The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-10
ACCIDENTS
AND INCIDENTS
Which Came From the Proper
Observance Of independence
Day in this City.
MERCHANT SEVERELY CUT
Time while the Day Lasted, Though
There were Many Incidents Which
VIII Linger Long in His Memory.
Several Boys Hurt During the Day.
Many Burned Hands.

VIII Linger Long in His Memory.
Several Boys Hurt During the Day.
Many Burned Hands.
There were several narrow escapes
from serious injury on the Fourth in
this city due either to the careless
ness of persons handling pistols or the
unexpected results from the dynamite
cracker. Perhaps the most serious
effects were obtained from the care
less handling of pistols, though even
the ordinarily harmless roman candle
and the ''sky rocket" took on pc
culiar freaks and worked more or less
damage during the evening hours.
The first visit to a doctor was made
by Joseph Conlon, conductor on the
drill train of the Lackawanna. Con-
Ion was standing on the tender of the
engine when some one threw a giant
cracker at him. 1t struck at his feet
and he stopped to pick it up and
throw it out of the way. 1t exploded
! just as he was about to touch it, 1t
burned him badly below the knees
and left several scars on the face,
1 tearing the flesh from the right
cheek.
1 Philip Richard is a young man who
was addicted to the blank cartridge
habit. He managed to shoot him
self through the hand.
Charles Carrell, of Sussex avenue,
had one of the narrowest escapes of
! the day. He was holding rife in
his hand in Trowbridge's store and
did not know it was loaded He dis
covered his error after bit of care
less handling The bullet penetrated
the hand in the palm and travelled up
to the wrist, splintering small bones
! in it's progress. He was taken to
All Souls Hospital where the bullet
was located by means of the Roent-
gen rays. The bullet was taken out
and found to have been flattened.
A cannon cracker got in it's deadly
work on young Fred Moreland, of
Phoenix avenue. After the explosion
one of the pieces struck him in the
eye leaving powder marks over the
face and breaking the skin in several
places Howard Stilwell Of the same
neighborhood received badly lac
Grated hand from the premature
discharge of blank cartridge.
William Sholz, son of Paul Sholz,
the barber, had a thirty-two calibre
revolver, the possession of which he
had kept secret from his father and
friends. He was holding it in his
hand in front of the store of d. p.
Mcclellan when it discharged un-
expectedly. There is still great
danger of amputation becoming ne
cessary. He was taken to neigh
boring drug store where the wound
was dressed.
John Deasy, a youth, experimental
with skyrockets with the result that
his clothing caught fire. He was
"put out" with but slight damage to
his clothing and none to his person.
Benjamin Mcclure was hero with
"sizzers" until he carelessly let the
fire run out of the rear of large
cracker and this put two of his fin
gers out of business at once. Bert
Brennan got in the way of roman
candle and was badly cut in the
forehead. A little thing like this
had no dampening effect upon the
enthusiasm of young Brennan and he
proceeded to knock his ribs out of
place with a giant cracker. Bert is
but six years of age.
Frank Naylor, the merchant, had
one of the narrowest escapes from
death during the day. 1t was late
in the day and Mr.. Naylor had
determined to celebrate with his
stock of unsold goods. He held
large cracker, one of the dangerous
dynamite kind, in his hand, and held
it too long. When the explosion came
it shattered several bones in his hand
1t also cut big cash in his chin and
almost left him with but one ear.
His wounds were cared for. Several
stitches had to be taken in the wound
in his cheek. Developments have
shown that none of the wounds are
full and will continue to be source
of great annoyance to him for some
time to come.
Late In the evening youth on
Morris street secured a milk can,
ignited large cracker and then
planted his baby brother on the can
lid which he had previously fitted to
the can. The chubby youngster was
thrown in the air several inches, then
fell to the ground and was covered
with dust. Strange as it may appear
the infant was not hurt, and the
youth who fired the cracker AYERS
it did not even cry.
On farm near Morris Plains a
gentle COW was made the victim of
a joke by farm hand. He tied a
string of firecrackers to the cows
tail and then fired them. The COW
was frightened and in attempting to
negotiate wire fence was wounded
so that the owner declared that
twenty dollars worth of damage had
been done the animal He was in
debted to the farm hand in this
amount and declined to listen to any
proposition which would lessen the
burden of the man with the hoe.
The services Of local justice of the
peace were necessary to arrange
matters, which were finally adjusted
at ten dollars.
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