Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-12
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.


Child RsIs!i T:,i' poS. s:.,,:7ssy 5.!.ssd by
his BrOther-A Young Mans
Hand Badly Laoerased.
On Saturday afternoon little daughter
Of John Hoax, who resides on Evans's farm
at Graeff7s landing, accidentally tripped
and fell down the cellar steps. At the
bottom of the stairway was a crock lying
at the time the little girl fellupon it break
ing it to pieces and cutting an ugly cash
in her hand.
On Saturday night 16-year-old son Of
Abraham Huber, residing near Willow
street purchased revolver and began
shooting at his younger brother for the
purpose of frightening him. He was
very poor markham, for instead of missing
the boy, as he desired, the ball struck him
in the side. 1t hit a rib and
glancins off passed around the
body, in which it yet remains.
Yesterday Elmer McCardle, IA years of
age, Henry Bickle and two sons of David
NJ. Root, all of whom reside at Willow
Street, went to fight bees nest. Instead
of fighting the bees with paddles, as other
boys do, they thought they would try
new experiment. by some means they
procured pound of gunpowder, which
they sprinklcd over the nest. One of the
boys then placed a box over the nest, and
procuring fuse put it through a hole in
the box. About the time they were going
to apply the match the powder, which
had caught fire in some manner, exploded.
Young McCardlc was terribly burned about
the face and head, and his clothing was
almost burned from his body. The other
boys were not injured.
The victims in all of the above cases
were attended by DR.. l. II. Mayer, of Will
low Street.
This morning as David Hancock Peter
man, aged II years, and employed at No.
1 cotton mill was engaged in assisting an
other lad at his work in the picker room of
said mill he accidentally got the fingers of
his left hand caught in the rollers, and
had three of them terribly lacerated. the
flesh being torn from the bones. Dr. S.
L. Davis was summoned and dressed the
wounds. The bones are not crushed, and
it is thought the fingers may he saved.
The young man resides with his father
George Petcrman, No. 80 North street.
Mr.. L. A. Prczinger, Of the Lancaster
watch factory, while engaged in assisting
some of the workmen in running a plate
through the rolls Oh Saturday afternoon,
was Sc unfortunate as to get the index
finger of his left hand caught between the
cogs, and though he succeeded in extricat-
ing the member before the bone was crush
ed, the end of the finger is quite badly
mashed, and he will probably he deprived
of the use of it for some weeks.
On Saturday evening about 1Oo'clock as
Robert Stewart and Harry Carpenter were
driving on East King steet, their horse
took fright from coming in contact
with rope used for the erection of the
H lncock pole in front of Hagelganz's S
hotel, lunging suddenly forward towards
the pavement in front of Ziegler's tavern.
Here he broke a trace, and commenced
kicking, until he finally kicked himself
loose and ran to his stable. The young
gentlemen jumped from the vehicle and
escaped unhurt. The phaeton in which
they were riding had the dashboard kicked
in and the axle bent, a wheel dished and
the shafts injured.