The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-09
STORY OF A LEFT LEG,
now FATE rEHSIsTENTLY HURr 4
VALUABLE MEMBER.
~ Was Dan Lyons Limb BROKEN.
Sprnincd aud Shot The DAYS when
Dan Was In Nevada.


figure in Honolulu for many years, car
rcs a cane. He does not use it as a sup
port, and it seems only part of his
dress. Time was when Mr.. Lyons re-
ing, and several times he has used
crutches for months. As they say in the
story books, thereby hangs tale. Dan
imps Just trihe. The casual observer
will not notice the slight hitch in his
walk. He gets around easily and grace
fully as the next man, but the impedi-
ment is there. The Virginia City
Chronicle OF September 81, 1873, over
twenty years ago, told all about it and
the story is worth repeating. STAR
gazer ran across it quite by accident the
other day. Here is the Nevada mining
town papers story OF how fate pursued
mans left foot
Lieut. Dan Lyons, the well known and
popular teacher of dancing, met with a
painful accident at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning which will probably cost him a
portion OF his left foot. The
large bone leading to the great toe, will
probably have to be amputated an inch
or two back Of the toe. Dan Lyons who
is an officer of the Emmett Guard and
Sylvester Knight of the National Guard
went down to the lower tunnel Of fine
GoIld * Curry mine to have n sbooting
match. They had concluded one mattel
and were sbootiny another whom
several other Citizen soldiers
hearing the shooting fool, their gnns
and went down tn frv their skill A.
fine conclusion Of the second match
LYONS and others were walking in front
of the TARGET bousp whom Jnhn Flood nm
engineer nt the Could e Curry and n
member of the National Guard wont
into the target house 70 load his Snring.
field rife Flood had ms gnn' ndinted
towards an omen lot and was putting the
cartridge "a conical shaned hall WEIGHING
an ounee) in the breach and in closing
down The breach. block tbe cartridge ey7
nloded and the hall entered
the ton of LYONS, left loot
about midway between the instep and
the iunction of the toes tn tbe left of
the center. crashed through the largest
hone and came ont througb fine ri,ht
side of the sole of tbe foot tearing The
.tball ri tbe foot in the most fri,,htful
manner LYONS stonned suddenIv
t,,rnad deothiv milo oriotIv renorl,oa
81 am shot tLrdrgh the loot :, ard Inn,
neJiatelv sat dow and nuI,ed nff tLe
hoot Flood was inexnrnssihlv shocked
nv the mishan and lis mental snffnr;ng
seemed almost as noinful as tbe nhveicnI
agony nj LYONS pay
The MINER leather Of the boot ALONG
the rioht Side of the sole was snlit omen
to the heel. and the exit Of the ball bnrst
tbe fIcsh and sole of the foot into a graat
wound sbaned like a star two ar more
inches in diameter
The unfortunate man was taken to his
room at Piner's Onera Uouse where
Drs Groen and Wehber dressed the
wound. and TODAY he is comnarativelv
easv thomgb verv veal from he loss AZ
HOOD and artery boin, emf nv tbe hall
Consid"ring bis caIIing that IL Janc;no
teacher. Professor Jyons has had re
markahle had lnck with his left modal
avtremitv In 1890 no had his Loft
ankle br9ken in tbe SAVAGE mine and
was laid m for many monfhs with the
wound
In 1858 while ont hunting on the
nlateau this side nj Wasboe lake Dan
irmned somn come when a t;nn arey-