Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-07
TIE CASUALTY RECORD.


The Accidents Reported From About the
City Yesterday.
Schaffer Bros wagon broke down at
Forty-third street yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday morning J. V. Gavin, the
merchant OF South EOtf street, met with
q serious accident he was standing on
a barrel, and missed his footing and fell
70 the floor DR.. j. X. Manley was
called and found that his right shoulder
was dislocated, besides other bruises.
Samuel Wallace, one OF the pest
known motormen on the street railway,
met with very painful accident last
night about $50 clock. II was near
the Boggs run crossing, going down,
and the motorman could not see wagon
In front of MIN in the dark. A collision
resulted aud Mr.. Wallace's hand was
TANNED between the wagon and the
front OF the car.
About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
an Italian, name unknown, met with
painful accident at the new reservoir.
The mar was winding the windlasS,
when the crank struck him causing him
10 fall onto the wall OF the basin below.
He was taken 20 his home on Third
street, where Df. Spragg was called and
found that the workman had been very
painfully injured. His face was cut aud
badly bruised.
Last Tuesday, Louis Baker, one of
the employees Of Wood Bros, while at
work at the new building at Wheeling
Park, met with a painful accident, and
made a narrow escape with his life. He
was at work twenty-five feet from the
ground on a scaffoid when he missed
his footing. lie fell 10 the ground, and
a heavy plank fell on his legs, and also
another of the Wor6men fell on him.
lie was taken 70 his home on South
EoH street, and DR.. Ford was called.
His left leg was fractured, besides re-
ceiving many painful bruises. He will
DO laid up for some time as the result.
Peter Mclaughlin, of the South Side,
was badly hurt last Tuesday night in
front OF Frank SchrOedsr's undertaking
rooms on South Chapline street, by be-
ing run over by buggy. James Phi
Ian, Of the South Side, was driving
down the street and did not see Mr.
Mclaughlin, who was crossing the
street. He was struck and the horse
kicked him, and the vehicle ran over
him too. Mr.. Mclaughlin laid in the
street for some time in an unconscious
condition until noticed by Mr.. SChrOe-
der and his force. He was carried to
the Office of DR.. RaU, on South Chapline
street, aud it took some time TO bring
him to consciousness.
A son, aged Is, Of Charles Heffner, Of
CaIdwelPs run, was bitten by dog yes
terday morning. The boy was seriously
bitten, and 1t was thought his chances
for recovery were not bright last night.
The immense New Foundland dog
owned by Henry Glessner had been tied
for some time, but yesterday was left
unclaimed. The HeHner boy was play
ing I'm the street, and the dog made for
him, throwing him down. Mr.. Glessner,
who was nearby, heard the screams OF
the suffering boy, and with a club beat
the dog away. The boy was taken 10
his home, and medical aid was called.
10 was found ne had been most painfully
torn. The dog had sunk his teeth deep
into the flesh OF the little fellows arm,
breast and leg. AT last accounts the
lad was in a dangerous condition. The
animal was shot, aud some declared the
brute mad.