Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-02-21
ACCIDENTS.

| DR. Lasher of Saxonburg was thrown
from his sleigh and had shoulder dis
located few days ago His horse ran
off
William Kline of Butler had
narrow escape last Thursday night from
being frozen to death in Shaler town
ship, Allegheny Co. Kline has been
visiting friends on the Evergreen road,
and he went into Millvale TO see some
/ friends there He became tired when
he was half way home and is said to
have sat down alongside the road and
gone to sleep, where he was found un
conscious.
Esq. J. @. A Kennedy had his hair
and beard badly singed and his face and
hand slightly burned while finding the
| location of gas leak last week.
John Smith of jefferson twp. who
was blown up, while IN his coal mine
on Thorn Creek a few days ago is re-
covering. DR.. Stepp removed the
splintered pieces of his skull and says
he is doing nicely. A remarkable feat
ure of the accident was the breaking off
of the bone just above the left eye,
while the eye itself was but slightly in
| jured
A rig driven by Frank Purvis was
struck by street car on W. Jefferson
St. Wednesday afternoon and the buggy
and harness badly used up.
A team ran off at the corner of Jeffer
son and Main streets, Wednesday even
ing and the driver was thrown out and
quite badly hurt.
A horse hitched in a sleigh and driven
by man whose name we have not
learned scared at the street cars in front
of theCourt House Wednesday evening.
1t ran around the Court House and the
sleigh struck the corner of the Jail,
throwing him out, but not seriously
injuring him.
Going to the election, Tuesday, cost
Joseph Nanny of Butler twp his life.
In stepping down from the New Castle
road to the election house he slipped
and fell heavily, fracturing two of his
ribs He was hauled to Butler and
physician was consulted, and then haul
ed hack as far as John Leighner's, from
where he walked home; but as soon as
he laid down he cried out for those
about him to raise him, as he was
smothering, and was in intense pain.
ably from hemorrhage, that night.
| Joseph Schell, aged % years, was kill
ed and George Baldauf crippled Tor life
in coasting accident at Herman about
Z p M Saturday evening
The Coylesville road runs eastward
past ST. Fidelis' Catholic college. down
a hill into Herman, passes under the
West Penn railroad and up a hill east
ward of the track. The road was cover
ed with sheet of ice Saturday evening
and coasters from the college and sur
rounding country were enjoying the
sport They started from the hill in
frcnt of the college and the speed at
tained in the descent carried them part
way up the opposite hill. Here they
again or else let the sleds slide back
ward.
A sled load of college boys started
from the top of the hill, made the usual
run and let their sled start backwards
for the bottom. A party of Herman
boys had started their sled after them
and the sleds reached the bottom from
opposite directions about the same
time. The railroad bridge overhead
prevented them from seeing their
danger, and the two sleds crashed
together. None were seriously hurt
| hut Schell and Baldauf. Schell was
strnck in the abdomen by something
and sustained internal injuries which
caused his death. after suffering great
pain about 8 IN Sunday. One of
| Baldaufs legs was broken in three
places. After the accident the young
men were carried into the college and
medical aid was called from BItler.