The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-17
A TERRIBLE CASUALTY
Chicago Suffers from an
Engine Of War.
Explosion of an Artillery
CaiSs0n.
Four Soldiers Killed and Score of
People Wounded.
Tho scene OF tho Disaster Located in y
Fashionable Residence Section.
Houses Pierced With
Ghrapnel.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 16.-A caiason OF Bat
terry F, Second artillery, U. s. A., ex-
ploded with terrible force shortly after
O'Clock this afternoon at Grand and Oak
wood boulevsrds. Two artillerymen and
one trooper were instantly killed. Nearly
a score OF other persons-troops. resi-
dents in the vicinity and passers-by-
were injured, some OF them fatally. The
list of killed and wounded follows:
KILLED.
]. Donovan, q private, Battery F, Sec
ond artillery.
Edward Doyle, private, Battery F,
Second artillery.
Joseph Gaylor, farrier, Troop B,
Seventh cavalsry.
Sergeant Teiner, Battery F, Second
artillery, badly shot through the body
and severely burned by powder.
Fred Stoltz, private, Second artillery,
badly burned and wounded about legs
will recover.
John Allen, private. Second artillery,
shot in the head and neck; fatally in
iured.
Maurice O'Donnoll, private, Second
artillery, shot in the head and powder
burned.
G. Encke, driver in rear, private, Sec
ond artillery, blown from his horse and
badly injured; will recover.
John UIquhart, private, Second ar
tillery, ball in left arm; not serious.
Herbert Antes, bugler. Troop B, Sew
enth cavalry. shot in shoulder and leg
and arm; will recover.
Sergeant Anthony Kane, Troop B,
Seventh cavalry, shot in chin.
Corporal Abraham Riley, Battery F,
Second artillery, thrown to the ground
and badly bruised.
Sergeant King, Battery F, Second
artillery, thrown from horse and bruised.
Unknown artillerymsn, thrown from
his horse, picked up unconscious, inju-
ries slight.
Unknown boy, thrown from bicycle,
injured about the legs.
Miss Alice York, 41O3 Grand boule-
ward, tendon Of heel severed by bull
let.
Mrs. schuling, 1890 Grand boulevard,
severely injured, at her home, by falling
glass.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
The troops left Brighton park for q
long march around the city to exercise
their horses. They were in command
OF Captain Dodd of Troop F. Third cav.
airy, and consisted of Troop F, Third
cavalry, 40 men; Troop E. Sixth cavalry,
Lieutenant Tate, 40 men; platoon of
Battery F, Second artillery, two guns,
Lieutenant Gayle, % men; Troop B,
Seventh cavalry, Captain Starnett, 40
men.
The men marched in this order
Everything went smoothly and there
were no incidents until the column
marched south on Grand boulevard,
Just crossing lakewood boulevard; then q
terrific explosion occurred. The men on
the caisaon, supposed to be Donovan
and Doyle, were literally blown
to pieces, and others were
thrown many feet by the vic.
lence of the conclusion. Four
OF the horses drawing the caisson fell in
their tracks. shot through and through
and terribly mangled, while three others
were blown so feet ahead against the
trees on the boulevard, dying instantly.
The caisson was blown to pieces. not a
piece larger than mans hand being
found. The boulevard looked like a
battlefield.
SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS.
There was qaick series OF explosions
after the first report, and shrapnel shot
rained like hail among the trees on the
boulevard and pierced the surrounding
dwellings. The conclusion broke every
window in the houses for blocks away.
The walls ant roofs showed the terrible
effects OF the explosion. The rear part
OF the caisson lay scattered over the
ground.
With the explosion came the con-
fusion of the troops, and for moment
the men and officers seemed pow erless
to move 10 this was added the fright
- nj no
houses, who ran screaming from their
houssB. only to be slckened by the sight
in the street.
A still alarm of FIRE had been turned
in, and with the department came the
stock yards police patrol wagon. The
wagon was sent back to the station and
with it returned % men under COM
mand of Lieutenant Morsissey. He