The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-06
MISCHIEF AND MIsHAP.

Michael Cozmere,, 90 years old, Of NO.
% Canal street. fell off a scaffold in the
Lehigh Valley Railroad yards on Grand
street yesterday and sustained painful
injuries. He was taken to St. Francis
Hospital.
A live trolley wire at Grove n Grand
streets fell last night and gave the resi-
dents a magnificent electrical supply for
about ten The line was repaired
before anyone was injured.
Nora Shaw. 10 years old. of Bright
street, was shot in the left leg below the
knee. yesterday afternoon. The ball PEN
etrated to the depth Of three inches. 1t
was extracted by Or. Baker. It is sup
posed the shot was fired by an Italian
living in Golden street. No arrest was
made.
store, at No. 3s6 Grove street, was com
pletely destroyed Saturday night by some
one throwing a frecracker on IT. The
Are engines were not called out.
Mischievous boys. set fire TO several
packages OF fireworks and hrecrackers on
a stand kept by Mrs. Mary McStein, at
No. Sal Henderson street, Saturday after
noon. Mrs. McStein was severely burned
about the arms and hands in trying to
save her goods. No arrests were made.
The. woman's loss was SO.
The drs- fire eff the Fourth was the
burning Of the awning over coward
street. Damage, $500. a firecraoker
started the blaze.
Fire did 500 damage at No. 202 Warren
street Saturday, night. a nlischievous
~youisster. placed a airecracker among a
number of sky rockets.
W~eadyslawx Bylski, 30 years old, of No.
window Saturday morning when a bullet
whizzed by his ear. The shot. was. fired
out of his rear window. He was warned
by the police to use blank cartridges.
Robert Brun, II years old. OF No. So
dangerous injuries as a consequence of
an act of a vicious boy. Brun had a can
Of powder suspended from his waist and
unknown person threw. a firecracker in the
can. The explosion burned Bruins legs
terribly; and tore the flesh of his right
Michael Collins, Is years old. of No. 224
badly torn by the premature explosion Of
taken to St. Francis Hospital.
Arthur Dapte. : years old. Of No. $50
Mercer st de,s VII remember me the Fourth
come. He set, off a pack of large fire.
| crackers and then leaned over them to
watch the explosion. Both his eyes were
| be affected.
Among the list Of fires and casualties
in Hoboken On the Fourth were:-A fire
at NO, LIB Garden street, in the house
occupied by Emil Rupert. The damage
was about $500 and the cause is unknown.
A fire at No. 100 Hudson street. where
an awning was destroyed; damage, $50,
and another awning fire at the Sacred
| Heart Academy on Washington street.
The damage here was eight.
An alarm from box Is brought the en-
\ gines to No. 1888 Garden street, but there
was no fire, simply fireworks.
George Geoltz of Washington street,
while Shooting off his pistol, put a bullet
into his left wrist and had to have ii
dressed by DIR. Pindar.
James Il. Kelly of No. III Willow ave-
nue. did the same thing, but put the
bullet into his thumb. The bah was
taken out 1t ST. Mary's Hospital.
George Anberg Of No. 2O7 Washington
street put off a small ann IN from
of his shooting gallery. The cannon
burst and the flying fragments broke his
own show widows, the door in the Chi
nese laundry next door, the windows in
Driesen,s clothing store across the way,
those in Risizinskfs shoe store and the
door of Schroeder's express office. Il
worked havoc in other directions. Mr..
Anberg promised to make good these nu-
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