Kansas City journal., 1898-02-20
ALL SORTS OF ACCIDENTS.
SOME SPECIMEN CLAIMS PAID By A
CASUALTY COMPANY.
Man Sprained His Back Carrying His
Wife Upstairs-Bicycles Caused u
Large Proportion of the
CataxtrOphes.

The claim list OF an accident insurance
company reveals some very queer catas-
tropics and illustrates the fact that moth
ing is so sure to happen as the unexpected.
The last issue of the Interstate. the paper
issued by: the Interstate Casualty Com
pany, gives a list of specimen claims paid.
AS might be expected bicycles cause i large
proportion of the accidents and the COM
panies pay out immense sums for injuries
received in collisions. Out of 160 claims
paid aggregating S6,164.19, bicycles caused
thirty accidents and an outlay of 81 .292. ~;
The average bicycle claim was S43.OS. and
the average for all others. $S6. 20: For every
paid for bicycle injuries. the totals being
As71.79 and $. 292 40, respectively.
Most of the bicycle accidents were quite
expensive to the company. Phillip Ken
Struck by bicycle: Marshall Lefferts. of
Mfw fr9% 99r got for Of q
s4Eo sFown n from BS Bisyss SO fSr
thrown @ i from SSt bicyeie: Dr. Dr.. J. Moran. Of New
bicycle: DR.. G. S. Middleton. of Philadel-
knocked down by a bicycle: DR.. J. l.. Hess.
from fan from his bicycle, and he got
fell from his bicycle and got $40 for bruis-
ed knee and shoulder, G. H. Ruff. Of Ne
pfoken rbthrown Mi pnsa rdm out ss f0f
Here are some of the odd accidents which
occurred:
hoidns ddhs! calf esnsl and got ct rib
ing the operation. 1t was worth $26 to him.
Jerry Moseley. of Llano. Tex: fell and
dislocated his knee; he got Sl2o Tor MS
e. II. Peterson. of Menominee. Mich, was
jokngIy sIapped by FRIEND whS Peterson aeei
drew $3.50 from the company.
Paul G. Boehme, of Chicago: got so for a
toe by the bite OF an
Samuel Wilkofsky. of Akron. o.. was
for 1'.aa some on crushed in fingers. aa ran anu ~
w. b. Moleny, Of Rochester. was thrown
from his carriage sseo and Ig got bruised elbow
Marsh c. Pierce. of Syracuse. n. Y. pull
ed out <s1lS57 for the same kind of an ac-
L. senechard. of Stafford Springs. Conn.
was left in the lurch of a steamer. but he
got ssl;S5 as consolation; ,,,...
NJ stroder Of f Golumb%S o. .,n1naed didnt
and lacerated his hand-ss9.2s.
A: e: Mayo. Of Chicago: fell going up
John Todd. Of Mechanicsville.. n. Y.
slipped on the floor and ran a splinter In
his foot; He got STA. ,.
a wire and bruised his face. He got go.
~, P. Gates. of Newport. VT, had his
toe stepped on by horse and got A9.es
Rev Mr.. Joseph Wolfe. of Madison, o.;
slipped on the time-honored banana peel
and got s4o.S5 for a sprained back.
W: ]. Sherrick. Of Ashland. O., was bit
ten by horse and got s22.So for crushed
Samuel A. Spry. of Chicago. was not as
nimble as his name indicates. He ruptured
s;aS tend0n a1 ii in ,, bis foot and pulled out the
Hon. c. G. Beldon. of Syracuse. N. Y,
got s1oo for a sprained ankle, going up his
steps.
silver in his hand from keg and received
$15 therefor.
Walton B. Guy met with a Kennedy
accident. His horse fell and bruised Mr..
Guy B. Erwin. of Minneapolis. got a
received but STA. ' ~
NJ. A. Snyder, of Eastwood. KY. severed
Colonel w. o. Tolford. of Columbus, O.,
| dislocated his toe by striking It against the
bed. He pulled out with s7s.H.
G. c. Eichlitz. of San Antonio. was diving
in the natatorium. and dived too deep. He
Elmer ". Gillmer. of Warren. o., was
carrying his wife e upstairs ~ and sprained his
| Dr.. Award White. of Ell Paso Tex. got
s2321 for blood poisoning during a surgical
n: Y. got $500 for similar accident:
Mary A. Bull. Of Easton: Pa. got s1oo fol
fractured rib thrown from bicycle.
| Julia H. Moody, of New York. got $
for a confusion Of the knee. caused by the
Mrs: Jennie A. Kidd. of. Cleveland O..
| got SIS for a sprained wrist while being
knocked down by a COW.
Mrs. Catherine Venney. of Temple. Tex.
| fell from a box and fractured her humer
us. There wasn't anything funny abou
| it and she got $3.50.