The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21
DEATH IN IT'S WAKE.
-Four Artliierymen slain hy tho Explosion
of q Calsson.

or Ghtssous
CHICAGO. July 1s.-one platoon of
battery II. Second United States artil-
lery, was wiped out of existence Mon
day afternoon by the explosion OF an
ammunition caisson near the corner of
lakewood and Grand boulevards.
Every man in the platoon was either
killed outright or fearfully bruised
ard burned.
FOLLOWING is list OF the killed and
injured
KILLED Farrier Joseph Caller. troop n OF
the seventh cavalry Fort sheridan, 20 years
old six years in tho service head blown from
shoulders and the body burned and mutllated.
Cannoneer Edward Doyle, battery II, Second
regiment Fort Riley. Kan. - years old. body
blown 20 pieces; Artihcer Jeremiah Donovan.
battery r. second regiment. Fort Riley, Kan,
q years old, body blown 20 pieces, Private
Fred Stoltz battery r, second regiment, Fort
Riley Kan. wheel driver Of caisson. terribly
burned, died at Mercy hospital ats o'clock.
WouNDED-Trumpeter Herbert Antes, troop
II OF the Seventh cavalry. Fort sheridan,
shoulder blown on and legs and arms fright
fully burned. taken TO Mercy hospital viii
probably do SerHt. Ludwig Leiner, battery n.
Second regiment. Fort Riley 10 years old;
struck IN breast and face by fragments OF iron.
his body mass OF burns cannot recover, Pri-
Fort Riley. driver OF lead team OF caisson. -
years old, shot ia neck and severely burned;
Private Maurice O'Donncll. battery II. Second
regiment Fort Riley. lead driver OF second
caisson, cut on the head and burned; Sergt.
George Hoffman. troop -, Seventh cavalry,
Fort sheridan, shot In chin; Sergt Anthony
Kane. troop d, Seventh cavalry, Fort Sheridan,
80 years old, ear blown on; Private Enks, wheel
driver OF second caisson, battery y. Second
regiment Fort Riley, blown on his horse and
fell head first on the edge OF a stone sidewalk
Private Urquhart, battery r, Second regiment.
Fort Riley. shot through the foot; Trooper
Huyck, troop u, Seventh cavalry. Fort Sheri-
dan, bruised and rendered deaf; Private
Panushki, battery r. Second regiment,
Fort Riley, wheel driver OF second caisson.
bruised about face and shoulders; Mrs. l.. u.
Griggs. $3.50 grand boulevard, cut ia the arm by
flying glass; Ralph NJ Byers. ~ years old, liv-
ing ~ 81 lakewood boulevard, two scrapnol
shots through calf OF leg removed TO his home
Miss Alice York. 4iO3 Grand boulevard tendon
OF heel severed by bullet, taken home. not Sc
Tious; Corporal Abraham l.. Riley, Battery Il.
Second regiment, Fort Riley. thrown TO the
ground and bruised
Imposing residences on either side
OF the scene OF the explosion now stand
with blank paneless windows and torn
and shattered walls Pieces Of shell,
wagon rims and fragments OF iron torn
from wagons were driven with terrific
force against the stone walls and into
crevices between the stones, where they
still cling as evidence OF the fury of
the blast. Wagon hubs, spoles and
felloes were driven with resistless force
through plate glass windows and
went tearing through parlors filled
with costly statuary, lamps, mirrors
and draperies, smashing and tear
ing everything in their course.
Heavy oalSen doors were thrown down
and stone columns, weighing thou
sands of pounds, were torn away and
fragments hurled in every direction.
Plate glass lay shattered within the
walls OF palatial homes, not a house
within the block escaping damage
Gen. Miles. on being informed Of the
disaster, sentC ol. Wlliston to the scene
TO secure a report of the affair. Col.
Willston, while he could discover abb
solutely no facts concerning the cause
OF the explosion. has a theory which
may explain il. lie said;
My theory of the accident is that the plug
at the base OF one Of the shrapnols became
loosened some % the powder leaked ont, and
being ground and pounded by the iolting OF the
timber. ignitcd the powder IN the cartridges
exploded. and the ignition OF the other two
chests followed.
erhe shrapne Il probably the most deadly
proicctlle thrown by modern guns The 3-inch
shells are OF steel and carry at their tips
"a brass combination fuse screwed on; this
fuse has both a illuminate cap and time
fuse, so that the shell will explode either on
contact or az any desired range. In the
head OF the shell is about hair pound
OF powder. Back Of these are tho missiles
that kill The bullets are arranged Ia
layers. each layer resting In brittle cast-iron
ring The rings are perforated SO that the bul-
let's lio deeply ia them. When the explosion
comes each 90 these rings ~ burst into "a NUM-
her OF jagged fragments that make awful
Each she'll holds $50 bullets. and IL Is
expected the rings viii burst into $50 bits 300
missiles In all. leaving out the scraps OF the