The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-16
And at Least q Dozen Are
Wounded---Eight Horses
Torn to Pieces.
A SHOWER OF FLYING BULLETS.
Windows Broken for Blocks
Around...Rouse Walls
Perforated.
CBy Associated Press.)

CHICAGO. July ia caisson ~
tached to a Hotchkiss gun, in charge
Of Battery F. Second Artillery. exploded
at 1.3o P. NJ to-day at the corner Of
Grand and lakewood Boulevards.
Three men were killed and twelve
injured.
The dead and injured were taken In
charge by the soldiers. and access to the
scene of the accident was cut off while
the surgeons were attending the wounA.
ed men.
The following is a partial list Of the
killed and injured
The Dead.
Farrier CALLER, Troop C. Seventh Cavalry.
Artllleryman DONOVAN. Battery F. Second n.
tlllery.
Artilleryman J. DOYLE. Battery F. Second ~
tillery. ,
The Injured.
sergt. Inner. Battery r. Second ARTILLERY.
Private sToLTZ. Troop G. Seventh Cavalry.
Private ALLEN. Troop C. Seventh Cavalry.
airy.
Trumpeter HERBERT ANDREA. Troop G. Sew
enth Cavalry: will die.
Private ENKE, Troop G. Seventh Cavalry.
Private uRoUHART. Troop C. Seventh Cavalry.
sergt. KANE, Troop @. Seventh Cavalry. ,
The three dead bodies were taken to)
Rolston's Morgue, 5437 Lake avenue.
One of the killed was - Caller.
farrier of Troop b, Seventh Cavalry, OF
Fort Sheridan. The other killed and in
jured we're members of Battery F, secs
ond Artillery. of Fort Reilly. and = ~
B, Seventh Cavalry. stationed at fvrS
Sheridan.
The troop and battery were in charge
of Capt. Dodd. of the Seventh Cavalry,
and were proceeding from the lake front
to new quarters at Hyde Park.
At lakewood and Grand boulevards the
Hotchkiss gun, with it's caisson. was in
the rear of the command, when sud-
denly the ground shook with a fearful
explosion, and burst of flame and
smoke shot from the caisson.
A storm of bullets flew in every direo-
ton. Windows were shattered for
blocks around. and people walking on
the sidewalks were thrown down.
When the smoke arose, eight heavy
artillery horses were lying dead on the
thatr RI In
pieces. All around lay dead and
wounded men.
The brown stone home Of Mrs. Devlin,
at lakewood and Grand boulevards.
was perforated by several bullets which
passed through the walls. Glass was
shattered and walls and ornaments in
the interior were torn and broken.
The cause of the explosion Is not pos
!tively known. 1t is supposed that Q
fuse worked loose from one of the cart
ridges, and the powder. ground between
the brass shells in the caisson, ignited
and exploded the mass.
When Capt. Nous, Gen. Miles's Chief
Of Staff, was asked II 1t was possible
that anyone had placed dynamite In the
cassion, he replied
TT could have been possible. but
hardly probable. The vigilance Of the
troops in the camp would render IL
Impossible for any evil-minded person
to have concealed anything in the calls
son, and especially here in Chicago
where more than the usual diligence
has been observed by the troops
The body OF one of the artillerymen
who was riding on the caisson or the
gun was literally blown to pieces. FOR
tions of his body were picked up al q
distance of two hundred yards from ths
scene of the explosion.
The Hyde Park police have receiver
word that fourth unknown artillery
man was killed.