Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-12-17
ACCIDENTS.

/ Jos Kiskaddon accidently cut his knee
while building an ice hopse for Mr.. Morri-
son few days ago, and now sports
( clutches.
/ John Bolint the Austrian who was shot
/ b, the Italian named Charley, died at the
/ hospital in PiItsburg Sunday. Charley
( has not been heard ot since the shooting.
| TIE left arm of James Gruver Of Mt.
! Chestnut which was i1iared by the ex-
plosion of a hy-wheeel, some days ago
was amputated last Sunday, By Drs.
Graham and Holman.
Samuel r. Williams, who was hur; on
| the B. & Z. K. K. near Saxolburg, some
! weeks ago, and who was taken TO the Allie
/ ghenv Ganeral Hospital, was able to at
/ tend his Nife's funeral in Allegheny Tues
/ day. She nursed him in the hospital aud
was taken down with typhoid and died
! last SATURDAY. The couple were from
Lynch burg Va.
Perry Emery, of Barkeyvills, Venango
| County, received what are supposed TO be
/ fatal injuries by the explosion OF boiler
on the Joseph b Ziegier farm in the Brush
Creek oil field on "Wednesday OF last week.
| The Valley News gives the following par
| Ii, ulaTs:
] lutTt were lN0 bbAlNAo III tAN SS.A"'
/ house which stood on Lne side of "a MIL
The one that had been in use failed L"
/ take water freely and the pumper had NIL
| ed the new boiler and turned the gas on
and il seemed as if something was wrong
| with the steam gauge, as Abe Z'igler, the
} pumper who runs the afternoon tour had
/ gone down early to help get the wells start
| ed. told Emery be thought somthlng wrong
| As they tried 70 start the wells thinking
/ they had steam enough, but 1t would not
4 start them. Mr. Emery tEen pushed the
I ball ont 10 the end of the safety valve 70
| save steam. he said Mr. IeIgler lett hi
standing in the boiler house. door and walk
/ ed down the hill about 40 feet to do some
thing at the tank, and had just got there
when the explosion occurred, and fortunate
| IL was not hurt. But not so with Ar
| Emery He was found about 40 feet from
| III. boiler house wrapped around stump
| and thought 10 be dead but soon showed
| signs of life. Farmers and oil men IN the
| vicinity soon gathered TO the scene OF the
accident
! MIR. Emery was taken TO the home of os
| B. Zelgler where he is being kindly cared
for. Dr. Cowden of ZelienoIle was i'm
mediately sent for, 1t was round that he
| was badly hurt when examined. de had
several scalp wounds. besides being badly
/
| LETT leg broken and mashed, his right hand
mashed and bones broken, besides bruises
on different parts of the body, and alto
gether was in very critical condition. Dr
| Cowden dressed bis wounds aud with the
assistance Of Dr. Fithian, of Harmony his
| leg was set.
| One who did not know where the boiler
| honse was located could not tell where 1t
had been by the appearance OF the surround
| ings, rs there was not splinter OF the
! boiler house on the spot where 1t had stood
! The dome of the boiler went through the
| belt house of rig No. 3 ana moved It's way
| through trees distance Of 300 feet. The
| hue part of the boiler went up the hull,
tearing down four trees and landing
2OO0 feet away from the boiler house, while
far away in opposite directions other parts
were found. Tho coat the pumper Wore
| was found on tree 60 feet away. The
! other boiler was blown against tree and
! il was this that saved Mr.. Emery from be-
! ing entirely blown TO atoms, S. il is sup
| posed he was standing back OF it when the
| accident occurred.
Mr. Emery gained consciousness Thurs
day morning and seems to be improving,
but is yet in very critical condition.