Logan Republican | 1902-09-10 | Page 6 | Blown from the Mouth of a Cannon

Illmtn from tin. .Month ut h Chiiihiii. While the guns of tlie fort were firing fir-ing on the fleet ut Fort Wright, Fisher's Fish-er's Island, N. Y., l'dwuid Hoy wus instantly killed by the premature dls-! dls-! charge of a 12-Inch gun; Hurry A. Davis died later at the hospital fiom injuries received, and n third man, Suuiucl Clevenger, was severely wounded. wound-ed. Several others suffered slight Injuries. In-juries. All the men weio privates of the Second company, coast artillery, of tho regular army. Hoy was No. " man at the gun, and wus handling tlie powder. He hud put a thirty-pound charge into the gun, and had just pushed the breech block into place wltimul lucking it, when the explosion occurred. Ills supposed that a piece of burning rag hud been left in thu gun. Hoy was literally b'.own to pieces. Davis was hit In the cheek by a piece of flying bone, and sustained fatal injuries,