The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-05
FOURTH OF JULY ACCIDENTS
THE USUAL NUuBER OF POWDER
 BURNS BUT NO FlTALITIES.
Two CeIebrat ng Boys Had Eyes Put Out While Shooting Toy Cannons- Not Single Fire All Day Yesterday Wednesdays Ratn Lessencd the Possi- bilitics of Fire, Says Chief Fanchcr.

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 Although firecrackers and fireworks
 were popping about the city yesterday
 in all places and around all kinds of
 buildings there was not single fire | during the day and up to midnight
 last night. Ordinarily there are many still alarms on the Fourth for incip- tent fires caused by the crackers. Not
 even a still alarm was sent to any of
 the fire houses yesterday except one
 about 430 in the morning and another
 about 5:30 last evening to put out small 1 bonfires built by boys,
 Chief Fancher in speaking of the es- cape from fires, even small ones, at | tributed t to the fact of the heavy
 rain of Wednesday afternoon which, he said wet down things so that the
 igniting of buildings from fireworks was much less probable than if buildings
 and rubbish had been dry, as 1t gener- ally is on the Fourth. He regarded the rainfall of Wednesday as a very for tunate occurrence for New Haven, and
 said that it doubtless prevented many fires
 Some time early yesterday morning
 one of the celebrators smashed a large
 window in the front of Fleschners
 drug store at the corner of Olive street and Grand avenue. Who did it Is not known. bat when the clerks arrived yesterday morning they found the win
 dow smashed. Inside was found a fer
 rule such as is placed on the tip of Fourth of July canes to explode blank cartridges. h the ferrule is a cham Der into which the cartridge fits and the celebrator eXplodes it by striking the cane on the sidewalk, Ii is thought that n this case rhe ferrule was loose and was hurled through the window by the force of the explosion.
 Few accidents were reported, and the most serious one was that which befel Willie McGivney, nine-year-old boy, who lives at No. Peck street. The litt'e fellow had placed some powder in q shell and lighted fuse to explode He thought that the fuse fire had gone out and picked up the she'll As he did so the powder exploded He was badly burned about the face and eyes and some of the burnt powder flew in his left eye. Dr. McGuire was called to attend him and administered ether and picked the powder from his face.
 The young son of eX-Councilman Louis Knollmeyer of 37 sylvan avenue, while firing a small cannon yesterday afternoon, was considerably burned about the face by the premature explo- sion O. charge in the cannon. Dr. Lambert attended him and found that he was not seriously injured.
 Thomas Scully, a seven-y year old boy who lives at GS7 Grand avenue, was quite badly injured early yesterday morning by bein- run over by one of the smaller ice wagons of the Hygienic Ice company. The little fellow was playing at the corner of Franklin street and Grand avenue when in some way he got under the wheels of the wagon, Of which Charles Palmer was the driver. The boy was much bruised ard it was feared last night that he had received internal injuries
 Isadore White. twelve-year old boy who Ives at 2S Spruce street, was badly burned while firing small can non Wednesday night He thought that the fuse had given out and leaned over the cannon to relight the fuse when the charge exploded. He received se- were burns on the face and the sight of the right eye was destroyed. He was taken to Grace hospital where he was getting along nicely last night
 Frank Conklin, a twelve-year- old 1 boy who lives on Water street, and is employed as q messenger boy for the \ al, Orange street near Center about S.30 l last evening on his way to deliver a | dispatch at the Journal and Courier office, fell from bis bicycle and was unconscious. He was taken | to the New Haven hospital in car riage. At the hospital it was found | that although he had received q bad | oruise on the head he was not serious