The morning times., 1896-07-05
SHED BLOOD like PATRIOTS
-cGatfndea From First Fass.

C0atfnaea From First Pase.
thought II wasn't lighted" WIS bandaged
and sent out to accumulate a new stock Of
1 e1th usiasm.
LOOKED INTO A ca, NoN.
Willie Carter lighted his punk-stick early
-yestcrda y-and started out to do honor 10
hts fifteenth Fourth. Before 10 O'Clock he
was at the Emergency, where the surgeons
| picked. 3 charge, pT powder from his face.
The boy Looked into the mouth Of a toy
cannon to. see why it did not go off, and
| Just then II explained matters. The little
fellows head was bound up aud he was
| sent 10 his home, No. S9Ssixt h street south
| west. sN
Willie Lee. r. fourteen year-old. colored
| boy. was the next victim. He lives at No.
| BIB Third street. southwest He threw q
big era cker into the air and it exploded on
the down trip near Wiiie's face. His hair
and. eyebrows were singed and his face
burned.
! Josephine Richards, is only four years
| Old, but yesterday came near being a very
disastrous Fourth for her. The chiid's
| parents live at No. $40 l. street northwest,
and yesterday morning josephine went
out into the front yard early to see the
crackers go OFF While she was wat ching
the fun snull piece OF smouIdering brown
| paper flew from a cracker which had Just
exploded and lodged in the child's eye.
She was at once hurried to Emergency
| Hospital and the piece OF cracker was
removed. The Operation was an exceed
| inSiy delicate one, however. and had 1t
| not been done quickly the little tot would
have lost the sight OF her eye. She will
| be all right in a few days. but it will be
some time before her parents forget the
| fright stley received.
OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER.
Mr.. l.. f. Jones, Il clerk in the Pension
| office. is fifty-four years Old, and has
seen many Fourths, but yesterday lie
| nctd a cracker too long after lighting
| IL. and later in the day the physicians at
Emergency Hospital dressed his injuries.
Thomas Taylor. colored. was walking
| along w street. near his home yestcr-
day. when small boy threw a giant
cracker beneath his feet. The cracker
exploded and took along a piece nf the
| mans leg and a good portion Of his
trousers on its upward flight. Taylor
was also attended at Emergency Hospital
and went on his way bemoaniDG the ruin
of his holiday pants. =,
Joseph McArde, OF No. 332 L street,
picked up a firecracker which lay smoul-
derng in the street. As he held it in
his hand it went OFF and his curiosity cost
him a trip 10 Emergency Hospital for
repairs.
Katie Cohen, who lives at No. sos
Third street, was treated at the same
hospital for an inflamed eye. caused by
the premature explosion of Roman
candle.
Charles Glroy had very peculiar ex-
pcrience yesterday. He was passing along
Foar-and-a-halr near School street south
west. when 'sornc- boys across the way
fired an amateur cannon made from a
piece OF gas Ipipes filled with powder and
pieces OF tin. Part OF the load passed
close TO Giiroy- cutting Slice from his
trousers and underclothing. hut without
giving him a scratch.
George knowlb1n, a fifteen-year-old
boy. while celebrating the Fourth 1T his
home. No. 245 II street northeast. had
his hand badly tnrned last night hy the
premature explosion OF large fire
cracker.
BULLET IN HER LEG.
Mary Games. colpred. tairteeh years Old
WIS accidentally sto- in the leg yesterday
ut Lille PARK. Md, while celebrating.
TIE giri was in a tent when pistsd
was dischargei on the outside. The BAH
struck Il stone and glanced through the
gettssEinz her thigh. She. was
brc'ieht to Emergency Hospital, where her
Injury was dressed,
Anthony Allea.; cylored, Is a deaf mute
who wished to celebrate the Fourth after
his own fashion. Last night about 6:30
O'Clock he thought the fire department.
Bee,iesi exercise and he turned in an alarm
from the box at Twelfth street and New
York avenue. The department responded
and so did Policemen Kenny aud Herndon
who arrested Allen. He was charged with
viola ting the police regulations.
One Of the Fourth OF July accidents oc-
CURED on street northwest near the COR
ner of Thirteenth yesterday afternoon A
young lady hastily appeared in the drug
store at the corner with hand which had
been badly bliSteTed and burned by the
continuous performance of Il pack of crack
ers which had gone off in her hand. She
got the proper remedies
James Fenton. coiored. twenty years
old. was celebrating on a vacant lot at
the corner of Sherman and Farragut av
enues northwest. when he met with a
severe accident. He loaded terra Gotta
pipe with powder and then applied q
fuse. The pipe burst into half a dozen
pieces. one or which struck him in the
left leg. tearing the flesh apart and
laying open the bone.
He fell and remained there till found
by officer Nauck of The Eighth precinct
who removed him Ia Freedman's Hospital
in No. 8 patrol.
CANNON CRACKER AGAIN.
Another victim OF the giant nrecrackers
was Phantom Harris coiored, nineteen
years old. who was terribly burned about
the face aud leg. In some places the
flesh was torn Off and presented a ghastly
sight.
TIE accident happened at Mount Pleas
ant about IL o'Clock last night. Freed |
mans ambulance was again called out |
and removed the sufferer to the hospital. |
His condition is quite serious.
Sydney Foster, white. was celebrating |
his Fourth on Howard University hill. and |
as a result he is new minus three fingers. |
which were blown off by the sudden ex- |
piosion of a cannon cracker.
The fuse had apparently gone out and |
he had returned to relight it when the |
accident occurred. Freedmans ambulance |
was called and carried the man to the |
hospital, where his injuries were dressed |
He was also considerably burned about the |
arms. ' -"a
Presley Thornton. colored, living at No. |
926 Second street north west, had his |
face. left hand, and arm seriously burned |
las. night. by being too near a giant fire |
acker, when It exploded. His wounds |
were dressed at his home by physician. |
Charles Reiiies, No. 1910 F street north |
east, was strusE on the head with bomb |
and seriously injured. He was taken to |
Providence Hospital. f - '-..
George Perry tcfd cannon cracker too |
long while celebraiinE at Fcsr and -a-haif |
strn"t and tie Avenre. The inside of his |
hand was dressed and he wears it in a
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