The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-05
RESULT OF FOURTH
Miss MoIIie CraybIe and Frank
Gariety Meet Accidents.
SHOT BLANK CARTRIDGE
Gariety Toyed With a Torpedo
and Exploded in His Face.

Yesterday being~Fourth Of July the day
did not pass without the usual accidents
from explosives. AS a result Of the care
less handling of powder and frecrackers
several are laid up with painful injuries,
two of which are quite serious-Frank
Garriety, aged Is years and Miss Mollie
Crayble
The boys INJURIES are the most serious.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning he
and boy named Wallace Noel were
walking on West Douglas near Seneca
when the Noel boy threw down z large
torpedo which failed to explode. The
Gariety boy stopped down and picked it
up and when rolling IL between his
fingers the conclusion exploded the dyna-
mite and it went of in his face. He also
had quantity Of powder in his hand and
half pound in his pocket. The explosive
which he held ignited when the torpedo
popped and caught him squarely in the
face, which was badly burned. His cloth
ing also caught fire. but he retained good
presence of mind and his first thought
was Of the powder in his pocket, knowing
full well that should it ignite it would be
all over with him. His clothing was in
DANES but the Noel boy quickly tore MS
waist from his body His trousers were
also removed, and fortunately the powder
did not explode. The boy was badly
burned about the face. hands and Shout
ders. However, they are only skin burns
and he will soon recover. His hair was
scorched and his eyebrows were burned
off. The boy was removed to his home
on West Douglas and a physician called,
who bathed the wounds in oil. Forum
ately his eyes were saved. Several places
on his face the burns are quite deep,
caused by the small pieces of stones hit
ting him in the face. He is unable TO
use his arms and IS confined to his bed.
Gariety is Is years old and works for
Cottman * Chambers
Miss CraybIe's injuries, while not Of
serious mature. are very painful This
accident was caused by a revolver and
blank cartridge. It occurred at Ryersons
restaurant on South Lawrence. Miss Eva
Hall was in the restaurant and was
shooting blank cartridges. Believing that
cartridges containing no lead were harm
less, and without thinking, she thrust the
weapon in Miss Crayble's face and pulled
the trigger. The woman caught the full
force Of the explosion in the face. making
painful injuries. Her face is badly pow
der burned and disdgured and the eyes
are also injured and filed with powder.
which may result in the girl losing the
sight of both members. Physicians were
CraybIe is resting as well as can be ex-
pected. She is unable to see.
At the corner of Wabash and Elm yes
terday morning Joe Fletcher. who drives
an ice wagon for the Citizens Ice COM
pany. touched match 10 a giant cracker
apd while in the act of throwing 1t into
the air it exploded and tore a large piece
of flesh from his right hand. It made
an ugly wound and may prove more dan
gerous than Is Anticipated
4 young man whose name could not
be learned and who resides on St. Fran
els, figured prominently in an acct
dent that might have proven more dis
astrious than 1t did. He bought 25-
cent frecracker, tok it to the middle OF
the street. placed a large tin can over
It 50 that the report would be louder,
and then touched a match TO the fuse
which burned rapidly. Before he could
get away the cracker exploded and burst
ed the can, part of which took effect in
the calf Of his leg. The flesh was badly
torn from the force OF the explosion and
the injury is a painful one. The young fel
low was carried home and II Is safe 10
predict that the same trick will not be
repeated for several Fourth OF July's to
come.
There were numerous minor accidents
reported as a result Of the days doings