The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-20

GREAT PRoyEcTILE BURSTS NEAR
MuZzLE OF GUN.
Commissioned Omccrs and Company
Of Artilierymen Narrowly Escape.
Acc1dent's Cause In Punsie to
Fert Omc1nas.

Pensacola. Fla. Dec. 19--{Special)
An accident which officers from the
fort coming to the city today say was
one which rarely occurs. and one In
which the lives OF half-a-dozen COM
missioned officers as well as q whole
company Of artillery were In immi-
nent danger. occurred at Fort McRae
yesterday afternoon during the target
practice with the eight-inch guns.
The 22nd Company was engaged In
practice and after firing the trial shots
the record practice commenced. The
FIRST projectile to be fired from the
gun exploded when It was twenty or
ofrty feet from the muzzle Of the gun
The proJectile weighed AIT pounds
and the force of the explosion was
such that the windows and even the
sashes In the power house at the fort
were shattered and the electric dyna-
mo stopped.
Places OF the projectiie went In all
directions, but fortunately they went
forward and none came backward.
where the officers and mon were.
There were no explosives In the she'll.
and the explosion is biieved to be due
20 the proiectile's being too large and
being forced through the gun by the
100 pounds of powder used In airing.
Report ON sewer Trouble.
The Board Of Public Works IL to
have q report OF definite nature to-
morrow from the City Engineer re-
gardinR the trouble with the Devil
Her street sewer outlet. which has
never given satisfaction since it's con-
struction. although the city has ex>
pended a vast amount In building and
much additional money In having d.
vers make examinations OF the mile or
more of the sewer which runs out In
to the bay.
The City Engineer had nothing to do
with the construction of the sewer.
the work being under the supervision
Of the consulting engineer and his
force employed by the bond trustees.
but conditions have become such that
the Board of Public Works has taken
I'M the matter.
To complete the organisation of the
Escambia County Poultry Association.
a meeting OF the fifty odd persons who
FOR Tuesday morning. when directors
will be chosen and constitution
adopted. It Is the intention OF the or
Ranizers of this association to en-
courage the breeding of fine poultry
He IL Mighty Hunter.
Killing one deer and two large tur-
Into the woods is the record OF Allie
Riera. q local hunter. who returned to
the city this morning in his launch
from Hogtow Bayou. a point about 1be
miles up Choctawhatchee Bay. where
he went for hunt. He had no more
than left his launch at daybreak than
he killed big gobbler. Half an hour
later he shot a buck deer and while
returning to his boat he shot another
turkey.
Rev. C. w. Gavin. who was returned
to Pensacola upon petition of his con-
gregation by the recent Alabama con-
ference, preached at a union service
this morning and evening at the Gads-
den Street Methodist Church. II was
intended that Mr.. Gavin preach his
first sermon sermon upon returning in
the new First Methodist Church. but
the latter has not quite been complet-
ed, SO the union service was had.
THE PLACE HAS BEEN FOUND
HiH and Hill,
Lewis 90,
Cascade,
Murray HfIi Club
/. w. Harper,
Four quarts Of any Of above for $500,
express paid.
1. Brakeman 4 co,
Pensacola, Fla.