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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC
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NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR:
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24. 1904.
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NITROGLYCERIN
EXPLOSION
WRECKS
REM.1T OFFICE
Front of Samuel Bowman &
Company's Place, No. 612
Chestnut, Blown Up
in Mysterious
Manner.
ARMED SUSPECT IS CAUGHT.
Police Believe That Bank Bobbers
Dropped the Explosive
in Passing.
REPORT HEARD MANY BLOCKS.
Man Who Gives His Name as
"John "Doe" Is Seriously In
jured Edward Boisso Ex
amined by Detectives
Theater Audien
ces Alarmed by
Noise.
Mystery surrounds the explosion which
wrecked the plate glass In the window and
door of the office of Samuel Bowman &
Co.. real estate agents, at No. 12 Chestnut
street, shortly before 9 o'clock last night.
The police, however, are working1 on the
theory that a safe robber dropped a bottle
of nitroglycerin on the sidewalk and
caused the explosion.
Three men were arrested shortly after
the explosion. One was released by Lieu
tenant Mansfield last night and the others
are held for further investigation.
One of the men. who gives bis name as
John Doe, was badly hurt by the explo
sion. His right foot was shattered and
the leg of Jils trousers were tdrn off. Ufa
face was badly scratched. ',
The second man says he is Edward
Boisso. He was found on the comer of
Sixth and Chestnut streets, uninjured, but
badly frightened.
The man -who was released by the police
is Edward M. Cowen, a Plnkerton detect
ive. He followed Policeman Tom Qulnn,
who arrested Doc. into the alley, and was
held until he explained why he was In the'
vicinity. H. W. Minster, superintendent
of the Plnkerton office, vouched for
Cowen.
The explosion was heard for ten blocks
In every direction. It caused the crowds
to hurry from the Grand. Havlin's and the
Standard theaters. ,
Ave minutes after it Occurred a
crowd of 10.000 persons filled the streets
In the vicinity.
Twenty policemen rushed to the scene
from all parts of the Central district.
Sergeants from as far west as Sixteenth
and Market streets, as far east as the
river and one from Eighth- and Hickory
streets hurried-to the scene.
The police had hard trouble keeping the
crowd back. It was fully an, hour before
the crowd Vag thinned out.
ICO BATE IN OFFICE.
The Impression quickly gained, ground
that the safe in the real estate office had
been blown open. It developed, however,
that there was no safe in the office.
Folictmatr Qulnn, on whose beat the ex
plosion, occurred, was standing atMhe cor
ner of Seventh and Chestnjt streets at
the time. He was first to reach the scene.
Patrolman Hade, and Detectives McQuil
lan and .Stewart arrived 'shortly after,
wards.
Qulnn saw a man running down the al
ley toward Market street and gave chase.
Near Market' street he caught, the fugle,
tire, who wsb too badly injured to run
fast.
The 'policeman searched his prisoner Im
mediately and found a pistol of .45 caliber
In a belt filled with cartridges strapped
under his coat' To all questions as to his
identity tire prisoner gave the name John
Doe. which' Is" common in criminal par
lance. "It' lucky for you that you were
not there," said the prisoner' to .Qulnu
when he caught him. ,
Another revolver was found 4n the al
ley. As Cowen of the Plnkerton Agency
was eo quickly on the scene, and the pres
ence of this pistol was not accounted for,
Qulnn took- him into custody also.
The window glass. In the front of the
ofllee was completely wrecked, and It
was evident, to the Practiced eye of the
detectives, 'who arrived on the scene
within a few minutes, that the explosion
occurred on the outside and not Inside.
They at -once gars up the theory that
an rtini in nr the nfrlee hart h.rni
V
j'made'ah'd "began -to search for evidence
Jh"ede tha alrltmalk. No trace of the ex-
li-lPlosion could be found.
Tgj M. W. Madden, 'proprietor and three pa-
jJ(VHWi wctv lac sf AJ.huii . m
i-alfo. M Chestnut street when the explo
5etiw occurred. When they reached the slde
Igpilk all theSr.ceuld sie was a hat lying
vt tha sidewalk. The hat. it afterwards
ifc'.tveloed. belonged to the prisoner, John
i"f , , WIMONEK1 BWEAXEU.
-lUutBaBt,JansSeia sweated" each of
-flJBsc three prisoners. Doe-was questioned
kfrPC Ha had liven his 'occupation as a
h&anliiiiii,i.r rtm booked by JJie desk Ser-
l'"' aura cmuiicu 10 live in w -w
Si. 'To tlewtenant Mansfield he stated
.apyBBKrne waafjt railroad man ana came
-rauanosaa. aty. Oit, tore weens
He 'sari he has been irtoxlcated
ttaetri;-x
' asfceaihow.be" was hurt. Doe de-
Mt;tys,ftor' Had tried to kfll
Ms'eeket-the poUce found an
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RUSSIAN SQUADRON SINKS BRITISH FISHING BOATS,
LEAVING MEN NOT KILLED BY SHOTS TO PERISH;
APOLOGY OR ULTIMATUM, SAYS THE LONDON PRESS
a
Unexplained Attack on Harmless Trawl
ers Possibly Due to Haunting Fear
of Japanese Submarines Rus
sians in British Channel.
SVR.VIVOR.S RETURN WITH BODIES OF THE DEAD
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Eyewitneii to Attack Declares That Russians Could Not
Have Mistaken Character of Vessels They Sent to the Bet
tom-Men U Plain Sijjht Engaged in Their Work
With the Fish, in Full Glare of the Searchlights.
Hull, England, Oct. 23. A. M. Jackson & Co., solicitors for the owners
of fifty Hull fishing boats, have notified the Foreign Office and Admiralty of
an attack on the Hull fishing fleet by the Russian second Pacific squadron,
commonly designated the Baltic squadron.
The offlplal Information Is that shortiy after midnight Friday the Rus
sian squadron fell in with the Hull flshing'fleet in the North Sea.
The first portion of the fishing fleet passed safely. Then the Russian
ships turned their searchlights on tho British vessels for some time, and a
little later opened fire.
The steam trawler Crane was sunk and the decapitated bodies of her
skipper and mate have been brought to Hull.
The boatswain and other members of the crew, who are understood to
be seriously wounded, are on board a mission ship. The only slightly injured
member of the crew has arrived at Hull.
ONE VESSEL HAS SDCTKEX HOLES IX HULL;
AT LEAST OXE MORE TRAWLER WAS SUXK.
The steam trawlers Moulmein and Mino hare arrived at Hull, seriously
damaged by shots, the latter having sixteen holes in her hull. .
According to other reports, the affair occurred 200 miles off Spurnhead.
The Russian ships were steaming in line. The leading ships passed without
incident, though most of the vessels turned searchlights on the trawlers long
enough to prevent any mistake as to identity. After the bulk of the) squad
ron had passed, it opened fire, jaearly all participating irr.the firing. Tha
Crane's as strucirbelow'the water-line ancTraUed about deck. Skipper Smith
and Third-Hand Leggott had their heads carried clean away by a shot, many
of the crew being seriously wounded.
At least one other trawler also was sunk, but the Moulmcin, which
brought the news to Hull, has no particulars as to her fate.
INTENSE IXDIGXATJOX AROUSED AT HULL
TVHEX SURVIVORS BRIXG XEWS OP ATTACK.
The news has created an intense sensation and indignation in Hull.
The Moiilmein arrived with her flag at half-mast.
Her skipper states that the trawlers were fishing about 220 miles east by
north of Spurnhead at 1 o'clock Saturday morning, the weather being hazy,
when the outlines of severs 1 vessels, apparently warships, sailing in a line,
were dimly seen. Whilst the crew were watching the warships, searchlights
were flashed upon them, in the glare of which the Moulmein's crew observed
what they took to be torpedo boats approaching, apparently with the inten
tion of boarding the Moulmein.
They steamed away, however, and soon the fishermen were horrified
to find they were being fired upon. First one and then another trawler was
struck by flying shot
What seemed to be a round shot went through the Moulmein's galley.
The Mino, lying near by, also was struck with many shots, but, for
tunately, the damage was above her water-line and none of her crew was
struck.
The bombard men J lasted about twenty minutes. When it ceased the
fleet sailed south, and some of the trawlers sent up rockets.
The Moulmein steered in the direction of the rockets. Cries were
heard and the Crane was found sinking, with another trawler taking off
some of her crew.
Those seriously Injured were removed to a mission ship, and the bodies
of Smith and "Leggott were placed aboard the Moulmein. The other men
with minor injuries were put aboard the trawler Seagull,, which at a late
hour bad not arrived at Hull.
Crowds have gathered around the dock here.
Representatives of the fishing fleot started late to-night for London to
consult with the authorities there.
No motive can be assigned for the extraordinary procedure of the
Russian warships.
SOX OF SKIPPER ASLEEP WHEX
SHOT STRIKES NEAR HIS BUNK. ' '
. The only survivor of the Crane who has yet reached here is J. A. Smith,
son of the deceased skipper, -and who,, with the captains of the Moulmcin
and Mino, is going to London to consult with the authorities.
Young Smith was asleep in his bunk when the firing aroused him.
Just as he was gettlngup a shot struck the starboard and penetrated to
the forecastle, smashing a lamp near which he was standing. He rushed
on deck, where the searchlights revealed the horrible sight of his father and
Leggott, lying headless, and the deck strewn with the injured. It was soon
found that the vessel was sinking, and signals for assistance were sent up.
Smith and others concur In the details of the firing that have already
been given.
ST. PETERSBURG UNABLE TO EXPLAIN;
TARGET PRACTICE IS SUGGESTED
St Petersburg, Oct. 2L 7 a. m. Xothing has been made public here as yet
regarding the reported firing on British trawlers by the Russian Pacific fleet.
' The last news of the fleet was a brief notice published stating that they bad
passed Dover, going south.
The only conceivable explanation of -such a story is the possibility that
some of the vessels may have been at target practice, though this is not con
sidered likely.
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK
BY CAPTAIN OF BRITISH STEAMER
SPECIAI BT CABLE TO THE-ST. LOUIS life PUBLIC AND TltE NEW TORK HERALD.
London, Monday, Oct 24. (Copyright, 1904.) The Baltic, fleet. agency
dispatches displayed at the clubs and hotels yesterday evening repeated that
the Russian Baltic fleet had been sighted" off Dover, but no indication was
given of the untoward events" -which hod marked Its passage through tho
North Sea, and "with, which all England will be ringing this mornings
During the night of Friday to Saturday the Baltic fleet came in con
tact with the British fishing fleet from
lng several irawicrg, Killing two nsnermen and wounaing apout a score oi
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I,ATEST CENTER OF DISTURBANCE IN THE RUSSO-JAPANESE AVAR.
The Baltic fleet, follow In? the course Indicated on the map. Is ostensibly bound
for the far East. On the nay, encountering British Ashing es5cls at night, it opened
fire upon them, sendinp some to the bottom. At present the squndron it passing
through the Rritlsh Channel. A Britl'h squadron of considerably superior strength is
at Portsmouth.
any warning, or even using preliminary blank shot, and it is suggested that
the unfortunate incident is the outcome of a dread that has haunted the
Russian naval authorities that European waters are studded with disguised
torpedo boats and mine-laying vessels, bent upon destroying the Baltic fleet
before it could reach the fairly open sea.
The Dally Telegraph suggests that, judging by information supplied by
persons who were actually present when the catastrophe occurred, midnight
is the usual hour at which the commodore of the fishing fleet signals by
rocket to the boats under his command the direction they should take on
the morrow. So far as has been ascertained, no one witnessed any Buch
signal. -
Captain Peaker of the stenmer Magpie was seen by the correspondent of
The Republic on Ira.ird his ship to-nlRht and pave a graphic story of the fir-1
ing on the Hull fisliiug fleet by Russian warshlnH. He unld:
"AboutFrlday midnight the fleet wasilslilng In theXortli Sen, our latitude
bblns STcl,") north and longitude 5:0 east. The trawlers covered a radius of
about twelve miles and the Magpie- was standing by ready to take cargoes of
fish from the flept. It was a moonlight night, but ns there was a drizzling rnln
it was (liflk-ult to see any distance. '
'I nas on the bridge watching the movements of the trawlers when I saw
a number of lights appear from the southwest. I considered the circumstance
Tathcr unusual and I kept closer watch. Presently the lights, came nearer ami
I saw the vessels make n straight course for our fleet. AVhen the strange ves
sels, which I suspected were men-o'-war. got among the trawlers I saw the
nearest ship, which afterwards turned out to lie the Admiral's flagship, signal
ing with lights from the masthead to the Rear Admiral, who brought up in
the rear of the line. All together there were forty ships In the t-quadrou, in
cluding transports.
SEARCHLIGHTS OF EXTIRE SQUADROX
ARE TURNED UPOX THE FISHIXG FLEET.
"After some answering of signals from the Rear Admiral's vessel the
searchlights of the whole squadron were turned on to the fishing fleet.
"Suddenly, while I was thinking what they might be, without the least
wnrnlng. they started flashing their sea rchllghts. and it was then clear to me
thn they were warships. We saw that they were moving In a long line in
single file at Irregular intervals. It is difficult to judge at night, with all the
lights'flaRhing, IrufTshould think there were, roughly, about twenty very large
men-of-war. They passed right between us. When about half the ships had
passed one suddenly opened fire on the fleet belonging to Kelsall Bros. &
Beechlng.
ABSOLUTELY XO WARNING GIVEN;
WARSHIPS HURRY AWAY AS IF FLEEING. .
"Was any warning given by the warships?"
"Xonc whatever. I am perfectly-certain that the very Hist shot iired was
a shell. After they had flred they steamed right through the fleet and away
as IT pursued by a victorious enemy."
"Did they not stop to render assistance?''
"Xo; so far as I know not one of the warships waited to see what damage
had been done. They all seemed to be trying to get away as fast as they
could. While the firing was going on the battleships were between us and
the other fleet, so that, although the searchlights were flashing. I could not
see what had happened, and all the time I thought It was a British fleet
practicing firing at night.
"As the last man was being assisted from the Crane she settled down and
sunk In full view of the greater portion of the fleet.
"Our men were wild with indignation and excitement. If we had had guns
we would have made short work of the cowardly lot. We had the men, but
not the guns. It was a thousand pities. Still the tiring went on undiminished
first, one bliip joined in the bomb.irdment, then another.
"The strangest point of the whole business -is that after the men of war
had turned their searchlights onto the fishing fleet it was Impossible to mis
take us for anything but just what we were. The squadron, in fact, got so
close up that they could dlstiriguisb'our men working their nets. Furthpr
than this we were burning the International flshiug lights; white center
with red and green sides. There could be no mitnklng these lights at sea.
"After the firing had been going on unceasingly for half an hour, it sud
denly stopped, and after a signal from the flagship the whoje squadron put
on full steam and disappeared from view, leaving behind a number of badly-
damaged -trawlers and many men either killed, drowned or wounded.
""Four or five of our boats, with all bands, are missing. Strange to say,
the Gull, -which wenr to theasslsbnteof the crane, escaped without' the
slightest damage, although shot was falling all around her. One of the fleet
had nine shots through her, whilst the Mino was struck below the water
line nud was rendered almost unscaworthy. Another veseel received a
shot -wlricb plunged right through the engine-room, hurling wood and Iron
In ill directions. Qn many of the other vessels pieces of shot were found
lying about the decks!
THINKS COMMANDER LOST HIS 3EAD
OR1HOUGHT JAPS WERE ATTACKLNG BBL
Askedwhat heatiougbUed to-tbe
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fpsr. -" CHAUFFEUR CAUGHT
outrage oil the fishing fleet. Captain
FSMsfcVTW.
Joseph Ramuey Jr. Cama to Aid
of Automobile Driver, Held
as Suspect.
THE PGUCERELEASED SWANN.
Employe of Xoted Woman Was
ilistaken for'Crook in'Connec
tion With Detectives' Bat
tle With Thieves.
Barnes C. Svrann. one of ll Helen
Gould's chauffeurs, fell Into the clutches
of the St. Louis police Saturday. He was
arrested as a suspect, but was qulcMr re
leased. Swann came to St. Louis last Wednesday
In charge M .MI?s Gould's automobile, and
is staj inc at the Buckingham Club. When
Swann read the story of tli9 pl'tol battle
between the detectives and outlaws at
No 1321 Pine street In Saturday's paper
he became curious to see the dead bindit.
He came downtown In an automobile
Saturday afternoon. He wxs wearing his
Uiiuffeur's cap andToat, and. after trans
jctlncljls bj'Iness. went to the morgue to
look at Rose's body. When he entered
th" morgue the police eed him ruspl
ciously. and he had not ben there Ions
before a patrolman approached and began
questioning Swann.
Still unconscious of the purpose of the
polkeman. Snann talked freely lo him.
an J when he started to leae the Morgue
h? was informed that he was wanted In
the office of Chief of Detectives Desmond.
Not Itnoninff what was wanted, he read
ily went to the Chiefs office, where he
was still further questioned. He Informd
the Chief who he was. and Joseph Rain-
tey, vice president of the Wabash Jtail-
road, was communicated with by tele
phone. Mr. Itamsey corroborated Swann's
statement, and the chauffeur was re
leased. He immediately returned to the
Buckingham.
An effort was made to conceal the facts,
but It leaked out at the Four Courts yes
terday. The police were considerably ex
ercised over the matter for a time, but
when It was known that a mistake had
been made an explanation followed, and
the chauffeur left police headquarters
laughing.
LEADINQ TOPICS
TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC
For JHssonrl Fair .Mondnj-: -warmer
In east and loath parts. Tuesday,
showers, except fair. In nortkwest
part.
Page.
1. Japanese Renew Port Arthur Fight.
I. General War News.
3. Democrats Expect 10,000 In Parade.
4. Editorial.
WorldZs Fair Accounts Shows Good
Balance in Treasury.
5. Council of Jewish Women for Peace.
Stage News and Notes.
6. Anne Davis Best In Allowance Race.
Race Entries.
7. Owes His Life to Old Cartridges.
Parker Will Wlnl Says Norman Mack.
8. Sermons nnd Services at the Churches.
9. Grain Values Decline on Professional
Selling.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Republic "Want"
Republic "Want"
Happenings In
Towns.
Adverstlsements. ,
Advertisements.
Illinois Cities and
12. Race Trouble In: Oklahoma Feared.
TO-DAY'S
PROGRAMMES
AT THE
WORLD'S FAIR.
1' SPECIAL EVE5TS.
MORNING
ISO a. m. to 5 JO p. m. Ftrris Whtel ri trt
Ucketo tu see lltamlnatlcn to-nlffht.
.fi&-Op'nlnK day. Poultry- Plg,on nJ. Pet
block Show. Ilre-stcck tfctlon. ,
Ciard mount. Setranee Grammar School.
Administration quadrangle
19.10 Sslon National Cramry Buttenna&er?
Aisoclatlon. Palace oi Agriculture.
AFTERNOON.
JJO-Football. St. Ijouls University r. Central
HlKh School. Staillum-
S.1 CIas in drawing, rjesfalicf? School. Pal
ace cf Education.
I W Liecturr. "Vellowstcrie Park." Government
bulldimr.
Drill. Thlrty-wventh, New York. AdminJa
tratlon qcadraaxle-
m-Palace of Electricity ofen.
7.3-American and Loan bectioa. Palace of
Art, open.
RCGfLAR EVESTS.
MORNING.
8:00 Grounds open.
Trooo drill. United Statea Marlnea. Plan
Orleans . ,
SdOa. m. to 6 p. m. Ferris Wheel runs. c!v-
lne best daylight view of Expoaltlon.
SJOa. m. to JJW p m. Free guides leare sta--tlom
wlthrn Jerusalem every 10 minutes.
J:3-Fedlr:: birds and name. Mlaaourl out
door exhibit.
9 CD Exhibit ralaces open until unet
SJJ0 a. m. to 1130 p. m. Creation, on the Puts.
open, continuous performance.
10:00 Hagenbeck's open. Continuous perform e
10-30 Icorrofe. Necrtto and Moro class. Model
School. FhlHDDlne. , ,
Vlsayan Theater or". Philippines.
11-00 Demonstration, model dry dock. Gortrn
ment bulldlna , M ,
12.00 Mllklnr and feedlnje of cows la dairy test,
ralrv Bams.
AFTERNOON.
1:00 B"er War. three famous battle.
lJ-LJtrarv class work. Indian School Bids. .
123-Uasses of blind and deaf, east nave. Pal
ace of Education.
Hourlr milk tests. Palace of EduraUoo.
1:30 Drill. United Mates Ltfetarera. lakenorta
of Palace of Acriculture. .
J.0&-Ccades in operaUon.
Z:0-LaEtem-5l!de exhibit. Bureau of Chemn-
trr. flovernment bulMlnc.
1:30. 4-3). 8:3) and !30-Battle cf Santiago,
Naval Show, west end of the Pike.
I-OflKlndereartcn c!ase. Modl Playground.
2 JO Boer War. three famous battles,
jao Drs psrade. United States Manses.
Plaza St. Louis
:01)-Wlrftess teleaTaphdemonstratlons, Signal
Corps, podium. Government trullatas;
4 .jO-Feedlne birds and same. .Missouri outdotr
exhibit. . ,.,
Drill, seacoast guns. Gownment HIII
4:C Parade United Btates Marines end Ma
rine Band. Plaza. St. Louis.
S.OO-Cascades In operations
evening:
) p. m. to 10JS p nu-Ferris WheeL B
place to view UlumlntUon and fireworks.
IrtO Flag- salute and dress paisda. Indian
OM Indian srorts and oaiUmea Flat
Indian School. '
"08 Mllklnr and feeding cowi In dairy tat,
7J0-BcerWar. ttree tamous HtUes.
T-SO Illumination of grounds and bullalaxt.
!33Cicad In-CperaUon. -
MUSIC ETEJfTS.
MORNING.
. . M. . CJ Tull.M CtM fe1.
S. oovnroe3i iiuiiau imuu. ii w-w
"TweritT-fourtH United States Infantry ;
Band. Gonimnt Hiu. -v
Organ recital. Iowa building:
10-30 Organ recital. French secUon. Palace, el
Libera! Arts ' ,
11-00-ConstabuUiT Band. FhIP5fn.
1 United states Marine Band. Govarnment
Ilt-Orgs'n mltaL W. A. Sabin cf EanTrwi
cico. Festival HaU.
AFTERNOON.
1.30-Coverr.ment Indian Band. Indian Schoot
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
Band. Government mil.
00 Vocal concert. Missouri buUdlnz.
Concert. OreKjn bulldlnc. ,
Well's Band. Cascade Gardens.
Orchestra. Temple-if Fraternltv.
J-00 United htatea Marine Band. Govtramtat
BuI'dins. . . .
Berlin Band. Mach!nrv Gyrderr.
Orchestra concert. Mis tout! building.
Concert, minds section. Palac of Agri
culture Cone-rt. Texas bulidlnc
Organ recital. New nrk culMInr.
41A " ror -. MIw,h Aitt'diQg
Organ recital. Iowa building.
...t,... .-.in. itii.rii.nt
-onffxccllsl Jntlana bulMlnr .
4 J3-Organ recital. J. A. rennlngtJn or Scran
ton, ra . Festival Hall.
EVENING.
S.M-EiHwItion Orchestra. TVrolean Alps.
Well s Band. Cascade Gardens.
Mexican Band. Piaxa St. Louis.
C:13 Oir-tabnlan- Psn-I Ph)llrrln-s
TBerUn Band. Marhlrery Gardens
InxposUlon Orchestra. Tyrolean Alps.
HUE II FISHING .
PHRT.JTBY TBWN
K
MEIinEBS OF FISHING
PARTY WIIO l ERE IJf JCRED
John W. Steel. No. KIT Dodler
street, bruises and ltceratlons about
head and body: probably Internally
Injured.
John Casey. No. SS1T Labadle
aenue. left arm broken, bruises
about head and body, with probably
Internal Injuries.
Jerome ard Alfred Casey, aged 9
and IS, bruicd and lacerated about
head and body.'
Robert Florentine. No. 1E3 South
Sixteenth street, left hip broken:
internal Injuries.
Five persons from St. Louis were In
jured at Venice. I1L. yesterday evening:
shortly after 6 o'clock in the collision cf
a wagon driven by a fishing party and a
special Chicago and Alton train, which
was bearing to St- Mary's Hospital, Bist
St. -Louis, Joseph Tenu, an Italian. who
had been Injured shortly before at Granite
City.
The accident occurred at the crossing; of
the Chicago and Alton tracks and Broad
way, at "Venice. The crossing is on a
sharp curve, around which a train cannot
be seen. Failure ot the jnernberp.of tha
party, who were returning from, a day'f
fishing at Nameokl Lake. Illinois, to hear
the train's approach or whistle was, co
doubt, due to the noise they made laugh
ing and talking. The. wagon was half wiy
across the track when struck. It was de?
mollshed and 'the members of the party
were thrown twenty-fhe feet In, the air,
falling' to the ground, three on one side
of the track and two on the other, at dis
tances varying from twelve to "twenty
feet. ,
The train was at once stopped, and tha
Injured were picked up and taken into tie.
office of George W. Bennett the Marshal '
of Venice, where, they were" attended "by
Doctors J. W. and R. D. Scott. All ot
them were sent In carriages last night to
their homes In St. Louis.
After Picking up the injured and taklaa
them to medical aid. the' crew of the spe
cial returned to their train and harried
Joseph Tenu. who bad been struck br s
train onlv a short time before, to St.
rys Hospital. East St. Louis. At St Ma
ry's last night bis injuries wera mo
pounced fatal. V
A wagon lnwhich.-.were the wive ani,- ;
sisters of the Injured, men had jast rosJ f
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