Deadliest Night for St. Louis Polis

St ölümcül olay. Louis Polis geçmişi çatışmada değildi, doğal afet veya terör eylemi. St ölümcül olay. Louis Polis tarih Pazartesi gecesi meydana geldi, Eylül 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 elektrik volt telefon hatları üzerine düştü, at Eight Street and 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 um. check-ins. Gecenin sonunda, 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.

Iki yönlü telsiz uygulanmasından önce, 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. Polisler arama kutularına onların yol yapmak için başladı, 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. Bir yan hakem, kim polis merkezine yanıtladı, Ayrıca kötü şok oldu, when he tried to address the problem.

Onüç memurlarının çoğu, yaralandı kim, suffered burns to their hands or were knocked unconscious by the current. Birkaç telefon kulübelerinden atılıyor eklem yaralandı. En yaygın yanık yaralanmaları arama kutusuna tuşları takarken veya çağrı kutu tutamacını marş gelen elleri vardı.

Devriye John F. Killoren Onbeşinci Caddesi ve Franklin Avenue çağrı kutuya kendi anahtar takılı ve sokağa geri uçuruldu. Killoren ayağa kalktı ve yanındakilerin kendisini durdurmadan önce tekrar arama kutusunu açmak için çalıştı. He was knocked back into the street again with serious burns to his hands.

Yaralı memurları ek olarak, many transported to local hospitals by citizens, two officers lost their lives that night. Geçerli öldürüldü genç subay, Nicholas F. Beckmann, ve kıdemli subayı, 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 Washington ve Carr Caddesi arasında Onsekizinci Caddesi üzerinde arama kutusunu kullanılır. Beckmann çağrı kutuyu açtı, diye çığlık attı ve geriye düştü. Seyirci yakındaki Protestan Hastanesi'ne götürdü, O kendine gelememiş nerede. Bölüm dul annesi için haber kırmak zorunda kaldı, kim Beckmann ile yaşadı.

James Looney bir 41 yaşındaki koca ve baba oldu, kim bu yana yürürlükte olmuştu 1893. Looney Onikinci Caddesi ve Morgan Avenue arama kutusunu açmaya çalışırken şok oldu. He was taken to the dispensary but also never regained consciousness. O öldü 15 dakika sonra ilk şok.

City Lighting officials determined the source of the shock to be the power line from the Seckner Contracting Company. Şehir yetkililerine göre,, 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.

Içinde 2006, St. Louis Police Department recognized that Michael P. Burke, who was one of the thirteen men shocked that night, died from the shock 15 months later on December 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 much more coverage but the deadliest night in St. Louis Police history was September 3, 1900, when electricity attacked an unsuspecting force doing their duty.

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