Show caisson of cartridges fired many soldiers killed and wounded fearful results from the accidental discharge of a hotchkiss gun in chicago chicago july 16 this etter noon a gun be longine to light battery J aka accidentally discharged in the southern part of the city while the troops were being moved and act fire to the caisson and exploded the supply of cartridges killing three soldiers eol diers injuring twelve killing twelve cavalry bogrees and breaking windows at a distance ot two or three blocks it drove bullets through brown atone houses and created a panic in the neighborhood the dead and injured were taken in charge by the surviving soldiers and all access cut off while the surgeons were attending the injured one of the killed soldiers Eol diers was named galler of troop E sevenah cavalry of fort sheridan the other killed and injured were members of battery F second artillery of fort riley and troop B seventh cavalry of fort sheridan the causa of be explosion is unknown it is supposed that a fuse in one of the cartridges pot loose and was fired by friction with the shells in the cais aou the explosion occurred at grand and oakwood boulevards alie most fashionable part of the citi the troops were an their way from the lake front to the new station in jayde park alie shock of the explosion was terrific throwing people to the ground at a con eid erable distance away KILLED AND INJURED the following is the list of killed and injured killed farrier gular Gul lr troop G cavalry artilleryman dono battory if and artilleryman J doyle bame battery injured sergeant linner second artillery private troop G seventh cavalry alien private odonnell of the same troop and a num of others names not yet learned alie body of one artilleryman bitting on the caisson way literally torn to pieced portions por tiona of the body being picked up at a distance of yards from the acene atthe explosion ano police have information that unknown artil ler aman killed |