Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-11
Accidents.

Adam Hoffner and JAG. Faller are both
nursing sore feet. Adam stepped on a
sharp pointed nail. and Jac. let a plank
| fall on his foot.
While Samuel Henrickson of Concord
twp, was driving team owned by Wm.
Starr, last Friday, the team frightened and
ran off. Henricksons leg was caught in
sheel and badly sprained. He will be
confued.ro his home for some time.
Ex. commissioner Jos. KiskaddOn was
kicked on the leg by horse, last Friday
evening, and is now u-ing crutches. The
horse that kicked him was one of the most
quiet in the stable, and had never before
lifted a foot JOS leg was badly bruised
By the kick, and had his weight been upon
it, toe bone would probably have been
broken.
John Bslsiger had a shoulder broken,
while pulling rods, in the Tr1utman field,
last Saturday. The elevator came loose
and tell upon his sh ulder.
Alvin L. Magill of Concord twp. had
his foot badly cut at Cooperstown a few
days ago. He went home, and the wound
IL healing nicely.
Jno. George of Millerstown was killed
By a fail from a derrick. last Saturday.
His skull was fractures, and be died few
nours after being hurt.
Enoch Yarnum of Centre twp, met with
an accident, last Thursday, that may
prove serious. He was hauling lsth from
Georges mill at the time, when the front
wheel of his wagon struck stump, and
slowed the wagon. and Mr. Varnum Was
thrown from it. He fell backwards
upon his head and shoulders, and
was made unconscious for two hours. He
sas carried home. and is doing well, but is
yet confined 10 his home.
An unconscious, and badly used up man,
was found ly ing between the tracks OF The
West Penn, near Sligo, few miles below
Freeport, last Saturday evening. He was
taken to the West Penn hospital, where 1t
was fonnd that his skull was fractured and
his lett side crushed. The doctors raised
the fractured skull, and the man then be-
came conscious aud said his name was De
yoge OF De Vauche, and that his mother
and two brothers lived in Butler. He
could not tell how he got hurt, but 1t Is
supposed that he fell from a freight car.
He was seen in Tarentum, that afternoon,
wnere he was trying to sell some curious
woodwork enclosed in bottle. He sold
il; and when be was found be had pint
Dollle, nearly full, in his nip pocket and
another nearly empty in his breast pocket
IT you know of nybody of his name hv-
ing IN Batter report the fact 10 the police
or constable, for they cannot fird the man 5
folks.
A very narrow escape from instantaneous
death was experienced by Hiram Gross
mau, Of near town, yesterday morning
He, in company with Frank Cooper and
John Mcconnell, were telling trees on the
Hemphill farm, south Of town. Grossmsn
wa standing watching the butt OF falling
tree when large limb broke from the
trunk by coming in contact with other
trees and had not Cooper shouted to him,
ne would have been struck directly on the
head. which would have been instanta-
neous death. On seeing his danger, Gross
man threw himself 20 the ground, bnt he
was struck painful blow on the back. and
V Ar knocked senseless. Medical aid was
hastily summoned, but no broken bones
ware found If there ara no internal in-
jares, the injured man will soou be out
again. At present writing he is resting
quietly, with good prospects OF a speedy
recovery .-Slipperyrock Signal