Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-06
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
4 'Ic--:i,ie Accident.

Il becomes our painful duty tn re
rort one OF the most i';iriU. acc!'riiiN
,ha; ever occurred in Carson-oEe mat
h.s thrown n gloom over ;his eht!fe
community. IL came too, with ;he
suadenues- OF lightning, when TIE
whole community We're i'll the hiGht
Of endowment Of the greatest ceieoia
:ion, and most engrnssiE. festivities
avar huown here. And 1t occurred 10
some of our fellow citizens that were
,...rtici Da,ing i'm the most exciting i'ar'
Of the celebration. 7. is no less than
Inc sudden death of one man anu the
manning of three others. About >
O'Clock, OH the evening of the Fourth.
while some men. invlut.ins the We
tins OF the accident. were engaged
IN firing the new cannon owned ty me
ra-!roa employees AT the machine
shops, The gun pre- niature!y discharged
while It MAS being loaded, and Mr.
frank A. Bolander had both his arms
blown oil. one ut the shoulder, and the
ether at the elbow and shatter!ng the
hone higher ~. lie was ais" dfeai-
.Jrliy mutila;ed IN the breast and face.
his chin. nose and check being par
.iaIlytorIl away. and his eyes ieariuiiy
injured by DOW der and SpiiI.ers. tie
Was thrown some distance into the
sand Partially rising. he eXciaiineu,
where are my lrti>' lie was III
r-,ed,ateiv taken to his room ana DTS.
Dawson. Waters amt " hite Suihihoh-
ID. He bore his suiierings VIII Won
..erfui nerve, and lived about twelve
nouns. expiring about > O'Clock yeSter-
day morning. He was ABOUT - years
Of age, unmarried, aud has q mother
living in San francisco. and an uncle
who Is Stale Superintendent OF Public
instruction Of California. His rela-
;iyes were telcgraphed to, bus no re
Spouse could be obtained previous 10
his death, and not until late yesterday
afternoon. The body WAS sent TO san
Francisco by last nights train. Cor
ouer John l.. Medcr held an inquest
t,pon the body. John NJ. InGrthani,
.Ioseph Calembcrti, Il. Sinclair, James
C..S,nith, james =. Bemis and Charles
+. Wilton were the jury. They rem
,iered a verdict that the deceased was
named Frederick 4. Bolander; a ma
live of Kentucky. about twenty-five
-ears pF age: that he came to his death
rom a premature discharge OF n CAN
nan which he was engaged IN loading;
that the discharge was occasloneu oy
insufficient swabhing; that the acci-
lent took place at Carson CITY on the
t,l day III July, iSI". All OF when
: Gulv certified 10. Another OF
.he pjured ones is J. NJ. IIiden,
whose left hand is filled with
powder and his face 5!acsened ana
ives greatly Injured. lie Is al the
Adams House. attended, by iir. Ii'i-
ION. He is perhaps - years OF age,
and unmarried. lie will probably re-
cover. and il IS hoped will not lose his
sight. The third one We notice is Mr..
Reed. His eyes were blown full OF
sand. and from what we can learn he
Isrot otherwise very seriously injured.
Is an employee =. the machine shop.
The other man is MIR. Henderson, a
,noulder ut the shops. Both hands
much injured. Will perhaps lose
thumb. His eyes are also severely
injured. From the testimony before
he Coroner's jury, yesterday, we learn
some further particulars regarding me
accident. Joseph Irwin was attending
the vent of the cannon ut the time OF
he discharge. He was thrown vlo-
ien;ly upon his back. They had no
,saie. al the gun, and the swab was
dry and worn out. \ boy had been
sent for water, but had not returned.
The gun was used at midnight of the
:.,i and twentv-siX rounds fired. NJ
sunrise thirty more rounds. Just pre-
vious to the fatal discharge twelve
rounds had been fired. The gun was
!, twelve or fourteen FOUNDER.