Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-05
FOURTH OF JULY ACCIDENTS.

A Hazel Street Young Man Shot in |
the Breast While Handling Pistol
Tho Bail Lodged in the Breast
Rome Various other Casualties
Yesterday More or Less Serious.
A serious, in fact almost fatal acct
dent, happened in Westville Sunday after
noon ushering in the list of casualties and
fatalities of yesterday. While the sixteen
year-old son of Supernumerary Whilldey,
living at 81 Hazel street, was with an older
boy getting an old rusted revolver into con-
dition for the Fourth the usual thing hap
pened, the revolver was found to have
a loaded chamber which went off acci-
dentally, wounding young Whilldey. The
revolver was fortunately % calibre or it
is likely the boy would have been killed.
Just how it happened the boys were
too excited to remember. The
chamber was unexpectedly discharged,
the ball hitting Whilldey in the breast. Doc
tors Hotchkiss, Townsend and Stetson
were summoned and decided not to take
out the bullet, which was lodged against
the breast bone. The boy is now unde,
DR.. Stetson's care and Is doing we'll. Yes
terday he passed comfortable day and 1t
is expected that he will recover.
A ToNsoR1AL ARTIST INJURED.
"Niok" Smith, barber of Colby &
Smith, the tonsorial artists on George
street, near Church, had his hand badly
burned setting off some fireworks yester
day. DR.. Converse attended the injured
man, who hopes to be at work with razo1
and clippers in few days again.
SHOT THROUGH THE HAND-A BLANK CART
RIDGE PISTOL DOES IT.
Frank Albee of 1888 Orchard street wat
another victim of yesterdays Publication
His sport consisted of pistol shot through
his hand. The accident was caused by
blank cartridge pistol. DR.. F. Fl. Whit
temore dressed the wound. The matte
| was not more serious than q week or twoi
| disuse of the hand.
HER DRESS CAUGHT F1RE-A YOUNG LADY
PROMPT ACTION.
While Mrs. D. T. Ryan Of 1908 Chspe
street WAS setting off fire crackers In he
back yard yesterday, her dress esugh
ahre from 4 partly smouldefing fuse. !
young girl, FsnnyJennings, SAW the dapge
and called The attention Of Mrs. Ryan nj,
The others to IT, They quickly sarreuad 1.
the endangered woman and sm6tbeted th
fast increasing flames, Had II not beel
for the quick eye Of Miss Jennings
frightful catastrophe might have happened
HIS FINdER BLOWN oFF=-A wALLiHaTeR
MAN HOLDS A CANNON CRACKER TO
LONG.
The hospital people had their hands flu
afterD o'clock last night. Besides the IN
inred mon that came from Mantle an
was brought In. In setting off large fiji
cracker for someone the fuse buTne
quicker than he expected, and the eraeke
ly decorating both hands and blowing o
the third finger of his right hand.
He wins carefully attended to at the he'
pital, aud Ia doing very we'll. The pole
| authorities kindly loaned the hospital th
use of their ambulance 80 that all tire
injured men could DO brought In withet
! delay.
ONE FtREeRAeKER DAMAGES $500 I
COSTLY PLATE GLASS WINDOWS.
Some youngster with we'll develepe
! destructive bump set off q huge eanno
: ] cracker under q box In front of the Vince
or & Wilson's Sewing Machine company
Office In this city, No. I'll Chapel stree
last evening. When the noise subsidized
was found that the conclusion had broke
large window in Wheeler & Wilson
Office, cracked the glass in the Secon
National bank on the corner of Chapel an
Union streets, and broken the glass doc
l. H. q 1 II II q
Machine company.
The large plate glass windows are Q,
pensive and some of them were finely lie
, tered, which is also matter of conside
able cost. Probably the whole damae
caused by the one cracker will amount
$500.
CANNON CRACKER THROWN.
A big cannon cracker was thrown at OF
8 of the Fair Haven and Westville horse ca
= early in the evening. 1t exploded almo
on the car, one piece striking the col
. ductor in the neck and another striking
lady in the face. The piece which struc
the lady was very hard and gave her
sharp pain for little while.
| SPENT BULLET STRIKES LITTLE GIRL ]
THE HEAD.
r Addie Durant, the thirteen year Of
| daughter of Jeweler Durant, was sittir
> on bench in the green about o'cloe
, yesterday afternoon when spent bull
plowed through her hat and inflicted
v scalp wound. She was assisted to Klock
Mix's drug store, and the family physical
DR.. M. O. White, was called. He ga
that no bone had been broken, but tn
r she might suffer for day or two fro
;. brain troubles.
: No sound WAS heard Of revolver sho
d The bullet was from a thirty eight ealib
!. short revolver.