Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-12
Grand Army E~ncampment Fes-
tivitieS MARRIED by a Fright
full Accident.
Louisville Guards, on the Way to
Fire the Morning Salute,
Blown to Pieces.
Seven Were Killed, SOmeOfT Them
Being Hurled Over Tops
of Houses.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. IA horri-
bic accident, resulting i'll the death of
six and the wounding of several men,
bers of the Louisville Legion, occurred
shortly after $50 a. m. by the explosion
of a caisson.
The accident occurred on Broadway,
between Third and Fourth streets,
where the First Kentucky artillery We're
stationed for the purpose of firing the
morning salute.
Eye witnesses TO the shocking acct
dent say the explosion was caused by
dropping the caissOn ON the friction
primer Of the piece The gun was sit
mated directly in the center of the street,
pointing towards Fourth avenue. Two
wounded have been removed to the
h]Ospitatal and their names / not OBJ
tainable at this hour. Two horses at
tached to the cannon were SO horribly
mangled That they viii be killed.
All the killed We're merubers of the
First Kentucky artillery Of Louisville,
which has always been considered the
finest in the state. g
AS soon as the accident occurred the
city ambulance was called and the
wounded men We're taken to the Norton
inirmaIx, where their injuries We're
attended TO. 1t is feared that Fred
Cohen will die. The whole left side of
his face was blown Off. Even if he
should recover he will be blind and hor-
ribly disfgured. Hobbs 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 in
creased. Every window in the block
was blown out. Nearly everyone in the
neighborhCOd was asleep, and the noise
ana conclusion caused by the explosion
Almost created a Panic.
Half clad men and terrified women
came running from their homes and Il
most horrible sight met their eyes. The
body of the colored driver, mangled
almost beyond recognition, fell on the
front porch of a residence, fully 300 feet
from the place where the explosion oc-
Cured. Just outside the fence and on
the sidewalk was the body Of Private
Woods. Bits of flesh and pieces of
bloody uniform were scattered al along
the street, clinging to the tree tops and
III the shattered windows. A leg and
half a coat were found OF Third street,
one block south Of where the explosion
took place. They must have been
blown clear over a 3-story and basement
house. Several GlaEgled legs and arms
were
Found on Tops of Adjacent Houses.
1t is believed that the body Of Private
Hutchins was blown TO pieces, as it has
not yet been found. a hook and ladder
truck of the city fire department was
called and with ladders every house top
in the vicinity was searched III vain for
the missing body. But on nearly every
house top was found portions of the
bodies Of the unfortunate young men.
The body Of Howard Irwin was 50 badly
mangled that it was almost impossible
to gather it up without a shovel. Ii
was found at the intersection Of Broad
way and Fourth streets, almost a block
away.
The battery was ON its way to Phoenix
hill for the purpose of firing a salute Of
A guns. There We're 66 pounds of pow
der in the caisson.
Caused Widespread Sorrow.
1t is doubtful if anything ever &C.
CURED in this region that has caused
such widespread sorrow. The regiment
to which the young men belonged is
made up of the pick and flower Of
Louisville.
Captain David Castleman, who was in
charge was riding at the side of the de-
tail, but was uninjured. The report of
one of the men smoking was denied by
Captain Castleman,
Colonel job Castleman, of the First
Infantry, to which Battery a belongs,
said it was one Of those unfortunate ac-
cidents that cannot be guarded against.
A similar one occurred in Chicago dur
ing the strike, in which four men We're
killed and several wounded.
Result of a Petty Quarrel.
RAPID CITY, S. D., Sept. l2.-At Key