Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-05-29
ACCIDENTS.

Ten tons of hay, calf and some pigs.
burned with Geo. Maizland's barn, in
Clinton township, few days ago.
Brakeman Frantz of the West Penn
was squeezed between car and pile of
stone, at Dilks station, last Wednesday.
During the storm of last Thursday
evening, a large. three story building
intended for hotel, and being erected by
Adam Haffner on the Fair Ground CT
Car Works road, was blown down. and
made total wreck-a loss to Adam of
about So, 000 AS the storm neared But
ler, several parties started home, driving
fast. and there we're some collisions, but
nobody was hurt, though one horse was
nearly killed. The same storm wrecked
John Robinsons show at Ridgway, but
the show will probably be here, to-
morrow, with A new tent.
Benz Brewster of Centre township fell
| from barn, last Thursday, and broke
| his ankle.
Mrs Daniel Kaylor of Fairview town
ship, east of Petrolia attempted tn
| hurry fire, last Thursday evening, by
pouring oil on it from can. An ex-
plosion followed and Mrs K. was so
OdOlN OuIHcd ludl 11Cl
little boy, the only spectator of the
tragedy, was found on the road, a mile
from the house, looking for his grand
pa When the men who found him,
reached the house, the oak floor of the
kitchen was slowly burning, and Mrs.
K. was lying on the ground near the
kitchen door burned almost beyond
recognition. She was 81 years of age
Some boys in Butler township put
pebbles in another boys ear, last
Thursday, and the boy was taken to the
hospital. when the doctors got them out
through cut made back of the ear.
Clinton B. Conway of Butler town
ship fell from an ice house, last Satur
day evening, and broke leg, near the
hip.
A man named Bennett attempted
suicide by hanging in the lookup, last
Saturday night, but was cut down be-
fore life was extinct.
While Prof E. o.. Davis was assisting |
at unloading piano in front of the Park |
Theatre, Saturday, the heavy instrument |
was jolted and fell upon him, breaking |
his right arm at the elbow and dislocat |
ing his shoulder. The accident will lay |
him up for some weeks. His coat was |
left in the carriage on which he was |
taken home, and when recovered his |
pocket-book and $500 were missing.
Milton H. Thomas, a brother of Geo. E. |
Thomas, lately a candidate for Register |
q Recorder, and son of Peter E. |
Thomas of Connoquenessing, was in |
stantly killed in Pittsburg, last Sunday |
evening. He was acting as conductor |
of a street car at the time, something |
went wrong, and he looked out to See
about it, when car passing in the op-
posite direction struck his head, and |
fractured his skull, and he dropped to
the floor of the car dead. He was 81
years of age, was married and had one
child. he was respected young man.
and his untimely death is greatly re-
GREETED
His body was taken to his old home
in Connoquenessing twp, and buried at
White church, yesterday.
Edward Mcknight Of Butler was shot
through the lungs in saloon at Cam
eron w. Va, Tuesday afternoon, and
was reported as dying.
Chas Leasure, the man who shot him
claims they were scuffiing and the re-
volver in his pocket accidentally ex-
pfoded. Mcknight says he started TO
get book while in Leasure's saloon and
Leasure pulled the revolver and shot
The men had trouble the evening uefore
settling bar bill. Leasure went to
Cameron last winter from Warrington.
Engineer James Crouch of the West
Penn R. R., and fireman ]. E. James
were killed by an accident nea- Blairs-
vile, Tuesday.
Miss Minnie, daughter of William
Christie of the Wick House, was made
i'll by taking headache
powders Monday night.
While JOS. Stevenson, a son of
Lewis S. of Renfrew, was helping to
grade the foundation for a new steel
mill at West Elizabeth, on Sunday even
ing the 18th, large mass of earth and
rock fell upon him, killing him instant
ly. His body was brought to Renfrew,
and inferred in Brownsville U. P. GENE
terry. He was 25 years of age