Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-03
1Hn OAsUt9 RECORD.
The Accidents Reported From About the
CITY Yesterday

The Accidents Reported from About the
City Yesterday.
Fred Banners, an employe at Nc
Mechen's preserving works, painfully
injured his wrist while az work few
days ago.
Patrick Howley, of Twenty-ninth
street, while sled riding, met with an
accident badly spraining his ankle and
disabling him.
One of Neil Thompson's horses,
hitched to a hack, fell at Twenty-sixth
and Chapine streets, yesterday morn
ing. The harness was badly broken.
A son of Gssrge Gramer, of South
Market street, Altered painful acct
dent yesterday@ Fhe boy, aged about
seven years, spilled boiling coffee on his
hand, scalding it badly.
Hiram B. McMechen, of East Wheel
ing, fell from stable be was roofing for
Tim Dolan at Benwood junction, last
Thursday, and bad sprained his ankle.
He will be OF duty for some time as
result.
Yesterday morning three boys riding
large sled down Rum ble's alley, on the
South Side, al a high rate OF speed, ran
lagainst country woman's buggy, oadly
wlecking 1t. Each Of the boys was
injured slightly.
! John Sugler, a well-known citizen OF
McCollocA street. East Wheeling, while
working at sschool house out Middle
Wheeling creel a few days ago, very
badly cut his foo. n'aAadz. He was
brought home and will be LAD up for a
couple of weeks
Mrs. Eliza Jones, lady agsd ABOUT
sixty years, of South Chapline, street,
was nit by rapidly moving coaster at
Twenty-frst street, last EVENING" Inc
old lady was knocked down and ccAsld-
erably bruised. She made a marrow
escape from a much more serious acI =
dent. A
Squire James Fowler, of Cameron,
was run over by the cars on the Is.
0. Thursday night and was killed, being
uangled terribly. A freight with John
Lemmons as engineer was coming at
rapid rate of speed few miles this side
of Cameron. A man was seen on the
track, but before the engine conld be
stopped the old gentleman had been
run over. The remains were taken to
his homo yesterday morning, and 1t was
! found that the old gentleman had been
to the country on business and was re-
turning home when the accident &C.
Cured. The dead man was aged about
City years and was we'll known in that
locality.
There was an unusual occurrence on
Thirty-third street yesterday afternoon.
About the same time child in each OF
the families of Thomas and William
Green suffered an accident which proved
dangerous. A boy aged about six OF
Thomas Green was given two cents to
buy paper. The little fellow put the
money in his mouth and it slipped down
his throat. 1t is not known how seri-
Gus the accident may prove, but late
last night the boy was better. About
the same time a daughter OF William
Green got button deep into her nose.
The suffering child was taken to doc
tor and an operation was performed,
removing the button. The doctor said
the child was in critical condition
when brought to him.
lneTe was On dCCIueuI VI Oho "ohVy-
third street coasting track yesterday
forenoon, and two boys made very
narrow escape from being killed. AS
it was, each was painfully injured.
Archie Wells, of South Chaplne street,
aged about twelve years, and James
Wilson, a young South Side man, were
coming down the street az a rapid rate
of speed. A countryman was coming
up Market street with wagon. There
was collision, the sled passing under
the horses. One of the animals became
scared and fell on the boys. 1t is
strange that they escaped so luckily, as
Wells got his hand painfully cut, and
the other boy had his leg bruised.
Those who saw the accident thought
the boys would be killed.