The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-07-20

they all got out somehow. Leon Eta,
who also dealt in fireworks had his
property injured to the amount of
about $500 by fire. TO the enthusi-
asm of fire cracker is also attributed
the burning of cigar store belonging
to William Bryan, who lives on Sixth
and Pine streets. The same is init
mated as to the origin of the fire that
frightened Mrs. Johnson of No. saa
Spruce street. AT 100 North Second
street, Jacob Greenby also suffered
about 500. loss before the promlscu-
Gus firing ceased. Patrolmen also re-
port detecting and extinguishing many
small fires about the city besides
those that have found their way into
the papers, any one of which if not
put out would soon have gotten beyond
control.
AT Camden the surgeons were kept
busy in hospitals and elsewhere dress
ing wounds, burns, shots, &c, gotten
in commemoration of the glorious 4th.
Among the more seriously injured
here were John B. Mills, 7 years old,
shot through arm Earl Halsinger,
ID years old, injured by exploding
powder; Jas. Cunningham, pistol
shot wound and William Peoples,
fingers blown off by small cannon.
AZ Hudson, Mass, whole business
blocks and thirty-fve dwellings were
destroyed by fire ON the glorious 4th
OF July, which we still celebrate a la
the heather Chinese who taught us
how to do it up brown-or rather red,
white, and blue. The first color is
represented by the red flame; the
second by the white smoke and the
third by the blue feelings of the
American patriot who finds himself
manned or homeless on the 9Th Of
July.
AT New Haven a fire broke out in
tee market-house which RACED it to
the ground and threatened to destroy
a whole block of buildings, among
them the celebrated Yale College.
Hurrah for the 4th OF July is still
the cry however.
AT Honey Grove, Texas, a fire
originating through 4th of-July explo-
sives, destroyed the greater part Of
the town.
In Philadelphia Christian Selwinger
is reported as so brim full of patriot
ism that he charged his pistol with a
ball cartridge and fired. The ball
plowed furrow along the skull Of
Mrs. Annie Robinson. Miss Jennie
Soensen, I9 years old, Of South Fifth
street, was also shot in the head by a
drunken or careless handler of a
revolver at picnic. The bullet did
not penetrate the skull. Then Mrs.
Hattie B. White, of 9IS White street,
was accidentally shot in the thigh
by Joseph Stuart. Some unknown
patriot also shot Lena Shudmock of
2s4 South street.
AT Millville, N. J., one boy tossed
a flre-cracker in the powder of toy
gun of another boy. The contents Of
the gun struck him full in the face,
terribly dishguring him for life and
destroying one of his eyes.
Hazleton reports, ''the casualties
attendant upon the 4th of July cele.
bration were numerous, but so far as
reported but ore life was lost. Hurley
Krebs is victim of patriotic enthusi-
asm. He celebrated with piece Of
gas pipe as substitute for a cannon.
He will view the next 4th with but
one eye instead of two. His gas pipe
bursted, and thus he placed an eye
upon the sacrihcial altar Of Freedom
which was won some time before he
was born. A Io-year old boy, John
Mock. was also seriously injured by a
dynamite fre-cracker which exploded
in his hands. His face was literally
torn to pieces and his eyes was punct-
ured by the scattering she'll.
AT Conestoga, Centre, they also
celebrated in so-called patriotic style.
Here the festive little fire cracker
grew magnificent by kindling flame
that totally destroyed large tobacco
warehouse belonging to Good & Hess.
1t contained 1900 cases of Havana
seed tobacco worth SI6,o while the
loss on the building is said to be
$4,000 Fire-crackers sold as low as
five cents pack in this town.
At Norristown Tony Lagrant had
both eyes blown out by an explosion
of powder. Otto Krebitsch was fatally
burned in the same way. He had a
quarter of pound of powder in his
pocket which was ignited by spark
from fre-cracker. He was terribly
burned from head to foot. A similar
case is that of Otto Krobitzke, aged
aa years, who had powder in his Goa,
pocket. A spark from rocket set i,
off and it burned him almost to a
crisp from head to foot. There is nc
hopes of his recovery.
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