Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-12
FOURTH OF JULY ACCIDENTS.
Explosives and Deadly Firearms
Gather a Grim List OF 'Ce1ebrants.

Explosives and Deadly Firearms
Gather a Grim List OF Ce1ebrants.
Fourth of July casualties. us shown by
reports received on the 9th. Were lime
teen killed and 1,611 injured. Chicago
had Il greater list of injured than last
Year. Philadelphia led in the East. Fire
loss, $50, $50. The number actually kill
cd is less than last year. being 10 against
30 then, but the number of injured is con-
sitierably larger. the figures Icing 1.6l1,
against 1,32J. The real list OF fatalities
VIII, however, not be known until the
number of deaths resulting from lock-
Jaw caused by toy pistol wounds come in.
Last year III Chicago there We're 40
deaths reported on July ) from toy pis-
tolls, but before the month WAS out
Twenty-Five children had died from the
resulting locliiaw and the remainder of
the country sent in equally fatal records.
Chicago. iii spite of the o~!ers of the
Mayor and police AS to the manner in
winch the day WAS to he celebrated, made
a worse showing than last year. Then
it had one death and forty-two injured.
This time no death is reported, but there
is Il list of 103 injured.
OF other cities Philadelphia makes the
largest showing. lit reports ITO casual
ties of every kind and description and
Cincinnati comes next with 100. New
York was sing,ilarly lucky. being behind
Chicago in the list of injured. but it had
three deaths resulting from an explosion
Of fireworks. and New London bad Il
premature explosion of Il cannon by
which two more We're killed.
In Quincy, ILL.,, there MAS also Il fatal
lily from IL runaway caused by horses be-
coming frightened at fireworks. and there
were u number Of injuries in various
cities growing out of the same cause.
In the list of fatalities. explosions of
fireworks and the careless handling of
firearms caused the majority OF the
deaths, but over onc-third of the injuries
were caused by the careless use of fire.
works. more especially sky rockets. In
several cases severe injuries We're caused
by these rockets being directed into
crowds, instead of the air. and in one
case two persons We're killed thereby
Next to the fireworks comes the toy pis-
tol iii the casualty list. Two hundred
and forty-nine children We're injured. and
the question now is what will the fatal
ity list from this source finally amount to.
The other causes of injuries divided tile
honors fairly well between them except
that the most serious harm was done by
the premature explosion of cannon in
the hands of people who were moi accus-
toned to their use. In several cases I'M
fortnnates lost hands and arms by this
means. y lamentable case occurred in a
small town in South Dakota. where a
boy was instantly killed by the explosion
of an anvil which was being used i'll lieu
OF Il cannon.
The loss by fire resulting from the care
less use of fireworks or their premature
explosion was less than i'm previous years.
the fires as Il rule being small ones and
the damage light. In the entire country
it amounted to but IL little over $40. 400.
The list of those killed AMI injured is
summed up in the following:
THE DEAD.
Hy cannon explosion.