New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-05
ACCIDENTS AND FIRES
FEW ARRESTS FOR VIOLATION OF HE
FIREWORKS ORDINANCE.
PLENTY OF WORK FOR FIHEMEN-Lll1hr' DN''
AGE REPORTED-THE LIST OF MINOR

| CASU ,LTIET.
The off platoonS Of police were KEPT IN re'''
tie stations yesterday by order Of sup 'rih'e"n'"'
ByrncS, for service In case OF accidents OF DE- ~,
growing ont OF the celebration Of IN" Fonr'" III wv
city. Policemen posts had orders +" arrest P''''
who discharged pistols or fireworks In the N'r",' '"'
there were few arrcs'S while the poppnc wa' lnc'S
sant =, number Of acct tents resulting from the
reckless use Of fireworks and firearms w"r" reported
by the police.
An unknown boy who escaped arrest. discharge" Il
toy pistol at Avenue 4 and Ninety lrNt-st ~ H. n
and the bullet struck Jeremiah O'Kcc:r. Of NO. l''+'
Avenue \. IN the face. wonnding him S"vrrN' V "''
/ was sent TO the Presbyterian Hospital.
| Charles Icidc. ten years old. was playing IN '"'
ward I'm the rear Of his home. ut No s'A Third ave"
al 30 Il. m. when he shot In the LETT Knee by
some unknown person who discharged n pistol ir"in
a distant window. The boy was hurt severely b"'
his parents kept him az home ana called IN" fanny
| physician 10 attend him.
At the same hour as Mark Goldberg. eleven years
old. was al play In front Of the house No. LIS
Thrdavc he was shot in the left breast ana wounded
dangerously Nobody could tell who fired the shot
Us the bullet came from distance. The boy was
taken to the Harlem Hospital. HIS parents i've AZ
So Ic6 East One hundred and scven'h-Si.
Mrs Catherine Barry Of No 80 Fast Eighty
scvcnthSt.. was walking near her HON" soon hi'r
noon when her skirt set on fire by som" IRE
mind and stopped down smother tho fire by folding
the skirt. Her face and hands burned severely
Ihllp Holtzcn. Of No. Iol East Eighty Srv"nhst
went 10 assist her. and succeeded In cNtinr'i'h'ng
the fire in hcr dress but his hands were burned 30
severely that he wns sent 10 III" Presbyterian Hos
pllal. Mrs. Garry attended BY physician az
her home.
A. Lena IIcniz. twenty seven years old, was St'lng
at the door Of her home. nj 80 81 FIRST ave- at :
Ii,,it1 In Tho arm A
BULLET which was fired at distance by some person
unknown.
4 reckless person who managed n escape dc'ec-
lion fired shots In quick succession through IN"
window Of the liquor At 80 943 First ave, early
in the afternoon and 81 IN" bullets struck III" leg
Of James Mccormack who was al III" bar tearing his
trousers but nfictng only slight injury.
Mary Hoffman. a yOung woman. OF No. -" tast
rour,hsi.. was hit by bullet as >he was riding
in A buggy IN Orchard Il. The wound severe. but
She was taken to her home. Tie police arrested two
boys who denied that they had fired the shot.
Henry Euohomcr. n Young German, OF ~ 42, Fast
Fourtccnth-st accidentally shot himself in the hight
hand at No. - Irving Place. bu' III" wound w"s not
serious and he refused - 60 10 hospital
Jnmcs sold thirteen years old. accidentally shot
himself in Tho left Zip AT his home no io' East
one hundred and-,wcIfth 81. lie was attended ~
private physician.
John W. Large OF No. $50 East one. hundred and
sixty fonrtl.-t was struck on the head by stray |
bnll., rs he was passing 30. 1893 Third last |
evening and received a severe scalp wound H. |
home.
Michael Rodgers thirty eight years old. had both |
his ankles injured severely hy the explosion Of
large hrccraclcr AT Tcnthavc. and Forty -sev"nhSi
He went the Roosevelt Hospital and thence to me-
home. at No. 733 scvcnthaye.
An exploding nrecracker at 40. - Pike 81. severely
burned fac" Of Andrew IIealy. OF 40. i"i Water
st. Brooklyn who was taken to the Gouv"rn"ur Hos
pital
Davli A. vanclme sixty years old. Of 80. ~
Clinton Place was shot IN The Thigh and wounded
seriously last evening. He said the shooting was
accidental and he refused 10 tell III" nam" of friend
who had fired the shot. lie WAS removed 10 81
N1ncent's Hospital.
Mary Preston ~ 80 Ninc,ta 81. vas iniuroi I'm
the face severely by an exploding nr"cracker.
Charles Callahan nineteen year old. Of No. So
ave- and Henry -chars-r. twenty nine years old
of 80 $50 Fir-t.nve.. we're firing \ toy cnnnon "n
the roof Of CnlIshsn's home last evening. ard by
premature discharge CalIahan was shat ia IA" neck
and one Of -cha.fers fingers ~ shot Oh. Both
mon were taken {" the Pr''lVi'rian No'pial.
Frank Ivskocls". thirty Two years old. W., shf
In The cheek and 'rt severely by " toy cHnnon IN
front OF If, home. 1T No. 40 East sixty third =.
Slight nrcs mostly caused ly cnrc. shes III III" H."
u fireworks occurred ~ No- 10 SEVENTH ave..
,O7j parkavc.. l0t @"c9nd-ny". J"3i Ihlrd ~ -:
.4Ij >.coidhv"., Al5 East IiiriN Eighth ~ '"i
W., sixty. nnih-st. "a S,cond ave-. lO2 Thru ave"
IsO Ninih-nvr. 30 Park 81. 100 second ave-. 30
lNeeclcr - 81 HGd-onst., lis Cherry ST.. 2i!'
Firhti,ave, i3- Washington st.. los" Third ave-.
100 sheriff st. 200 Colunhu. ave, lo2 Fast Tenth
-. 81 East rwclith-st. jo1 Eleventh ave. "i
,03 East Eleventh -, 3,o5l Third nvc. 2.2Ol >ccond
Mc l72i Third go EAst Fourteenth Il. %
Avenue C. f.53G !nrk ave. 700 Enst seventy fourth
a.. j3l TIhrLave.. Los Pnrkavc. and LOB First