Deadliest hmo rau me nyuam. Louis Police

Deadliest xwm tshwm sim rau me nyuam. Louis Police yav dhau los tsis yog ib tug shootout, tej huab cua phem los ntawm kev ua phem. Deadliest xwm tshwm sim rau me nyuam. Louis Police keeb kwm tshwmsim rau hnub ib hmo, Cuaj hlis 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 volts txog hluav taws xob poob mus rau lub laj kab xov tooj, thaum nws muaj yim txoj kev thiab 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. kos-ins. Rau thaum xaus rau hmo ntuj, 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.

Ua ntej qhov kev siv cov xov tooj cua 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. Raws li tus policemen pib ua kom nkawd txoj kev hu rau ko cov boxes, the electric current knocked an operator against the wall in the headquarters call center. St. Cov neeg ua haujlwm hais kom ua Louis Police xa meem ceeb toom rau tus neeg khiav dej num txog rau tej kev hem thawj tab sis ntau tsis tau tej lub sij hawm. Ib lineman, uas teb cov tub ceev xwm lub tsev hauv paus, yog tseem ceeb heev, when he tried to address the problem.

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Rooj vag - Dispatch tsab xov xwm txog cov xwm ntawm lub Cuaj hlis 4, 1900

Feem coob ntawm cov neeg khiav dej num tsug kaum peb, uas yog raug mob, suffered burns to their hands or were knocked unconscious by the current. Ob peb raug kev nyuaj kev raug mob los ntawm koj ceeb ces muab pov tseg los ntawm cov hu tas ob leeg. Cov kev tshaj hlawv raug mob lawm tes inserting hauv lub lag luam mus rau ntawm lub box hu los cranking lub box hu kov.

Patrolman John F. Killoren tso nws qhov tseem ceeb mus rau hauv lub thawv hu rau txoj kev Fifteenth thiab Franklin Avenue thiab raug cua tshuab rov qab mus rau hauv txoj kev. Killoren staggered mus nws lub taw thiab sim qhib rau ntawm lub box hu dua ua ntej bystanders yuav cheem nws. He was knocked back into the street again with serious burns to his hands.

Ntxiv rau tus neeg khiav dej num uas raug mob ntawv, many transported to local hospitals by citizens, two officers lost their lives that night. Cov chaw raug tua cov neeg khiav dej num, Nicholas F. Beckmann, thiab cov neeg khiav dej num veteran, John P. Looney.

Beckmann yog ib tug tub ceev xwm NEESNKAUM - 6 xyoo thiab cov tub rog uas lus Mev-American tsov rog. Beckman fought thaum tsov rog ntawm San Mai toj, uas Theodore Roosevelt ntxhib Riders naas ej ua.

Beckman siv rau ntawm lub box hu rau txoj kev Eighteenth thaum Washington Carr Avenue. Raws li Beckmann qhib rau ntawm lub box hu, nws screamed thiab poob rov qab. Bystanders coj nws mus hauv lub tsev kho mob Protestant nyob tsis deb, qhov twg nws yeej tsis regained nco qab. Lawv yuav tsum tau zom cov xov xwm rau nws niam widowed, leej twg nyob rau Beckmann.

James Looney yog 41 xyoo thiab txiv txiv, leej twg lawm rau hlab txij li 1893. Looney raug tom sim qhib rau ntawm lub box hu rau txoj kev Twelfth thiab Morgan Avenue. He was taken to the dispensary but also never regained consciousness. He died 15 feeb tom qab qhov pib poob siab.

City Lighting officials determined the source of the shock to be the power line from the Seckner Contracting Company. Raws li lub zos nom, Seckner lag txoj kab lawm thiab tau hauv qab av, tiam sis cov tuam txhab txais ib cov ntawv tso cai los ntawm cov Board of Public txhim kho. The officials cut down the responsible lines and told Seckner to bury the lines.

Nyob rau hauv 2006, cov me nyuam. Louis ceev xwm pom tau hais tias qhov Michael P. Christian, yog ib lub neej tsug kaum peb thoob li hmo ntawd yog leej twg, died from the shock 15 lub hlis tom qab ntawd rau hlis ntuj nqeg 13, 1901. It was one of the rare occasions that three St. Louis neeg khiav dej num yuav tsis tau lawv lub neej nyob rau hauv tib yam xwm tshwm sim. Lub department shootouts tau kev pab ntau npaum li cas tab sis hmo ntuj deadliest St. Louis Police keeb kwm yog cuaj hlis 3, 1900, when electricity attacked an unsuspecting force doing their duty.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

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