Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-13
SAD SUNDAY SCENES.
An Almost Unprecedented Accident
Record for the Day.
TWO MORE DEATHS FROM BATHING,
Chiefly Resulting From the Usual Inability
to Swim.
RAILROADS SEND IN THEIR SHARE

| Yesterday was another terrible day for
accidents, though the record on the rail,
which is always in the majority, was not so
large as Saturday, there being but two acci-
dents from this source, while the
day before there were seven. Bath
ing and inability to swim brought two
more names to the already lengthy list at
the Coroner's office, while more than the
usual number of minor mishaps in mills
and factories runaways falls from wagons
and other cases made the record of the day
very large.
Samuel Brown, aged IL years, and James
Collins, aged IA years, were injured on the
P. r. r. yesterday afternoon. At o'clock
they were crossing the tracks at Twenty
sixth street. A freight train stood in the
way, and they climbed up between two of
the cars As they did so a shifter struck
the train, and the shock threw both
boys under the cars. Brown had
both legs almost cut off above the knees and
was injured internally. Collins had several
ribs broken and sustained a severe scalp
wound. They were taken to the West Penn
Hospital, whereBrown's legswere amputated.
He is not expected to live. The condition
of the other boy is not so serious: Both
live on ST. Francis street.
Sunday Excursionists in Trouble.
A very serious accident occurred to
wagon-load of Sunday excursionists at the
third toll gate on-Southern avenue. Par
ties coming in that way stated that a
wagon-load of Germans, men, women and
hoI Il na1 ~,
bankment and half a dozen of them
more or less injured. According to
reports the party had been spend
ing the day eating and drinking
and toward evening they started for home
The men were little the worse for drink
and small boy was given charge of the
team. Near the third toll gate the boy lost
control of the horses and the wagon went
over an cmbankment into barb-wire fence.
One man had his leg broken in two places,
a woman was thrown into tree and fell
from that to the ground, suffering severe in
iUries, and several more of the party were
injured in various ways.
The injured were cared for by neighbors
and afterward sent home. The wagon was
q complete wreck.
Thomas Berry, foreman at the Republic
Iron Works, South Twenty-ffth street, was
helping to clean boilers yesterday. Berry
struck light to see if the boiler was all
right and an explosion of gas, accumulated
in the boiler, occurred, burning him very
seriously about the head and breast He
was removed to his home at the head of
South Twenty-third street.
Probably Fatal Fall.
Edward Manion, stack painter, % wears
old, was painting the stack on Jones s.
Laughlins' Brownstown mill yesterday He
went to the top of the stack, so feet above
the roof, and had no sooner reached the top
of the scaffold when it gave way and he fell
to the roof below. He was taken to the
Southside Hospital. His condition is dan
gerous. Manion lives on Ann street.
John w. Whistler, 35 years old, was
drowned in the Allegheny river at Brilliant |
yesterday afternoon. While bathing he |
got into a sandhole, and as he could not |
swim well was drowned. William Monden, |
who lives at Brilliant, found the body about |
an hour after, and it was sent to McNulty's |
undertaking rooms on Center avenue Mr.. |
Whistler was painter and decorator, and |
bearded at 412 Frankstown, East End He |
has lived in Pittsburg about eight months |
He was formerly resident of Johnstown, |
and at one time was postmaster at Apollo, |
Cambria county. He was not married
About O'Clock last night Robert Con-
ners, aged Is years, while bathing in Char
tiers creek near the Lake Erie Railroad |
bridge with some boys of about his own age,
got into a deep hole, and, being unable to
swim, was drowned The body has not been
recovered The boys parents reside in
Shalersville, Thirty-fifth ward.
John Johnston, of Thirty ninth street, fell
from his porch yesterday and was knocked
insensible. He was injured about the
shoulder and spine.
Sawed His Hand I'm Two
Nellis Jones, carpenter employed at
Murphy & Diebold's planning mill on
Wabash avenue, West End, was saving out
some lumber ON a large circular rip saw
when his right hand slipped The
saw passed up between the first and second
fingers, splitting his hand. He was re-
moved to his home on West Carson street.
At o'clock last night Rudolph Ebert was
thrown from his buggy, while driving in
Millvale borough The accident was caused
by the horse running away. Two of his
children were driving with him, but were
not thrown out His fall was a severe one,
and his skull was crushed. He was removed
to the West Penn Hospital at II O'Clock
and died half an hour later. The deceased
was 65 years old, married and had several
children. He lived at 5125 Penn avenue,
where he kept grocery store.