The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-22
Jun Breech Blows Out In One
Of the Batteries
DURING TARGET PRACTICE
One Man Blown into chesapeake--Wives
ana Children Of the Victims Wit
ness slaughter-Many Injured,
One Fatally.

Fort Monroe. Va, July 22,-Ten artil.
lerymen are dead and several Others
seriously injured, including two officers
as the result Of the blowing out Of a
brecch block in a l2-inch shore gun at
the De Russy battery during the coast
artillery practice here yesterday
The accident occurred while student
officers were endeavoring to sink a feet
Of towed targets, representing an mag.
mary hostile feet proceeding toward
Washington. This battery was under
the immediate command Of Sergt Haas
Of the sixty-ninth company, United
States coast artillery. The known dead
ares--
Haas, Harry G., sergeant.
Bradford, Albert, corporal.
Adams, Charles o., corporal
Duffy, Roy, private.
Chadwick, John w, private
King, cleye W., private.
Smith, Alfred W., private.
Sullivan, Andy j., private
Turner, James H., private.
Dey, H, A., private.
Probably fatally injured; Arlie Adey
Slightly injured; Second Lieut.. George
/. Van Deusen, privates 0rville 7. Rain
ey, Ellsworth Hoffman, Charles Z. Parks
and William G. Sulzberger.
Private Smith was from New York
One private was blown into Chesa-
peake bay with the breech block
Lieut.. Van Deusen sustained d broken
LEG and Lieut.. Halves was injured about
the face.
Many prominent officers Of the army
and navy who went 70 Hampton Roads
tc witness what was expected to be the
greatest target practice Of this character
that had.teen attempted anywhere, saw
tlo-accident.
e was tie more horrible for the rea-
son that wives and children Of several
q the men killed. no danger having
Seen anticipated were permitted 70 see
target practice. number Of them
e@ed the accident.
p ofieial report says the explosion
ne result Of a premature ignition
rpwdsr charge.
IA Rassy battery where the explosion
occurred was located in about the mid
aie Of the fort and was equipped with
three l2.nch disappearing rifles Of
mounted design. Il vas named after
Brgadier General G. a. De Russy, who
served with distinction in the Civil war
and died in 1891
The battery was manned by the entire
enlisted strength Of the sixty-ninth com
pany, which was about los men, distrib-
uted among the three rifles. About TWEEN
ty-two men were in each firing squad and
were stationed upon the Implement Of
the guns, the others being below in tae
magazines
According to officials of the coast arr
tillery, the firing tests were to be con.
Quoted on larger scale than had ever
been attempted anywhere It was
planned to have Ave batteries Of 10 and
l2.inch guns concentrate their fire on
the target fleet and demolish It as quick
ly as possible. It was intended also to-
bring the mortars into play. Ships Of
tine coast artillery were to taw the tar
gets. Each was thirty feet high and
sixty feet long and represented section
Of the battleship.
Thirty officers, who have recently been
graduated from the artillery school at
Fortress Monroe, were to be in charge Of
the tests.
Major General Leonard Wood, chief
Of staff Of the army, remained in Wash.
ington, but large number Of other
officers came down to see the firing.
Among them were Brigadier General VIII
liam Crozier, chief Of ordnance; Brigadier
General James B. Aleshire, quartermas-
ter general; Brigadier General William
I. Bixby, the new chief Of engineers, and
many Of the general staff.
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