The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-04
HOW A BURSTING SHE'LL ACTS

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| HOW A BURSTING SHELL ACTS
New York. June S-The following ar
ticIs by Assistant Surgeon Raymond
, Smear on board the flagship New York.
showing the effect OF the explosion Of l's
centimeter ssheu. appeared today IN ne
Medical News:
..During the bornbard-nent OF San Juan
, de Porto Rico. on May IL, the New 1oTk
was struck once by a 14-centsneisr shell
al distance OF about $500 yards ne
shell came over the stern OF The ship and
struck an iron s,anchlou three lucaes IA
thickness, which was broken short o0 az
the point OF contact. The she'll went on
for a distance OF about 80 feet and eX-
ploded In wooden boat which was cover
ed with canvas.
THE boat was demolished. the lighter
p,ankiug being badly splintered and driv-
en- downward and forward against ar iron
steam winch. The oars in the boa; were
broken and one piece was driven for
ward along the spar deck but did no
damage. The canvas covering the boat
was torn and rent into shreds by the force
OF the explosion and by spliuters pass
In gthrough -. and then caught IRE.
showing that canvas under such cofAi-
lions viii not stop sp'inters. The IN
Itself burst into many pieces. varying
from the size OF a pea to large pieces
weighing about FIVE pounds The ditec-.
ton the fragments took was forward.
downward. upward and 20 both aides.
many Of them going over the ships SIDE.
others passing through iho copper vsnu-
Iators and smoke pipe and dolng but little
damage.
The fragments that went downward
and forward struck about the port g.
ii,ch guns. where threre were j. men STA
toned. killed one man and Injured an
other severely. The man killed. Wledie-
mar. was struck by a piece u Hhell about
two inches square by one inch thick II
entered the left side % his neck near Tbs
angle az the Jaw. severed the blood veH-
sells. proceeded upward and backward Boz
20 his brain. probably f7juriBE TIE med
ulls. and lodged under the skin JUST be-
meath the occlpItal protubrraure The max
fell forward. losing cousc. business iurns-
diately. HIS respiration ceased as coon
a. he was struck. but DIS heart continued
signs OF life disappeared
Another fragment Of the shell. % bout
the same sIzo. struck man named Pet
tman on the anterior inner surface % ne
left thigh about tAree inches above she
knee and went through the limb. fsEirE
a backward and downward course TIE
fennur was shattered into numerous frsr-
men tsaHd the muscles were cor D r1na.d-
eraoly ga the track Of The woul8 The e.
feet OF the missile on TIE bors vaa pssu-
liar "a that tie bore was not only spHH-
tered FOR about three inches o. - .suEta
but 70 Wa aiso pu.veFizsd. hundreds =
minute pieces OF bone being iu5sd4~s d.
the muscles. AZ tie point 70 erIf there
we're shTsds % t!ss8e protrsd..E frar.
the wound. showing that tas ragged piece
OF e,~el drew rn1sruIsr flores ard faaeiA
along Win g. Ire .-F was operated 90
sud a portion % ths f~fngr fssFf Ta7
pieces and crumbs - bone ueFs remsF.a.
the fragments were trimmed ~ ar1 fH-a
wired through and tar1sEa DraIraza
was es-a5BnasG. toe l4u.b beng gaf ~ 10
: fezizfrafsd plaster dressing TIE 1esas
a. izst accounts zzs healing frs ere pr
mary wound ADD thsr- e sFcry rc4aoa 70
think nat 80 .sK s saved
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a p .. - sa.l soo8t a. Ieth ~ -alf .a~f
o. .nt.r.1 en-. Isg a6e4t ;ss ri 1f.s p fas
~r1sv.rT ere anterior ssrfars ~ tae fhz
-. - Ernenfs Il bore Errr saxon aat
n ne isr sT taa pee of s7e
There usrr several etHsr rs -er tntsF-
- Pieces - srrI srT1ez rssrsa msa
5at "a ao 1amaxs o1e maa fr.t a0Hrs-