Deadliest Night for St. Louis Pulizija

L-inċident qattiela fil St. Istorja Louis Pulizija ma kienx penalties, natural disaster, or act of terrorism. 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 all the policemen’s call boxes in the Downtown area.

Seventy police officers 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 police officers lay dead, and electricity seriously burned thirteen other officers. The current also injured officers by throwing the officers from the call boxes or the headquarters call center.

Qabel l-implimentazzjoni ta 'l-radju two-way, police officer 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. As the police officers began to make their way to the call boxes, 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 too many officers 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.

The thirteen injured officers suffered burns to their hands, or the current knocked them unconscious. The current threw a handful of officers from the call box leading to joint injuries. L-aktar komuni burn korrimenti kellhom l-idejn milli jinserixxu keys fil-kaxxa ta 'sejħa jew cranking-kaxxa sejħa manku.

Patrol Officer John F. Killoren inserted his key into the call box at Fifteenth Street and Franklin Avenue and the electric current through Killoren into the street. Killoren jseħħ pass pass biex saqajh u ppruvaw li tiftaħ il-kaxxa sejħa mill-ġdid qabel dawk fil-qrib jista 'twaqqaf lilu. The current knocked Killoren back into the street again with serious burns to his hands.

Minbarra l-uffiċjali midruba, who citizens transported to the hospital, 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. The electrical current shocked Looney as he tried to open the call box at Twelfth Street and Morgan Avenue. Citizens carried Looney to the dispensary, but he never regained consciousness. Looney died 15 minutes after the first shock.

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 was supposed to bury their wires, 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 after repairing them.

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 months later, Diċembru 13, 1901. It was one of the rare occasions that three St. Louis officers would lose their lives in the same incident. The department shootouts get more coverage but the deadliest night in St. Istorja Louis Pulizija kienet Settembru 3, 1900, when electricity attacked an unsuspecting force doing their duty.

Sources: St. Louis Post-Dispaċċ, Settembru 4, 1900, p. 1

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