New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
CASUALTIES OF THE GREAT DAY.

Tn. casualties attending the celebration OF the
Fourth reached aoou, the usual number yesterday
Most OF them not serious. but they kept me
police and the ambulance surgeons NJ the various
hospitals busy the greater part ~ NE day and
evening.
John = Hill member ~ tho Salvation Army.
met with painful and possibly fatal accident while
on an excursion UP the East River lie vas OIL
the bow OF the barge Curry IN tow OF The tug TITAN
shen oppost. Ninet!eth-stgthe fowl!ne snapped Win
a report Ike a small cannon. HiN who was within
a few inches Of the heavy line. got his leg caught
IN some way and II torn on JUS; helo" the
knee The limb was severed as with ar AK. Tho
man was unconscious when taken ashore a. Nine
,ieth-st into which the tug towed the barge after
the line had been again made fast. Hi wac re-
moved 20 the Presbyterian Hospital
Martin Reagan. th!rty-.ouE years old. coal
nsder o. No III West -fourth-st.. walked out
o. saloon a. slxty-thlrd-st and Ans;eTiam-ave
last evening and hred I'VE shots from recover ~
he street Most o, the bullets struck the cat
tracks and glanced on N the other SIDE .. 'n-
street where lot o, children we're paying Neiie
Bolland. fourteen years Old. o; No. 2i W"s' SKY
thtrd-sr was struck by one bullet IN the i@' l"g
Mamie Mcdonald thirteea Years Oh. o. no. 80
West TNenty-ninth-st. was struck ~ another IN
the right leg and John = sweeney. twenty -one
year. Old Of No 5i5 West Twenty-ninil-st. was
struck in the right arm policeman and small
mob chased Reagan INTO the saloon. where n" nid
himself lie was lockct ~. Tho injured persons
u-,a taken 10 Roosevelt Hospital but we're abe 20
ga home later after ther wounds had been d!etssG
paul Cavaua tWenfy-f1ur years o4, was rtiliS
a, bts window on the second floor o. the tenement
house No 2 Jemes-st.. whcn hnh~t eUuck nun D."
,oe la,t ear me shot came from a p!sio. IN me
bnd. n, pov In the street. blt no arrests H"rc
rIace as half a dozen boys were fnootlas OF IRE
I'm. ,nere Al the same time The bullet was er-
tracted by an ambulance surgeon rom ~" "nnsoh
daniel Foley eighteen years old ~ No I'll Vest
sxfv-0rst-st walked intO HOoseteIt i!osWia. idst
svsuing FOR treatment having had niger sho' OF.
49, a uistol Last Fourth % July Ioley almost
80 m eve pu: out and the year before ne vas
Cha. in the len arm. Each time ne was treated al
iCGtrlcs Sherman nine years old. Of No N2 Flew
eufh-av. was celebrating the Fourth with NUM-
h~r Of others in a sham battle. near MS nome iisl
evenrc when ne strucA on the head with a
atone Hs skull MAS Fractured ana nc was re-
rnSve! 10 Roosevelt Hospital . -
la Job SyaI,-. Sky years old, OF no - stanton
while in front o. No - Stanton-st, last evening
was sho. in IN. neck by stray bullet fired from =
revo,yrr by some unknown person. The injured
man was removed In al ambulance 10 fouVerneu'
Hospital 1850. a.,.a,,s y, = iaa, sor,or,
ba-.r,Ar resulting from careless handling OF fire.
aims were reported TO the police 49,,
Gsorse Tceecr. David Owens ana Patrlck Dele
hantv o. Mount Vernon, were severely burner
nbiic ,.aving near their homes in North Fourth
80 r,eIehantv in loading cannon spilled some
no.dsT on me ground and LeegeT who was assisting
vas ,,as' a Ga.h and the powder can in Delehanty
lands exploded Delehantys chest and face were
badly burned and re Will probably De crlpp.ed ios
ne Oveus's neck and eyes and Leegers lace ana
80 arm were severely burned. The victims are ul
der the care OF physicians