Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-13
THE ACCIDENT RECORD.
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF GASU-
Allies REPORTED.
Several Narrow Escapes From Death Among
Them, But Fortunately Mono Of the Victims
Were Dangerously Hurt

Last Wednesday night, ]. n. Pritch-
ard, Waterman at Wood Bros planning
mill, made a narrow escape from being
struck with a large beer glass, thrown
by persons evidently with malicious in
tent. John barley, a boy aged twelve,
who was walking near Mr.. Pritchard at
the time, got struck back OF the ear
with a fragment OF the glass, and
the side OF his head was painfully
bruised. Besides watching the mill at
night, Mr.. Pritchard attends to guard
ing the c~ompany's lumber yards near
| ThirtY-sixth street. At - o'clock at
the time named, Mr.. Pritchard was
walking past the alley at the rear OF
DR.. Pipes residence. He saw two men
dodge into q dark spot at the lumber
yards and the mex moment felt the
| beer glass Craze his head. he went TO
| look for the men, but could not find
| them. 1t is believed the men held spite
toward Mr.. Prttchard, and he has a
good idea who they are.
At the LaBelle pottery yesterday at
noon there was q peculiar accident.
The elevator was left standing at the
basement, and while the employees were
at dinner a belt broke, and the elevator
went with great force and rapidly in
creaSing speed to the top Of the five
story building. Luckily the cross tim
bers at the top stood the shock, though
they were sprung nearly a foot. There
is no telling what would have resulted
had they not withstood the shock. The
elevator was considerably damaged. A
lucky feature also was that no one was
on or near the elevator whom the acct
dent occurred.
Several workmen In the new large
building at Fourteenth and Main
streets, made miraculously narrow es-
capes about 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. Three very heavy joists, twenty
feet long, were being raised TO the
fourth story, by the engine and a cable.
When the timbers had been pulled to
the top the rope broke and the joists
came laundering down to the ground.
A large number Of persons hurried to
the spot, attracted by the noise. None
OF the Workmen in the different stories
OF the structure were injured, but sew
eral escaped narrowly.
Mrs. Fritz Travis, who lives In q
shanty boat opposite T%hirtv-ffth street,
on the Ohio side, made q narrow escape
from drowning yesterday. She is an
old lady and was stepping from a boat
into a skiff, off Thirty.ifth street, on
this side OF the river, when she missed
her footing and went into the water
where 1t was over head. She was strug-
Cling and much exhausted when Henry
Beiswinger and Walter Schultze, South
Side young men, rescued her.
A horse driven by . farmer named
Lawrence ran off on Huron street, ISL
and, about twelve o'clock yesterday.
The vehicle was badly damaged by
striking O post, and Mr.. Lawrence was
thrown out and narrowly escaped being
trampIed upon by the horse.
WMrs. Rev. P. Y. Walker, Of Simpson
M. ~. EuuICut lCll ONOl a wan hOOAA
nine or ten feet high, on Morrow street,
Wednesday evening, and was very seri-
ously shaken up. No bones were brok-
| en-, fortunately.
A bicvcler named Ferguson ran into
q street car, at Twelfth and Market
streets, just before noon yesterday, and
received bad injuries. A bad cut In his
forehead and another in his chin had to
be sewed up.
VIM. Jones Of the South Side, en-
ployed at the Nail City Stamping Com
pany's plant, had his thumb cut of by a
machine yesterday. This makes four
fingers he has had cut of at the fec
tory.
VIM. Broden, OF North Wheeling, was
kicked in the stomach BY q horse,
Wednesday evening, and was uhcon-
| scious for some little time. No serious
results are apprehended. however.
Frank Tape, OF Forty-third and
water street, fell from a roof twenty
feet to the ground at bis home yester-
dav and received painful bruises. No
bones were broken.
Clarence Biggs, driver for VIM. Bane,
in getting from his wagon q few days
ago, fell and very painfully sprained his
ankle. He is laid up as a result.
Mrs. Ruth Morris. colored, fell down
q flight Of steps In Alley c, Wednesday
evening, and had her left shoulder dis
located.
Harry P~ritchsrd, Of South Chapline
street. got his finger nearly cut of In
opening 3 large penknife yesterday.
Rave you tried the Wheeling Bakery
New Process Rye? Finest thtag IN the
world for young and cid, IS IL 10 much
more easily digested than wheat bread
A very hurried comparison viii demon
strate TO you that the Daily and sunday
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