The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-17
SOLDIERS BLOWN TO DEATH
SOME or THE BODIES MUrILATED
 IHI HORRIBLE MANNER.

IN 4 HORRIBLE MASSEk.
 4 Caissou ofs Hotohkiss Rapid Fire Gun
 Exploded While tho Troops Were at
 PrHotios-Biood Flowed Through th,
 Grass in Rivuiets. N
 Chicago, July l6.-A caisson attached to Hotchkiss rapid gun in charge of Battery E, Third United states artillery, explodsd st l:so D. m. to-day on Grand Boulevard, near oakwood Boulevard. Four Uuted States soldiers lost their lives, two wounded soldiers are not ex- peoted to live; eight others were burned and struck with leaden and wooden missiles and half dozen or moro civil- fans were injured.
 The killed are: Edward Doyle, can nonier, secoud artillery, Battery F, blown from caisson or ammunition chest, which exploded.
 Jeremiah Donovan, oannonier. same battery, blown from seat alongside of Doyle.
 Joseph Caller, farrier, troop B, Seventh United States cavalry, body riddled and torn by shot and pieces of gun carriage.
 Fred Litx, wheel horse driver, Battery F, Second artillery, body pierced by shot and wood, died at hospital.
 Mortally Wounded - Martin O'Con- nell, cannonier, Battery E, Second ar- tillery, body pierced by fragments of wood, burned by powder. Sergeant Lider, same battery, similar injuries to O'Connell, burned more seriously.
 Injured-w. I. Antis, bugler, Troop B, Seventh cavalry, right shoulder shat tered by shell, in weak condition, recov- cry doubtful. J. W. Campbell, can nonier. Battery E, upper part of body burned. George Hoffman, sergeant same battery; chin partly shot away. Anthony Kane, oannonier, same bat- tery, half of ear blown off. Driver Enke, Battery F, blown from his horse 10 ground and head hurt. Driver Pinowski, same battery, blown from his horse across the street; cut and bruised. Cannonier Urquhart, same battery, face and neck burned by powder, right foot pierced by bullet. Trooper Huyck, Seventh Cavalry, blown of his horse and rendered deaf; bruised and burned. Ralph M. Byers, boy, leg pierced by two bullets and blown off by rife fell on grass plot forty feet away. Mrs. F. A. Howe, face and head out by flying glass while sitting at window; Mrs. s. c. Griggs, knocked down by explosion, wrist and face cut by glass, unknown man and sister blown from buggy, mans nose broken, woman's face cut. Another unknown woman was seen lying on the sidewalk, but the extent of her injuries could not be leaped as she left without waiting for me- al attendance.
 At least S25, worth of damage was done to the property of the residents on both sides of Grand Boulevard for half block north of Oakwood boulevard. Houses in adjoining streets were also damaged, principally by broken win dows and door-glass.
 The troops were out for drill and ex- ercise and were proceeding at a trot when the explosion took place. The ex- plosion is supposed to have been caused by fuse on the caisson becoming ignit- ed by getting under loose screw. The artillerymen received the brunt of the explosion. Donovan and Doyle were sitting on the caisson. Donovan was blown through the air over trees fifty feet high distance of 500 feet, dropping on the Union stock yard tracks Part of one leg was torn off. There was hardly shred of clothing left on lis body and the mutilation was horrible. Doyle was hurled 300 feet. The man. Sled body came in contact with high fence. Eight artillery horses were killed.
 The scene was fanked on each side by the homes of wealthy residents. The place looked as if battle had occurred there, blood from man and beast, lying dead or wounded on the broad driveway and the grassy plots on each side, flowed in rivulets and mingled with heaps of blood-stained trappings and pieces of the carriages. The soldiers who were unhurt hastened to the assist anoe of the injured and surgeons and police also Hooked to the scene.
 The bodies of the dead soldiers were carried to the morgue; the seriously in- jured were removed to the hospitals, while those whose injuries were only nlinhf kol fn fhn