Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-07
THE ACCIDENT REooRD.
Various Casualties Reported From AbOu
Town Yesterday.

Various Casualties Reported From About
Town Yesterday.
Louis Bacher, Of South Eoff street,
who got badly burned at the La Belle
mill recently, is out again. but not able
to work.
Yesterday evening Frank Kossuth,
aged fourteen years. a son Of Peter Kos
suth, of South Jacob street, fell, break
ing his left arm. DR.. Pipes dressed
the injury.
Mrs. Arabella Brunell, ar aged lady
of Twenty-fifth street, was visiting at
Martins Ferry, yesterday, when she
fell badly spraining her ankle. She has
been removed to her home.
George Crawford, Of Benwood, sui-
fered a painful accident at the tube
works recently. He is employed at the
bell-weld furnace and q pipe was
showed, very severely burning his leg.
He is laid of as a result.
Thomas Roy, employed at the Lower
Benwood mill, yesterday caught his
hand in the machinery and two OF his
fingers were mangled. d.. Mcdonald,
of Benwood, a%mputated the fingers,
The Injured man lives In Benwood.
A picture frame fell last evening at
George Il. Eheling's pharmacy, and
broke several bottles. A large bottle
containing a powerful explosive was
struck and a loud report followed.
Clerk Seabright made a narrow escape.
Damage was done 10 the amount OF
several dollars.
Amel Hanke, a young man OF South
Water street, with a companion went
out Boggs' run after paw-paws. He re-
turned with a terribly BACKED and
swollen eye. A farmer swooped'down
on the boys and hit Amel a stunning
blow. The boys say they didn't know
they were in his paw-paw patch.
Howard McNash, Of the South Side,
employed by Giesey, the architect, got
a bad fall last evening on Market street
in front of the postotice. He was rid
ing down town on his bicycle when his
trouser caught in the chain OF the
machine. Mr.. McNash was precipitated
to the ground with great force, and was
badly slowed up, but no bones were
broken.
Roy, aged six years, a son OF John
Young, of Eighteenth street, got a bad
injury and made a very narrow escape
from death a few days ago. He was
standing In the middle Of Wood street,
In East Wheeling, when a two-horSe
wagon was driven along at a rapid gait.
The driver did not see the boy Till he
was under the wagon tongue, between
the horses. He was knocked down and
received severe injuries on the head.
Jimmie Stanley, a boy aged ten years,
Of Wood street, East Wheeling, suffered
a bad accident a few days ago. He was
standing at the corner OF Seventeenth
and Wood streets, when a man came
along riding a safety bicycle at a rapid
rate OF speed. The boy was knocked
down and run over. Senseless, he was
| carried TO his home ear by. His leg
and head were found to have sustained
bad bruises.
Michael Newhart, OF Thirty-third
street, was out grounding hunting a few
day ago, when he was accidentally
| struck in the hand by a pick in the
hands of a companion. The young men
were digging out one of the animals
when the accident occurred. The sharp
pick point penetrated clear through the
heart OF Mr.. Newhart's hand, infictinR
an exceedingly painful injury.
Yesterday the REGISTER gave an &C
count Of the bad injuries received by
Chas. Gruphe, of South Water street, in
an accident at the LaBelle coal mine.
Mr.. Gruphe was some better yesterday
and will recover. The stone which
crushed Mr.. Gruphe's leg under its
weight was a peculiar one, c-lled a
kettle stone, a formation seldom seen In
these regions. Yesterday the fact was
made known that Frederick Voitle, OF
South Wood street, who stood beside
Mr.. Gruphe when the stone fell, also
received bad injuries. This gentleman
was able to get out Of the bank, and
went home, and it was necessary to call
in DR.. Pipes yesterday. Mr.. Voitle's
head, shoulders and breast are severely
injured.