Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-12
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GrrIhlp AccI0nnf Ham,
HORRIBLY MANGLED.

Louisville, Ky, Sept. n.--At $50
o'clock this morning while battery A.,
of the Kentucky National Guard was
passing on Broadway between Third
and Fourth streets on It's way to
Phoenix Hill to fire the morning sa-
lutte, Ave OF its members were hurled
to instant death and two We're terribly
mangled By the explosion OF eaisson.
The dead are;
CORPORAL A. Il. ROBINSON.
PRIVATE CHARLES BILCHNER.
PRIVATE c. WOODS.
PRIVATE A. MCBRIDE
DRIVER W. ADAMS, colored.
The wounded:
SERGEANT FRED CONN.
PRIVATE Il. WILLIAM HOBBS.
As soon as the accident occurred the
city ambulance was called and the
wounded men We're taken TO the North
Inhrmary where their injuries We're at
tended to. II is feared that Fred Conn
Will die The whole left side OF his
face was blown on. Even " he should
recover he will be blind and horribly
distigured.
Hobbs was badly burned about the
face and bruised. The place where
the accident occurred is In one of the
finest resident dlstricts 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.
blown out. Nearly every one In the
nelghborhoud was still asleep and the
! noise and conoussion caused by the
| explosion almost created a panic. ialf
clad men and terrified women came
running frcm their homes and most
horrible sight met their eyes. The
body OF the colorcd driver mangled al
most beyond recognition, fell on the
front porch OF residence 300 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 along
the street, clinging to the tree tops
! and the shattered windows, A leg ana
] 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 adjacent houses.
A hook and ladder truck OF the FIRE
department was called and with lad
| 0tfN every nOuHt lbp III Nilt Nlllills
! was searched In vain for the body OF
Private Hutchins. who was supposed
to have been Killed. on nearly every
| house top was found portions of the
! bodies OF the unfortunate young men.
/ The battery was on its way to Phoenix
| Hill for the purpose OF firing a salute
| OF a guns. There was sixty-six pounds
/ Of powder In the caisson.
Richard Cogan, who was about two
| blocks from the caisson when II blew
up, said the noise II made was terrific.
! The concusslon was 80 great that the
4 buildings even at that distance were
shaken and in several OF the houses
! around windows and shattered
He hastened to the scene at once and
lent a helping hand In gatherig up the
remains OF the dead mllltiame1.
In short time news of tie disas-
ter had spread over the entire city.
Bulletins were posted at all the news
| paper offices, and In several OF the
public bildings. giving the names OF
the dead and wounded. The accident
cast a shadow OF gloom over the city.
Everyone had been prepared for
grand and Joyous event. The tears OF
thousands of visitors who thronged
the streets and hotels OF the town were
everywhere heard to express their sor-
row.
1t IL doubtful II there ever occurred
| in this region an accident that has
caused such widespread sorrow. The
regiment to which the young men be-
/ longed is made up of the pick and
/ flower of Louisville Many OF them
were society leaders. and are OF
wealthy families.
Captain David Castleman, who was
| in charge. was riding at the side OF the
/ detail. He escaped injury. The report
! that one OF the linen was smoking Is
denied by Captain CaHtleman.
Colonel John Il. Castlemnn, OF the
| First Infantry, to which battery A be-
longs, said II was one of those unfor-
| tunate accidents that cannot be guard
ed against. A similar one occurred
I'm Chicago during the strike In which
four men were killed and several
wounded
Governor John Young Brown. who
was stopping at Major George Is. East
ms was asleep In bed The explo-
sion stunned him. and IL was some
time before he could realize what had
happened. All the furniture In the
han was damaged by the shock. The
explosion shook all the leaves on a
tree In the front yard.
Daniel +. Reidhae lives next to
Judge Eastln's house. Every window
was broken In the house ana several
were badly stunned.
E. w. NcNannon. who lives at the
corner OF Fourth and Broadway. de-
scribed the accident as follows;
II was attending TO the wants of
my q. A. X. bonrders when the explo-
sion occurred. I thought the world had
come to an end. Several people In the
house were knocked down. and one was
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