Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-21
THE CASUALTY KECORo.
The Accidents Reported From About the
City Yesterday.


James Garden. q widely known gar
dener of GIenn's run, met with an acci'
dent in North Wheeling last Monday,
and as the result be is at the North
Wheeling Hospital and not expected to
live. His skull was fractured and
crushed in, several pieces Of bone hav-
ing been taken from the injury. Al
noon on the day mentioned, Mr. Garden
was going toward his home, having
been in the city with his marketing as
usual. He WAS driving horse In his
covered wagon. AT Second street,
nearly opposite the hospital, there we're
two wagons standing, one OF them
having the horses unhitched, aud the
other was one OF the big brick wagons,
whose driver did not seem Inclined 10
make way for the smaller rig. Mr..
Garden tried TO pass between than, and
ran against one OF the wagons,
and his horse became frightened,
and dashed down the street lie dld
not 60 far until Mr.. Garden was thrown
out, alighting Oh his head on i project
ing iron gas lid in the street Among
the men who went TO his assistance
were uOIuus LblduNi wv h'"NNF'''''"i
and John Haberfeld. The injured man,
bleeding terribly, was carried to Mr..
Leland's shop. In a short time he was
taken 10 the Hospital, near by. here
DR.. Haskins and assistants, and DR.. Rau
were called. They have been al the
bedside of the injured man about all
the time ever since. Strange TO say,
though his injuries are among the worst
of their kind ever seen, Mr.. Garden has
remained rational ever since the acci-
dent, aud when his wife called 10 see
him was able 10 ask If the horse got
home all right. Last evening he wa
little better and the doctors say there
is little hope OF his recovery. The IA
jured man is a cousin OF a. +. aud "A.
ID. Garden. After the accident the
horse dashed toward the Top mill and
ran into a lamp post near the RaVlne,
demollshing tho wagon. the fright
eued horse ran on, aud was caught near
the blast furnace at the Top mill by
Superin sendent James Mcmahon.
Isaac Shepherd, a gentleman aged
Gfty-eight years, Of No. 1924 Eon
street, met with an accident last even
ing. and, as the result, has been uncon-
scious ever since. Yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Shepherd went TO his farm, out In
Marshall county. About six O'Clock In
the evening, be was coming home, drlv-
ing scary horse owned by II. Nj.
Wallace When 10 front OF the Drov-
ers' Home, In upper Benwood, the
horse became frightened at a passing
motor, and was from that time unman-
ageable. The horse had run but q
short distance, when the driver
was thrown out OF the blackboard
on 4 pile OF stones. lie alighted on his
head and was picked up unconscious and
bleeding terribly. lie was carried to
the house OF one Of the neighbors, and
later be was put on a street car and
taken 10 his home. Drs. Pipes and
Stathers were at once called, and II was
found that his head had been very
badly cut, his legs were bruised, and
deem aashes were cut in his face. Until
late hour last night the Injured
man was unconscious, ard knew no one.
not even those OF his own family. AS
his skull was not fractured, the doctors
saw that the chances are that he VIII
recover.
Charles Cornglver, who lives near the
LaBelle mill, met with a painful acct
dent yesterday lie was al work saw
ing wood, VIXEN the saw few up from
the timber he was at work on and
struck his hand. a long cash 10 the
bone was sawed in his hand, the cut be-
ing fully four inches long. The Injury
was dressed at DR.. Ford's Office.
Last evening Ferdinand Butt, the
grocer, OF Twenty-seyenth street met
with very painful accident. He was
At work in his store with a dried beef
cutter. Accidentally be put his hnger
under the knife and II took the end OF
IL off. DR.. Rau dressed the injury.
Edward Highwsrt, the leather dealer
of No. 3742 Jacob street, was working
at a piece Of leather few days ago,
when the knife slipped. Hts thumb
was laid open to the bone.