The Lamar register., 1895-09-21
gxPLosIoN ON TIE STREETS
seven Loui.vine Mnitismsn Ars Torn 70
shred-

of the Louisville Legion oecui ~ =.
ly after $50 this morning oy lhc
plosion OF a caisson. The following = =
corrected list Of The dead and lhJu'eu'
The dead:
Corporal A. +. Robinson.
Private Charles Biechner'
Private A. Mcbride.
Driver w. Adams leolorvd.l
The wounded: Sergeant Fred Conn
Private f. L. William Hobbs d,
All the men excepting the coioree
driver, were members OF battery \ ., o.
the Kentucky National Guard, ana All
reside in Louisville.
The accident occurred on Broau"ay'
between Third and Fourth streets
where the First Kentucky artillery Nste
stationed for the purpose 0f flTing t1e
morning salute. 1t Is Impossible AZ ihls
hour TO learn just how the accident oc
.urred. Two OF the bodies were blown
over the house tops and were horribly
mansled Two horses attached TO the
cannon were SO horribly mangled that
they VIII be killed.
The city ambulance was promptly
called and the wounded men We're taken
TO the Norton infirmary, where their IN,
turies were attended 10. II i feared
that Fred Cohn will die, The whole
left side Of his face was blown on,
Even Il be should recover. be will b
blind aud horribly disEgused,
Hobbs was badly burned about the
face and bruised.
The place where the accident occurred
Is one Of the iinest residence districts In
the city. Fortunately few people wert
on the street, owing 10 the early hour,
or the list OF killed and injured would
have undoubtedly been greatly IN
creased Every window In the block
was blown out
The battery was on It's way to PhOe
nix HIN for the purpose Of firing a 81
lutte Of forty.four guns. There weT'
slSty-six pounds Of powder in the Gals
son.
The body Of the eoIored driver
manglcd almost beyond recognition, Eel
on the front porch OF residence fully
500 feet from the place where the eX
plosIon occurred.
Just outside the fence. on the side
walk. was tire body Of Private Woods
Bits OF flesh and pieces Of bloody uni
form were scattered all along tn,
street. cl!nging TO the tree tops and II
the shattered windows. = leg and hal
a coat was found ON Third street, on,
block south of whore the accident &C
CuTrsHs luGA must nave utoWu eAtAl
over 4 threc-stury and basement house
Several manEled legs and arms wer,
found on the tops OF adjacent houses.
1t Is believed that the body Of Private
HutchIus was blown TO pieces. as It hai
not vet been fourd. A hook aud iaddel
truck was called. aud with the ladder
every house top In the vicinity wal
searched IN vain for the missing body
But on nearly every house top wa
found portions Of the bodies Of the un
fortunate young men. The body o
Howard Irwin was so badly maugle,
that II was almost impossible TO gathe
1t up with a shovel II was found 4
the intersection Of Broadway ant
Fourth streets. almost block away.
The regiment to which the young mel
belonged is made up OF the very plcl
and flower OF Louisville Many OF then
are society leaders and are Of wealth.
families
The accident has east 4 shadow o
gloom over the city Everybody hA
been prepared for grand and joyou
event. The tens OF thousands Of visitor
who throng the streets and hotels wer
everywhere heard 10 express their sor
row.