Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1909 — TWO SOLDIERS KILLED BY DEFECTIVE RIFLE [ARTICLE]

TWO SOLDIERS KILLED BY DEFECTIVE RIFLE

Four Inch Gun Explodes at Fort Riley Army Reservation. ‘ Junction City, Kan., Oct. 12.—Two men were killed and six injured on the Fort Riley military reservation by the explosion of a four inch gun during military tests. Sergeant Smith and Private Daniels are dead. Lieutenant Ralph M. Pennell is hurt severely. Five privates were slightly Injured. The explosion, it is said, was due tn a defect in the gun.