Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-05
THE CASUALTY RECORD
TIE ACCIDENTS OCCURRING TO JUVENILE
PATRIOTS,
And Those Received From "Nalural Causess"-0rs
Young Man ShOi-Childrsn lriursd-A
Dog Killed by a Rocket

Yesterday afternoon about two o'clock
Theodore Leasure, aged about sixteen,
residing at Fifteenth and Wood streets.
was accidentally shot In the left side
by a young man named Bashart. The
two boys had been firing a revolver
with VIVA. they supposed were blank
cartridges. Bashart handed the wea-
pom to Leasure, when cartridge re-
naming 10 the chamber exploded, the
ball taking effect near the shoulder
blade. The wounded man went 10 his
home, where Drs. Frissell and Bebout
dressed the wound. The injury is not
dangerous.
About nine o'clock last evening, while
some sky-rockets were being "skated"
along Market street, north OF Four
Jack Riley, killing the animal. Two
other dogs, at Fourteenth and Market
streets, had narrow escapes.
Lille. the fve-year-od daughter OF
Henry Frohme, the Eighth ward fire.
man, met with very painful accident
about two o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The child was playing at the new ad-
dition OF the Arion hall, and was on
ladder, She missed her footing and fell
from the second story OF the building
10 the first. Her left arm was broken,
and the bones protruded from the flesh,
making very painful injury. Drs.
Campbell and Taylor gave the medical
assistance. Mr.. Frohme himself is just
recovering from an accident. This
popular gentleman has been having
streak OF bad luck for some time.
A Polander, whose name no one ap-
peared to know, had bad fall from a
street car, yesterday afternoon, in front
of the residence of DR.. Ford, on South
Jacob street. The man was the worse
for liquor, and tried to jump from the
moving car. He got terrible fall.
Men ran to his assistance and carried
him 10 the home OF DR.. Ford. The for
eigner was very painfully bruised In
half dozen different places over his
body.
James Murrlns, the son OF Thomas
Murrins, of Jacob street, near Forty
eighth, met with very bad accident
Tuesday evening, obout ten o'clock,
while celebrating the Fourth. Some
young men had small iron cannon at
the rear OF the Murrins residence, and
Mr.. Murrins went out to help them load
1t. Fire was touched 10 the cannon,
but 1t did not go off at once. Mr.. Muir
rims went toward it, thinking the tlre
was out. While he was bending over
the cannon it went off, and the powder
from the touch hole few In Mr.. Muir
rims face. The Injured man went to
the Office OF DR.. Pipes, where they
worked With him for an hour picking
the powder from his face. DR.. Pipes
worked with him another hour yester-
day The Doctor says the case is one of
the worst of its kind he ever saw, but he
thinks the young man will not be per-
manentlY dis6gured.
John Blum, OF South Jacob street, is
another victim OF an accident from the
result of celebrating the Fourth. This
young man was helping some boys ire
cannon crackers near his home yester-
day forenoon. He took one Of the
crackers TO the middle Of the street and
lighted it. He did not get away before
the cracker exploded. There had been
some gravel loaded in the cracker, and
this few out. striking Mr.. Blum in the
face, badly decorating it, One OF the
fragments struck him near the eye, cut
ting deep cash. DR.. Ford gave the
medical attention, and last night the
injured man was getting along nicely.
John Mcclure, a well known eDgi-
neer OF the b. & O., living at McMech-
en-, met with very bad accident early
yesterday morning. He was coming
toward Wheeling with his run, and was
near Cameron when the accident oc-
Cured. Where the grade was heavy,
and the train moving slowly, the engi-
neer got from his position. TO fix some
thing on the outside OF the machine.
He missed his footing and fell. His
head struck on the ties, and he was rem
dered unconscious. Early yesterday
morning, be was brought to his home.
DR.. j. a. Cam pbell. Of the South Side,was
called. lie found that the engineer
was seriously hurt. BY the fall, ne bad
been nearly scalped, the cut extending
nearly round his head. Beside this In
Jury, one OF bis elbows was fractured.
DR.. Campbell said last night late that