Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1901 — Fatal Explosion of a Cannon. [ARTICLE]

Fatal Explosion of a Cannon.

During artillery practice on the Isle of Wight Tuesday, the breech of a twelve-pound rifle bl?w out, killing Capt. A. Le M. Bray, of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and one enlisted man, and wounded eight other men, three of whom will die. Col. A. J. Nixon, of the same regiment, was also slightly wounded by the explosion.