Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-24
DYNAMITE is DANGEROUS.
William Walters So Discovers Through
Painful Experience

William Walters So Discovers Through
Painful Experience.
William Walters, a boarder at the
Union house. on Twentieth street,
had painful experience with dyna-
mite cartridge in his room at the
hotel about 6 O'Clock last evening.
About that hour the people about
the hotel were startled by an ex-
plosion similar to pistol shot in
the Walters room. Hurried investi-
CATION revealed Mr.. Walters sitting
on his bed in apparent agony. and
holding his left hand. which
was fearfuny mangled. He was
taken to Hartz & Ullemeyer's phar-
macy where his hand was bandaged.
and then it was he described the ac-
cident. About two months ago he
found a cartridge in the street, near
the hotel, and taking it home threw
1T into his trunk. Last evening on
opening his trunk he discovered the
cartridge. and his curiosity being
aroused, he determined to see of
what it was made: With this end in
view he took large darning needle
and proceeded to pick at the cart
ridge. which proved to be dynamite
and exploded, fearfully mangling his
left hand
From Hartz & Ullemever's he was
taken to the hospital where Drs.
Barnhardi, of Rock Island. and
Dunn, of Moline. made an examine
ton of his wounds and found it
necessary to amputate the thumb
and two forefngers Of the left hand.
Boys Foot Cru he'd.
Yesterday afternoon at about 4:30
Willie Rounds. the 1S-year-old-son Of
f. A. Rounds, had his foot crushed in
the c., Il. |. & p. railway yards in
such manner that it was found nee
esSary to amputate it near the ankle,
Willie had been unwelI during the
day and was not at school and in the
afternoon he went down TO the rail
road yards with some other little
fellows about his age. He had
boarded switch engine 81, which was
standing on the track near by and
sat in the cab talking to Engineer
Fezler. When the engine was about
to move he was told that he wound
have to get off, As the rules forbid
boys riding in the cab of the engine.
The boy proceeded to climb back
over the tank of the engine and had
Just reached the back end of the en-
= CINE. which was about to be coupled
on to car. His foot was on the
draw-bar, and when the engine hit
the car his left-foot slipped and went
between the bumpers crushing it in
frightiul manner The little fellow
was carried by sympathetic hands
into the Rock Island Fuel company's
office on Third avenue and Twenty
fourth street, and thence was taken To
his home on Twenty-tirst street, the
? poor boy in the meantime bearing
his sufferings without 4 murmur. ex-
cept when his mothers name was
mentioned. when he said, ''Oh. poor
mother; this will break her up" Drs
Barth. Hollowbush and Asav were
summoned. and they amputated the
foot, which the doctors found had
every bone broken.
~"rrIy Afflicted. Indeed.
This j. the second son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rounds that has been injured by
railroad trains, one having met with
misfortune in Moline three years ago
today, and from the effects of
which he died. Three weeks ago
today their little s-year-old son
was buried, 50 that the family are
sorely afflicted. Willie is doing very
nicely today, and seems very bright
after his terrible experience.
Proved "A Fracture.
Mrs.. Thomas Murdoch fell while
walking across a room in her home
on Second avenue Sunday evening,
striking her right arm against cor
ner OF the sewing machine. She
felt considerable pain at the time
but thought it nothing serious, but
As the arm appeared to grow no bet
ter during Yesterday, DR.. Plummer
was called in last evening. and upon
examination, found the lady had
sustained fracture above the elbow.
The doctor reduced the fracture. and
Mrs. Murdoch has experienced much