Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-23
rHn uAsuALrY RECORD.
The Accidents Rsporsst From ABOUT tns
CITY Yesterday

The Accidents Reported From ABOUT tns
City Yesterday
Edward Smith, of Forty-third street
fell at his home few days ago ana as
located his arm. He is laid up as the
result.
William White, of Thirty-third street,
fell from his bicycle few days ego ana
is laid up at his home as the result. he
received painful bruises on the arm
Joe Lineweoer, of the South Side' the
watermelon man, had an accident yes
terday afternoon on Thirty-third street.
He was driving there when his wagon
hroxs down. The melons were scat
tered ani there was feast Tor time
at the expense of the dealer.
While tearing down an old stable al
his home, out CaldwelPs Run, lie"
DAYS ago, William Faikenstang had one
of the timbers to slip, striking him IN
the back. A very bad bruise. when
will Law him up for some time, was the
result. DIR. Morrison. Of the South
Side, gave the medical attention
Yesterday afternoon COW belonging
to Mrs. Dice, of South Wood street, was
strollipg along the tracks of the ONO
River railway near Forty-second street,
when the south bound freight came that
way at high rate Of speed. The CO"
was caught on the article about the en-
CINE named after her and was carried
about twenty-five yards. The animal
was not killed, but was badly knocked
out.
7. Roller. the tent and awning man.
met with an accident about g O'CLOCK
last evening on Chapline street near
Twentv-seyenth. He was coming up
strset on his bicycle aud buggy was
coming down. They collided, and Mr..
Roller was thrown from his wheel,
painfullv bruising himself. The wheel
was badly broken, and the rider made
one of the narrowests escapes from
worse injuries.
Willie, the twelve-year-old son OF
Adam Palmer, OF FOrty-seventh and
EofT streets, met with a painful accl-
dent about six o'clock last evening. The
little fellow went to the chute OF the
Bocgs' Run Mining Company, near his
home, to play. He was under the tip
pie when large lump OF coal Ieli'
striking him on the head. a gasn three
inches long was cut, and Dr. ). w.
Myers. who was called, rendered the
medical attention necessary.
Yesterday morning, at his work at
the blaming mill OF Wood Bros, on the
South Side, Theodore Wagner, the well
known foreman of the mill, met with
one of the most painful of accidents.
He was at work with some saws, wnlcn
were held on the work bench by a
weight weighing sixty pounds. BY a
movement OF the saws the iron weight
fell. striking the foreman on the left
foot. An the toes on that foot were
mashed and many OF the bones broken.
Three OF the toes were mashed nat, cut
il is thought that none of them will have
TO be amputated. The injury is very
painful and will lay Mr.. Wagner up for
some time.
David Cosser, of Benwood, one Of the
employees OF the Riverside tube works,
met with very painful accident about
ten o'clock yesterday morning. de was
at work with one OF the pipes, which
was red hot. The pipe was being got
ten in shape and as is often the case, 1t
broke. The fragments struck Mr.. Cos
ser ia the calf Of the leg, cutting cash
to the bone over eight inches long. The
wound was made worse owing to the
fact that the flesh was burned as we'll
as cut. One Of the large arteries was
cut, and bleeding from the wound was
profuse. This injured man was taken
TO his home. where the medical atten-
ton OF DIR. j. w. Myers, of Forty-thIrd
street was called. The doctor succeeded
in getting the flow Of blood stopped.
The injured man will be laid up for
some time as the result.
Yesterday forenoon. between eleven
and twelve o'clock, thare was very
unusual accident in East Wheeling.
Archibald Norman, Of the East End,
had a fine mare, valued al $3.50, which
he kept grazing these days at the Tun-
mel Green and Whereabouts. At the
time named the animal was on the Is. d
o. tracks, about two hundred yards
from the high stone wall at this side
of the tunnel. Train No. 534,
q freight outbound came laundering
along. The animal scared aud dashed
toward the bridge across the creek.
The horse on reaching the end of the
bridge made a leap from the top OF the
wall. The animal fell forty feet TO the
edge of the creek, and was killed in.
stantly, never moving after the ground
was struck. Those who saw the acct
dent say the horse turned over several
times before touching the ground. The
train men cannot be blamed as the en-
gineer slowed up his engine when he