Deadliest Night for St. Louis Pulizija

L-inċident qattiela fil St. Istorja Louis Pulizija ma kienx penalties, diżastru naturali jew att ta 'terroriżmu. L-inċident qattiela fil St. Istorja Louis Pulizija seħħet dwar il-lejl tat-Tnejn, Settembru 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 volts ta 'elettriku waqa fuq il-linji tat-telefon, fil Tmien Triq u Carr Avenue. The telephone lines connected almost all the policemen’s call boxes in the Downtown area.

70 policeman patrolling the Downtown District were potential victims as they made their way to the call boxes for their 7:00 p.m. check-ins. Sa l-aħħar tal-lejl, two policeman lay dead and thirteen others were seriously burned or suffered injuries from being thrown from the call boxes or the headquarters call center.

Qabel l-implimentazzjoni ta 'l-radju two-way, policeman called in on the call box every hour, so the station knew they were okay. The call box was also the primary way to call for a transport after arresting someone. Peress li l-pulizija bdew jagħmlu triqthom lejn il-kaxxi sejħa, the electric current knocked an operator against the wall in the headquarters call center. St. Louis Police command personnel sent out messengers to warn the officers about the potential threat but many did not get the warning in time. A lineman, li wieġbu għall-kwartieri ġenerali tal-pulizija, kien ukoll ixxukkjat ħażin, when he tried to address the problem.

Ħafna mill-uffiċjali tlettax, li kienu midruba, suffered burns to their hands or were knocked unconscious by the current. Koppja sofra ġrieħi konġunti milli jintefgħu mill-kaxxi sejħa. L-aktar komuni burn korrimenti kellhom l-idejn milli jinserixxu keys fil-kaxxa ta 'sejħa jew cranking-kaxxa sejħa manku.

Patrolman John F. Killoren mdaħħal ċavetta tiegħu fil-kaxxa sejħa fil Ħmistax Triq u Franklin Avenue u kien minfuħa lura fit-triq. Killoren jseħħ pass pass biex saqajh u ppruvaw li tiftaħ il-kaxxa sejħa mill-ġdid qabel dawk fil-qrib jista 'twaqqaf lilu. He was knocked back into the street again with serious burns to his hands.

Minbarra l-uffiċjali midruba, many transported to local hospitals by citizens, two officers lost their lives that night. L-uffiċjal żgħażagħ attwali maqtula, Nicholas F. Beckmann, u l-uffiċjal veteran, John P. Looney.

Beckmann was a twenty-six year old police officer and veteran of the Spanish-American War. Beckman fought at the battle of San Juan Hill, which made Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders famous.

Beckman użat il-kaxxa sejħa fuq Street Tmintax bejn Washington u Carr Avenue. Peress Beckmann fetaħ il-kaxxa sejħa, hu screamed u waqa lura. Persuni fil-qrib ħadet lilu l-Protestanti Isptar qrib, fejn hu qatt kiseb sensi. Id-dipartiment kellu jiksru l-aħbarijiet li omm armla tiegħu, li għexu ma 'Beckmann.

James Looney kien raġel 41-il sena qodma u missier, li kien fuq il-forza peress 1893. Looney kien ixxukkjat tipprova tiftaħ il-kaxxa sejħa fil Tnax Triq u Morgan Avenue. He was taken to the dispensary but also never regained consciousness. Miet 15 minuta wara l-xokk tal-bidu.

City Lighting officials determined the source of the shock to be the power line from the Seckner Contracting Company. Skond l-uffiċjali tal-belt, the Seckner Company’s lines were supposed to be below ground but the company received a waiver from the Board of Public Improvements. The officials cut down the responsible lines and told Seckner to bury the lines.

Fil 2006, San. Louis Dipartiment tal-Pulizija rikonoxxut li Michael P. Burke, li kien wieħed mill-irġiel tlettax ixxukkjat li bil-lejl, died from the shock 15 xhur wara fuq Diċembru 13, 1901. It was one of the rare occasions that three St. Louis officers would lose their lives in the same incident. Il sparaturi dipartiment tikseb kopertura ħafna aktar, iżda l-lejl qattiela fil St. Istorja Louis Pulizija kienet Settembru 3, 1900, when electricity attacked an unsuspecting force doing their duty.

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