulevard for half a block north Of OAK
wood Boulevard. Houses in adjoining streets
were also damaged, principally by the breaking
Of windows and door glass
The body OF troops was proceeding south IRON
the Lake Front camp along Grand Bouevard
at a trot. Having no rioters 10 queI or raiITodu
property to protect the soldiers were rronn o"s i
81 Cavalry, from Fort Riley, was In command
Of the mounted column and was ridlng IA aa-
vance Lieutenant Lyon. OF the same troop '9u 7s
beside him. Captain Varnuin. Of Troop - 'th
Cavalry, probably owes his life TO the fact that
he had left his command temporarily and was wa,
riding abreast Of Captain Dodd when the terriDIe
explosion shook the ground Ike an earthquake.
Next 10 the three officers came Lieutenant
Tate in command OF Troop f. Sd Cavalry. from
Riley cavalrymcn were Immediately followed by
Troop H. OF the 9th Cavalry, from Fort MO
brara, Neb. Lieutenant Hyer and forty men.
The third detachment in the column was tIe
section Of Battery F % Light Artillery from
Fort Riley Lieutenant Gayle and fourteen men
bearing two Hotchkss field pieces ana FOUR
cassons filed with shrapnel. common shell ana
bags OF powder. trailing after the guns Inc
rear was brought up by Troop d. I'm Cavalry.
from Fort Sheridan In command or Lieutenant
Thompkins.
HOW THE EXPLOSION CANE.
When within 100 fee Of Oakwood Boulevard
nanked on each side by the elegant homes OF the
rich, there crashed on the ears OF the soidiers
and civilians a roar like a mighty burst OF thun-
Ger. followed In an instant by succession OF
shafp explosions The haf-dazed soldiers IN the
rear Of the first timbe- caisson saw smoke and
name belch from the receptacle for the death
dealing missiles Men, horses and wheels cais-
son and other parts Of the battery rose before
'neir Mortified gaze. high in the air. The ex-
plocing powder and shot inclined to the rear
winch accounts for the escape of all the cavalry
men In the 30 and 9Th Cavalry. The artilleryinen
received the brunt Of the explosion, being d-
'ec'iy In the rear Of the deadly missiles ana ig-
N''ea powder. which burst from the caisson'
'enahs fragments in all directions. Donovan
."a Doyle We're doomed TO a death which carried
VIA II no suffering not even an instant OF time
realize their fate They were sitting on the
ms,sson msS'on which exploded. Donovan was blown
,,soush the air over trees fifty feet high. 'i.s-
q, .e y. OF 900 feet across vacIn: lot, cropping
es,s ne Union Stock Yards railroad tracks HIS
t,pallon, Doyle. was hurled 30) feet across me
n. SECTION Of Oakwood Boulevard ON the oppo-
noe OF Grand Boulevard.
vsaxt the farrier OF the 7th Cavalry troop.
us.rn nolng in the second column behind the ar
"a Ihe shot and shell which hurled him
ov. ground bleeding corpse. entered his head
LA he neads o: the troopers in the front ranks
Ins. ana wood pierced the body Of FredericN
ms the wheel horse driver nearest the explod-
rsminunition. and killed the animal.
hos.. 'he eight artillery horses are dead. Caller
tse was shot from under him. and his life had
hts aken soon after mis- master had been blown
e,g,hiuslon came with the first sound OF the
msn m0son. ION. The first thought In the minds OF