Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-09
ACCIDENTS.

Frank Cooper of Franklin street hunt
ed for burglar. with gun. last Fri
day night. Going down stairs he press
ed the trigger too hard. and the bulle
went into his leg.
Julius Seabert of South Side, Pitts
burg, and a very heavy man, climbed
an apple tree on Institute Hill, las
| Thursday, and then fell off, fracturine
his thigh-bone He was taken to the
Hospital
- Sweeny, B. R. & P. fireman
was seriously injured at Renfrew, last
Saturday He jumped from his engine
to avoid what looked like a collision
with an engine taking water.
w. J. Nanny, J. Fleeger. Steve Bed
| ley, Geo. Washington, Peter Penn and
| a number of foreigners have been hurt
at the Car Works, doing the past few
days.
Dana Thompson, the high diver, was
killed few days ago at Henry, Ill. He
was making dive from an elevation of
so feet into tank of water five feet
deep A high wind that was blowing
veered his course, and ne struck the side
of the tank. dashing out his life
Thompson made $50 to SO day at his
perilous work. He dived at Alameda
Park doing the past Summer
Eight freight ears. one loaded with
dynamite were reduced to kindiing
wood in II wreck in the West Penn
railroad yards Butler, Sunday night,
aud the fact that none of The ;rainmen
were IDjuled was little short of d
miracle
The wreck occurred at the crossing
of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pirtsburg
and West Penn roads, and tine West
Penn train crashed clear through
B. r. d L. train about the middle. The
West Penn train was in charge of
Conductor Frank Dixon, of Freeport,
and had two engines. one in front and
one in the rear. The front engine, No.
1886 was i'll charge of Engineer Gilbert
Kennedy. OF treeport, and Fireman
Frank Gerard, of Butler.
When the West Penn train roundt d
the curve south of the Buffalo. Roch
ester and Z ttsburg crossing. Engine
Kennedy made every effort to stop, but
the rails Were wet.and the heavy train
went clear through the one on the other
road. The en- gine went over 10 foot
embankmenr and overturned.
Both Engineer Kennedy and Firemao
Gerard remained in the cab and es-
capped without scratch. and none of
either train crew were injured. Robert
Thompson. hagman at the crossing,
was slightly cut about the face by flying
wreckage and The signal house. at the
side of the track. was carried over the
embankment with the engine.
Engineer Kennedy. who has been run
ming engines on the West Penn for 30
years, was badly injured in a wreck at
Sharpsburg last June and had only been
on duty seven weeks. The Car contain
ing the dynamite was one of the worst
damaged, but fortunately none of the
stuff exploded.
w. Nj. Thompson, an extra hagman
on the West Penn fell through the
bridge at Livermore. Saturday morn
ing, falling distance of from 25 to 30
feet, very severely spraining his right
ankle joint. His home is at Freeport.
Mike Kraenski, slav, was electro
cuted at the Car works Tuesday night
by coming in contact with a live wire
He was 81 years of age and lived in
Pittsburg.
Jno. Snodgrass, Joe Little and Mike
Land were hurt at the Car Works,
Sunday.
William McGowan of Centre twp re-
ceived a scalp wound which required six
stitches to close, Saturday evening
While driving home from Butler, ac-
companied by his daughter, his horse
frightened at street car near Kamerer's
Store on Mercer ST and ran off Tie
occupants were thrown out and the
buggy demolished.
A colored man named Washington
fell from the new Office building at the
Car Works. Monday. and broke several
ribs. He was taken to the hospital