The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-12
THE LARGEST GDRgWlAT0WN OF AMY DAILY
horribly mangled that they had to be

horribly mangled that they hao " oe
killed.
The dead:
Corporal A. L. Robinson; private,
Charles Biechner; private, A. Mcbride;
driver, W. Adams, colored.
The wounded: Sergeant Fred. Cohn,
private E. William Hobes.
All the men excepting the colored
driver were members of the battery "a, y
of the Kentucky National Guard, and
all reside in Louisville AS soon as the
accident occurred the city ambulance
was called and the wounded men were
taken to the Norton lnfirmary, where
their injuries were attended to. 1t is
feared that Fred. Cohn will lie. The
whole left side of his face was blown off.
Even If he should recover he will be
blind and horribly disfgured.
Hobes was badly burned about the
face and bruised.
The place where the accident occurred
is one of the finest residence districts in
the city. Fortunately, few people were
on the street, owing to the early hour,
or the list of killed and injured would
have undoubtedly been greatly increased.
Every window in the block was blown
ont. Nearly everyone in the neighbor-
hood was asleep, and the noise the con-
cussion caused by the explosion almost
created panic.
Half clad men and terrified women
came running from their homes, and a
most horrible scene met their eyes. The
body of the colored driver, mangled al
most beyond recognition, fell on the
front porch of a residence, fully three
hundred feet from the place where the
explosion occurred. Just outside the
fence and on the sidewalk was the body
of private Woods. Bits of flesh and
pieces of bloody uniform were scattered
all along the street, clinging to the tree
tops and in the shattered windows. A
leg and half coat were found on Third
street, one block South of where the ex-
plosion took place. They must have
been blown clear over three-story and
basement house. Several mangled legs
and arms were found on the tops of ad-
jacent houses.
There were sixty six pounds
OF powder In the caissop.
Richard Cogan, who was about two
blocks from the caisson when it blew up,
caid the noise it made was terrific. The
conclusion was so great that the build
ings even at that distance were shaken,
and in several of the houses around him
windows were shattered He hastened
to the scene at once, and lent helping
hand in gathering up the remains of the
dead melitiamen.
In few minutes every one in the
neighborhood was out. Many of the
women, said Mr.. Cogan, tainted as soon
as they came out, the sight was so hor-
rible.
Crowds of people gathered on the
scene to view the terrible disaster They
were kept back, however, by a special
detail of soldiers and police. No one
was admitted within the intersection of
Third and Fourth streets. On all sides
ordinations lamenting the deaths of
the soldier boys were heard.
In short time news of the disaster
spread over the entire city. Bulletins
We're posted at all the newspaper Offices
and in several of the public buildings
giving the names of the dead and
wounded.
The accident his cast shadow of
gloom over the city. Everyone had been
prepared for grand and joyous event.
The thousands of visitors, who throng
the streets and hotels Of the town, were
everywhere heard to express their sor
row
1t IS doubtful If anything ever oc-
CURED in this region that has caused
such widespread sorrow. The regiment
to which the young men belonged is
made up of tde pick and fow u. .Loui%
vile. Many of them are society leaders
and are of wealthy families.