The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-05

ALL DUE TO FIRECRACKERS.

AS usual on the Fourth there were
many accidents. Yesterday was no ex-
ception to the general rule. Patriotic
youngsters who started out early in
the morning, and had a happy disre-
gard for gunpowder generally wound
up by getting burned and at 10 o'clock
last night at least 25 cases had been
treated at the city hospital all caused
by the carelessness in the use of fire
works.
Yesterday morning, about II o'clock,
crowd of Armenians, residing at the
corner Of Gold st. court and Lamartine
street, were firing off a cannon and
many times previous to discharging 1t
they would place an old tin can in
front of the muzzle, which would al
ways go soaring through the air as soon
as the cannon went off.
David Grady, an old man living in
Lamartine street. opposite station 2,
was leaning on the fence in the rear of
his house, looking in the direction of
the men who were loading the cannon.
He heard the discharge and suddenly,
without warning of any kind, the
ragged edge of tin can struck him in
the face, opening up the right cheek
for four inches. The cut bled profusely
| and friend ran for DR.. Charbonneau.
In the meantime DR.. Langlois ha6 been
notified and both arrived about the
same time. Nine stitches were taken
| in the wound by the doctors, and
the old man was put to bed AS soon
as Capt. David A. Matthews of station
heard of the trouble he ordered sew
eral of the Armenians into the police
station, and finally arrested John Krib-
| orbian, who, it is claimed, fired the
| cannon. He was booked at the station
| for assault with dangerous weapon.
James Cleveland, machinist en-
ployed at the Crompton & Knowles
loom works, lost the sight of one of his
| eyes last night as a result of a flying
rocket Mr.. Cleveland was sitting in
| front of Chemical Is house, on John
street, talking over happenings of the
| day, when from across the street a rock
ct darted and struck him in the eye be-
fore he had time to realize what had
happened. He suffered great pain, and
| the police ambulance was called, and
the injured man taken to the city hos
pital. He is married and resides at III
| Piedmont street.
Willie Paul, aged 10 years, of IS
School street was taken to the City
hospital yesterday, suffering from PTS
toll wound in the hand, which he in
| fiicted while trying to eXtricate an
empty cartridge.
George Liberty, aged Is, of Harris
court, while fooling with the pistol yes
| terday afternoon, did not realize that ii
| was loaded, and the result was that
| George was the recipient of a painful
scalp wound. He was taken to the City
| hospital.
| John Petit, aged 10, of As Ward street,
| in an endeavor to shoot off a pistol
without watching it, inflicted a painful
wound, which was bandaged up at the
City hospital
Edward Allen, 10 years old, living on
Packachoag street, got his hand badly
burned yesterday with a f1recracker
| and was taken to the City hospital,
where his wound was attended to-
Archie Kairns, II years old, employed
| as helper and living at 43 Assonet
street. was burned about the face and
hands yesterday. He had a cannon,
with an old tin can in front, and, in
kneeling down to watch the progress of
the fuse, the cannon was discharged.
The boy was in great pain, and was
taken to the City hospital, where he
was put to bed.
| Oliver Tatro, II years old, residing at
| 10 Rodney street, was badly burned,
He was attempting to shoot off fire.
into a quantity of powder nearby. The
powder and little Oliver were badly
burned. The police ambulance carried
the injured boy to the City hospital.
In addition to the accidents men
toned, the following cases were treated
at the city hospital: Lars Verle, IS Per-
ry avenue, struck in the face by can
! non cracker; Harry McAuliffe, age 13,
Avon avenue, hit in the eyes and face
by cannon cracker, badly burned; VIM.
Grey age 16, living on West Boylston
street, left hand and left side of face
burned by powder; Michael Shea, liv-
ing at SO Gage street, burned in the face
and eyes by exploding firecracker; Fred
Courtney, age H. living at 3S Fox
street, index finger on left hand in
jured by cartridge wad; Jacob Ham
merstrom, age II, living at 3S Tatman
street, wounded in the right hand by
cartridge wad; Sydney Bergstrom, age
49, living at Maxwell street, wounded
in the abdomen by cartridge wad; Is
rael Colman, age 10, living at SO Har-
rison street, left hand burned by blank
cartridge; Ralph Sears, age 10, living
at 66 Merritt street, finger on right
hand burned by powder; Arthur La
Blanc, age 49, living at 341a Washington
street, burned in face by powder; John
Mack, age rs, living at Bartlett street,
burned about the face and eyes by
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