Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-15
A DAYS ACCIDENTS.
Many Minor Casualties in tho Two Cities
A. Usuni the Cnbie Car Gets In Its
work-A Boy Ground Under the Wheels.

mnuy Minor Cnsun tiles In the Two Cltles-
A. Usuni the Cnbio Car Gets In Its
work-A Boy Ground Under the Wheels.
Alexander Warner, school director of the
Thirteenth ward, had his foot amputated yes
terday afternoon by DR.. Clark, as the re-
suit OF an accident suffered at the Keystone
Bridge works two weeks ago.
George Kristiosky fell from the Junction
Railroad bridge Yesterday afternoon while
going TO his home, on Thirtv-third street.
His right leg wss fractured by the tall.
Yesterday afternoon as car No. 12 on the
Pittsburg and Birmingham line was pass
ing up Carson street at the point where
Brownsville avenue runs into 1t, one of the
Keystone express wagons, having on board
"fying horse" made a short turn from
the other track into Brownsville avenue.
The result was that five windows OF the car
were torn out by projections on the wagon.
John Dingler, passenger in the car, was
severely cut, and several ladies were slightly
injured.
Car No. 20 on the Pittsburg Traction
line ran into q grocery wagon on the Soho
hill yesterday. The wagon was damaged
but no one hurt.
Joseph Ambrus, an employe of the
American Iron Works, had one of his legs
crushed under a pile OF pig metal yesterday
afternoon while at work. he was removed
10 the Southside Hospital.
About 1890 o'clock last night an un-
known man dropped insensible to the side
walk in front of the residence of Rev.
Father McTighe, on West Carson street.
He was removed to the Southside Hos
pital. He soon regained consciousness
at the hospital, and gave his name as WILL
lam Welch, his residence Penn avenue. but
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jured, but was suffering from paralysis. He
will recover.
Nicholas Anderson. a worker in the bridge
department of the American Iron Works,
mad his right leg crushed Yesterday. He
was taken to the Southside Hospital, and 1t
was said last night that amputation would
not be necessary.
The unknown man killed by locomotive
at Homestead Tuesday was Joseph Charles
ton, an old prominent Southsider.
While John Getty and Alexander
Loughrey, of the Southside, were riding along
the Brownsville road yesterday the pole of
their conveyance broke. The horses scar
ing, started off at a mad gait, throwing both
gentlemen out. Mr.. Getty was seriously
injured, while Mr.. Loughrey escaped with
slight bruises.
Grant Greenawalt, 17-year-old son of
City Park Measurer Greenawalt, of ALLIE
gheny, was literally ground to pieces by a
West Penn train early yesterday morning.
1t is supposed that the accident happened
about o'clock in the morning, when an
unusual noise was heard by the people
living near. The boy was displeased over
something, and ran away on Monday, say
ing be would never return. His father had
been bunting for him elsewhere, and it is
supposed that he was returning home, and,
while he was stepping off near his home,
was thrown under the wheels.
Michael Polarsky, an employe of the
Standard Manufacturing Company, Allie
gheny, was caught in belt yesterday and
had several ribs broken and other serious
injuries sustained.