Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-10
SERIES OF ACCIDENTS.
Fourth of July Fatalities Report
ed from Different Parts of
the State.
COL. SPOONER'S SON INJURED.
The Young Man Badly Burned by a
Premature ExpIosion-Other
State Specials

Madison, Wis, July Especial. /
! Charles Spooner, the oldest son of Col.
j. c. Spooner, who lately entered his
| fathers firm as a partner. was badly
burned last evening by the explosion of
a can of powder while preparing for the
| evenings celebra ton His arm and hand
are burned to the bone and the right
side of his face is badly burned. The
fact that he wore glasses was all that
saved his eyes, as powder was blown into
| the glasses.
Prairie du Chen, Wis, July 5.-[Spe-
| cial. While firing a toy cannon, impre,
vised by cutting off an old musket barrel
and sStting it in a block of wood, the
| breech flew out and Louis Walker re-
ceived the contents in his face, putting
| terrible manner.
Sheboygan, Wis, July 5.-[Special. i
| Oscar Heusel badly burned his hands by
| the discharge of IA cannon tirecracker yes
| terday.
Baraboo, Wis, July 5:..[Special las
| Harry English, son OF /. w. Engllsh,
was loading a small cannon yesterday a
quantity of powder near him exploded.
| He was fearfully burned, but will recover.
| His eyesight may be impaired.
Black River Falls, Wis, July 3.-LSpe-
| ial.]-The Fourth of July was not cele-
v,
accidents occurred in the early part of
| the day. At D. m. fatal runaway took
place in which Bernhardt AmmunSon, u
farmer, received injuries from which he
will not recover and his wife and two
| children were severely though not fatally
cut and bruised about their heads and
faces.
Madison. Wis, July 5.5[Special.1-The
| LIST of Fourth of July accidents in this
| city included a burned barn, one boy s
| thumb torn off and the burning of an
| others eyes, which may result in loss
| of his sight. The latter is Willie Samers,
| the former Joe Hoven, son of we'll
known butcher All resulted from care
| less use of frecrackers. Another lad,
August Frantschi, has a badly sprained
| ankle, the result of jumping from the
| tower swing at Winneduah.
| Sheboygan, Wis, July o.-LSpecial. i
Louis Wolff, Il well-known young man of
| this city, recently returned from West
Point met with an accident from giant
| irecracker which it is feared will dishg-
ure him for some time.
Sheboygan. Wis, july j-LSpecial. j
| The 7-year-old son of &. II. Halbach IN
jured his eyes while shooting tirecrackers.
The boy was taken at once to Milwaukee
| to be treated by an oculist.
The little daughter of W. Shrage while
| playing at the Lake View park broke her
| arm.
Green bay, WIS. July O.-lCpeCldl i
| The exceedingly noisy and demonstrative
Fourth passed with but one accident as
| far as heard from. John Dillon of Depere
was severely crushed by a street car, but
| will probably recover. Several fires were
started by the careless use of fireworks,
but only the large barn of John Gross
was burned. The loss being about $1,000
La Crosse, Wis, July 5.-[Special.l i
Two fatal accidents occurred yesterday.
John Kirkaby, while partly intoxicated,
| jumped from street car and fell under
the wheels of Il trailer, receiving injuries
| that caused death at an early hour this
| morning. he was 40 years of age and
unmarried.
The 5-year-old son of John Neitler was
| burned TO death. his clothes catching fire
| from tirecracker. His mother was also
| badly burned in trying to smother the
| flames.
Elmer Lane, while playing with fire
| works, had his clothes b&rned off. He
will lose the sight of one eye.