Availability of Passenger Safety Information for Improved Survival in Aircraft Accidents: Final Report

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...by the citizens, they endeavored to escape by retreating behind the ranks of the military. This action exasperated the entire mass of citizens to such an extent that an attack was immediately made upon the troops with stones and such missiles as could be found. As the attack began one of the soldiers, a man named William Patch, from Massachusetts, was seen to fall about midway of the ranks, having been struck in the back with a large paving stone. As ho fell upon his side into the gutter, his mnsket was s?ized by a portion of the crowd, apparently in a great state of exasperation, who set upon him, and before the police could prevent them, beat the unfortunate soldier most unmercifully. The gun was borne rapidly off some distance, but was finally given up to an officer. As the man Patch was seen to fall, the commanding officer of the troops gave a hurried order to the troops to run, and dipping their heads, they were soon running at a rapid rate, followed by the crowd, who continued to pelt them with stones as they retreated. SOLDIERS FIRE ON THE MOD. 407 When at the corner of President and Stiles streets the crowd pressed closely upon them, and rallying around them, knocked down two of the soldiers and seized their muskets, which were very promptly delivered into the hands of the police, who checked them in the attack. One of the soldiers who was knocked down managed to regain his feet and make his escape, but the second one was quickly picked up by an officer, and carried to the Middle Station House, where he was protected from the crowd. The body of troops continued to run with great rapidity across Pratt street bridge, and as far as Commerce street, the point where the street had been torn up, and where an immense concourse of...