The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-17


cnIcAco, July lG.--A caIssuu Of bat.
tory F, Second artillery, U. s. A. OK
ploded with terrific force shortly aiter
/ O'Clock this aitornoon at Grand and
Oak boulevards. Two artillorymen and
ono trooper wcro instantly killed.
Nearly score Of other persous-troops.
resldon is IN the vicinity and paSaera'by,
were injured, some Of thcm fatally.
Tho list Of killed and wounded 10 as
follows:
Kllled-J. Donovan, private, battery
F. Second artillery.
FIuvard Doyle, private, battcry T,
Second artillery.
Joseph Gaylor, turrios, troop B, Sew
cnth cavalry.
acknowledgement Leimet, battery
F, Second artillery, badly shot through
tho body. severely burned with powder
about flce and head. recovery doubtful
Fred Stolz. private, Second.artiliery,
badly burned and wounded about legs
and will recover
john Allen, private, Second artillery,
shot In head and mock. fatally injured:
Maurice 0'Donnoll, private, Second
artillery, shot In tho head and powder
burned, may recover
s. Eneke, driver in rear, private, Sec.
ond artillery, blown from his horse and
badly injured, will.recover.
John UrquhArL private, Second ar
tirory, bail Of left foot crushed by .
bullet, not serious.
Herbert Autes, buRler, troop B.
Seventh cavalry, shotin shoulder and
arm, will rccovor.
Sergeant Anthony Kauz. troop b,
Seventh cavalry. ear shot OF.
Sergeant George Hoffman, troop b,
Seventh cavalry, shot in chin.
Corporal Abraham Riley. battery i.
Second artillery, thrown TO tho ground
aud badly bruieed.
Sergeant King, battery T, Second ar
tillosy, thrown from horse and bruleed.
Unknown artillery man, thrown from
horse, picked up usconsotousi injuries
slight.
Unknown boy, thrown from bicycle,
injured about tho legs.
Bliss Alice York, 4l0S Grand boule-
ward, tendon OF heel severed by bullet.
Mrs. F. c. HuhlIng, 1890 Grand boule-
ward, severely cut and injured in her
homo by falling glass.
now IT HAPPENED.
Tho troops left Brighton Park for q
long march around the city 10 exercise
the horses.
Everything won't smoothly aud thoro
wero no incidents until tho column,
marching south on Grand boulevard.
was Just crossing 0skwood Boulevard.
Then terrific explosion occurred. The
mon on tho caisson, supposed to BIO
Donovan and Doyle, wero literally
blown to pieces and others woro thrown
many fcet by tho violence Of the con-
cusslon. Four OF the horses drawing
tho caIson foil in their tracks, shot
through and horribly mangled, while
threo others warc blown ftty feet ahead
against tho trees on tho Boulevard, dy.
ing instantly. Tho caisson was blown
10 atoms, not pioco OF 1t larger than
mans hand being found. Tho Boule-
ward looked like battle field.
ThcrO was q quick series OF explo..
sions after tho first report aud shrapnel
shot rainod like hail among tho trees
on tho boulevard and pierced the sur.
rounding dwellings. Tho coDcusslon
broke every window In the houses for
blocks away.
Tho walls aud roofs OF tho dwellings
showed tho terrific effect OF the missiles.
Unexplodcd shells Of the roar part Of
tho caieson lay strown over tho ground.
With tho explosion came great contu'
sion with the troops, and for moment
tho mon and officers seemed powerleas
10 move. To this was added the fright
OF the occupants OF the surrounding
houses, who ran screaming from thoir
dwellings only 10 bc sickoned by the
sight
TIE CAUSE OF IT.
Gunoral Miles said: my theory Of
tho accident is that tho screw plug at
tho baso OF ono OF tho shrapnols became
loosenod, aomc OF tho powder leaked
out and being ground aud pounded by
the joltIng Of tho timber, iGnited, when
tho power in tho cartridges exp loded,
and tho ignition Of tho cartridges in tho
othor two chests followed. In tho Sec
ond Ghost OIL tho cnisSon wore twonty.
six time shells, sixteen shrnpnol aud
their complement OF forly.tour car
tridgos; in tho third and rear chest
were iorty.two shells aud iorty'iour
cartridges. The force Of the explosion
can be moro readily understood when
IL Ia remembered that tho 1872 car'
trIdeos contained 40j pounds Of powder.
The mon who were In the detachment
said TINT they recognized two distinct
reports, seemingly almost simultaneous.
II tako no stock In tho theory that
dynumilo had anything to do with 1t.
The greatelt precaution Is always taken
about the ammunition. Each chest Is
locked by Yulo lock specially made
for the government, Thoro are no kGys
in any battery that will unlock auy but
tho chest to which Il belongs, and ! do
not believe there " key in Chicago
that will unlock any Of our artillery