Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-19
AN EXPLOSION.
A Caisson Causes the Death oil
Four Soldiers.
NEARLY A SCORE INJURED Also
Houses Shaken and Windows Broken
Eight battery Horses Blown to Pieces
Col. Wilitsons Account OF
the Accident.


CHICAGO, July H-mring prac-
tice march OF detachment from
Col. d. S.Gordon's command yesterday,
the ammunition in a calsson belonging
70 light battery r. second artillery'
through some unknown circumstance
exploded and caused tne DEAN OF -FOUR
and the serious injury OF nearly q score
OF Others. WINE moving down urana
boulevard near the corner OF fortieth
street, without moments warning
inc calsson exploded. "nat the cause
OF Inc explosion was no one seems 70
Know but II Is supposed tnat tne
pinhger OF one OF inc ohrapnei SMELLS
shipped ana tne powder Shipping oown
from tne smell was expioaea ny ir,c'
'ioh' Inc houses on DOM Sues Oh inc
street ior .wo docks were shaken Oh
.heir foundations ana WINDOW glass
broken o., 70 pieces
me street was ilneo WIN people
watching the troops, ana now any
more were NOT killed Is d miracle as
snelis ana pieces o. inc c JUL were
thrown IN I'LL airec''ons' mere were
ei9n' oa'tery horscs literally down 70
pieces py inc explosion lhe wounoeo
are an oolhs wei ana are ~ mercy
hospital
Inc troop ielt brighton parh ior
long iharch AROUND inc Guy 70 exercise
inc horses' Everything went smoo'n'y
an" 'here was no inc'oen's un.ii 'ne
column lnarchea sou'h on uranu ooule,
vara anu was JUST crosslhg oahwoou
oou'cVa,o' iheh 'err'hc expulsion
occurred
ine men oh 'i,e calsSoh' 'upPo'cu W
pe ponoVah ano poy'e' were ''cra'iy
u'o"n \" p'eces' aha o'he,s "ero
.nfowh many ice. ny INC v'o'ence q
.ie concus'oh' rour u ,he horses
craving 'ne calsSoh iel' ~ 'ne'r 'racks'
quo, through anu horr'ply mang,eo,
wq''e io"r o.hers wcre o'"wh " ice'
"hcao aga'ns' 'he trees On inc ooule-
varu' uyihg instantly Inc caisson was
p'owh 70 pieces ioea p'cce 'arger 'han
" mum hanu peing iouha' Inc oouie-
'uru 'ooHcu IKE " pa.''cneio'
lhere was q quick series OF expo
e'ons al.er inc irs, report ahu snrap-
hel slot raineo ike nall among inc
trees Oil .he pouievaro' anu plercea the
surrounding dwellings, Inc cohcus'
SION proHe every WINDOW IN 'ie houses
ior oloeks away. Inc walls ana roofs
Snowea 1ne terrible ehec.s OF 'ne ex'
ploS'oh. Inc rear part OF the caisson
NY scat.ereu over 'he ground WIN
,hc EXPULSION came 'hc CONFUSION OF
vac troops anu lor u moment 'he men
una ohleers were poweriess 10 move
~ was some ii''le '''he before the
TWO aeaa artlllerymen could DC found
one Oh 'hell' lnahglea beyond recogn',
Won Dut supposed 10 pc Doyle, had
been blown over board sign 25
feet hivh and was found In the va
amt la hahind q ora lar and nv
s''' NV 'N'" ~, w. 'se """ y"
urn were gohe' Ing otiler man. sup
posed t0 be Donovan, had been thrown
about 400 feet diagonally to the rirht.
and ,vas found (, a yacant lot rear tba
~, 80
Lake ohore trucKs' Joseph Taylor
was found near where he was struck.
Great damage was wrought by the
evnlo.;on IN. na;chborlpg rrorartv
WI n.
"inuo"s III 'hose VI .he SurrouhulnB
houses sustained much damage, IT be-
Ing estimated at $40, 900.
Ian M,,as d,r.cted Cant NI,cblorapd
~ ,v,,..~ "a ~. ,a A.
WI "ii'son Va 'ho ooiiiiiss"ry uc.
partment, ana u former commander OF
the battery, to 90 to the scene of the
nnc;dant and sacure n renort ~ the
m.,i.. ~. a.. -. "a ivni. T.
"""f' v" Wv ioO"'n Vi "ni."on nv
gave the following account OF the acol-
dent, preparatory to writing his report
The command under escort Of cavalry was
talking its daily marching exercise. The cals-
son consists OF q timber on which IL chest
md the carriage containing two chests more
OF ammunition. making three chests on tho
calsson. The explosion occurred In the chest
OF the timber, and the force Of tho explosion
was to the rear. tearing AWAY the caIsson and
limiting the powder In the other two chests