Corp. Sedgwick Tells
of Horrible Accident. . . But Suppose This Had Happened to American Prisoners
in Germany Instead of to Germans in France?
Corp. Harry Sedgwick of this
city, still with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, gives a horrible
account of an accident recently witnessed by him, in a letter written to his
father, H.E. Sedgwick, of this city, and dated July 9.
Corp. Sedgwick says that one of
the American companies sent out 40 German prisoners under four guards to blow
up a lot of ammunition. There was an explosion and out of the 44 men, two or
three were killed instantly. About 30 of the Germans were sent to the Hospital
and were burned so badly that 17 died shortly afterwards and the remaining 13
have little chance of recovery.
Corp. Sedgwick is with a Guard
Company looking after 75,000 tons of ammunition stored at St. Loubes, France,
the largest ammunition depot in the world. He tells his father that he isn’t
staying in France because he likes it, but because, like thousands of other
boys, he can’t help himself. He is in good health and says he hopes to be
released shortly if that 150,000,000 pounds of ammunition he is helping to guard
doesn’t go off under his feet.
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