The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-21
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
HARD LUCK STORIES ABOUT PEo-
PIE AT WHITTIER
The Gasoline Stove Figures in the Mis-
haps-Large Output Of the Fruit
Cannery-Local Notes

| WHITTIER, Aug. 20-The week past
has been prolific Of accidents. Mrs. Miltor
| Stanfleld, coming from her days work In
| the cannery. hastily lighted her gasoline
stove; 1t went out. and taking small car
partly full Of gasoline she poured some
| on the hot generator. The can exploded
and her dress and apron were all ablaze
Fortunately her two daughters were near;
and smothered the fire.
Mrs. Carney, another cannery employs
was accidentally cut by a pairing knife In
the hands OF young girl. severing some OF
the small arteries in Mrs. Carneys hand.
Ance Given met with a most serious ao-
cident at the Central oil wells. In lower
ing joint of pipe he stepped on the Beam
In such a manner as to disjoint the pipe,
causing him to fall a distance of twenty
feet, with the result that two ribs were
broken, his left arm broken Just above the
wrist and his face badly bruised.
The cannery is using force Of four hun
dred hands, both canning and drying 1t
is anticipated that they will ship three
hundred and fifty cars of fruit this sea-
son. Already they estimate they have
400, 900 cans Of fruit in the warehouse.
About thirty tons of fruit is used daily.
Two and half carloads of sugar has been
used so far this season. The cannery has
a contract for twelve hundred tons OF
canned tomatoes. Mr.. Vernon. the mana
ger, Is making the experiment of shipping
Kelsey plums fresh picked to eastern mar
kets. having sent a carload to Chicago.
The cannery furnishes the means OF sup
mort OF a large number of the citizens Of
this place, paying out, 1t is estimated,
SIPS an hour for every hour 1t runs for all
expenses.
The Rev. James Armstrong. who has
preached at the Friends church for the
past eight years, has accepted call to the
pastorate of the Alamitos church and has
moved there with his family.
Saturday evening Mrs. p. l.. Mason gave
an entertainment In honor of Misses Eva
Kerns of Los Angeles, Sally Cartwell and
Pearl Wall and William all Of Tustin. who
are visiting her. The feature Of the enter
tainment was a chicken-bake given in the
foothills near town.
John E. Daily and A. L. Moore Of Glen
dora were IN town Tuesday. meeting old
and making new friends.
Mrs. j. w. Golden has gone to Long
Beach to visit her aunt, Mrs. r. B. Robin
son.
Mrs, W, r. Goodwin, wife Of the M. e.
church pastor, who has been very Ill. was
taken to the Christian hospital In Los An
eeles. hoping to better her condition. At
last accounts she was steadily falling.
Mr., and Mrs. L. M. Baldwin are expected
home soon from klamath, Syskiyou coun-
ty, where Mr.. Baldwin has been engaged In
the lumber business with George Mason
and Hervey Lindley.
Mrs. T. b. Van Alstyn and her son, Thos.
Van Alstyn, are having an outing at Cat
alma.
Charles schafer met with an accident in
a lumber camp in the Tehachapi noun
tains about two months ago. from which
he died at the home Of his sister, MIS-. A.
F. Wiese.
Mrs. A. c. Snavely is in Los Angeles. WIS.,
iting her parents.
The number OF professors who choose
Whittier for their residence speaks we'll
for the intelligence and refinement OF the
place. The latest arrival is Prof. A. w.
sutphen Of Santa Paula, who has accept
ed the principalship OF the Los Nietos pub
lie school, but will reside here.
DR.. Samuel Coffin is in receipt OF a let
ter from his son, w. v. Coffin, who sailed
on the Penelope for Kotzebure sound last
May, telling Of their safe arrival Aug. 9th.
having been fifty-one days on the voyage.
The Fraternal aid gave an old-fashioned
''spelling schoor Thursday evening. 1t is
needless to say the ladies' side STOOD up
the longest.