The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-07-06
ACCIDENTS
APLENTY
Aftermath Of the Glorious
Fourth a Lot Of Manned
Sufferers.
PLEASANT DAY FOR INYALIDs
Cannons Fired Like Minute
Guns Keep the Sick Ones
On the Jump.


Accidents attending the Fourth Of July
/ celebration in this city were numerous,
and one that happened Friday night
proved fatal.
The victim was Augustus Edgeris,
twenty-one years old, homeless though
| well-known character who earned living
by helping and doing odd jobs around
plumbing shops. His diminutive stature
earned for him the sobriquet of The
Midget" He fashioned cannon on Fri
| day from piece of gas pipe and took It
to Grand and Van Worst streets to IRE
off salute. He had been advised by
friends that his cannon was foolish
thing to fool with, but he insisted it was
perfectly safe. He loaded his cannon
bent over it to touch it off with lighted
cigarette. Instantly therewas an expi----
ion and the cannon in several pieces
scared skyward, one of the pieces pass
ing tHIouSu youiS 11u6clis iiS"o. ANO.S
Of the pieces has yet been foupd.
Despite theA terrible wound Edgerly
lived for awhile but soon succumbed.
At S.45 p. NJ. Saturday, nine-year old
| Rose Gentle, of No. 7 Colgate street,
while sitting on the front stoop of her
home was struck in the right knee with
ia stray bullet. She wassattended by Dr..
Lockwood. Angelina Parcllo, eighteen
years old was struck in both feet by the
| same bullet but not seriously injured.
At noon Saturday year-old
Marion Alter of No 102 Atlantic street,
| was shot in the calf Of the right leg by a
bullet from Schober rifle by Morris
| Smith, sixteen years old, of Sacket street.
She was attended by DR.. John Everett.
AT 1915 2. NJ Frank Haley, twenty
fFe years old, of No. "a Brighton street,
was struck in the back of the head by
a stray bullet, thirty-two calibre. The
wound is not serious.
| John Keihle, twenty-five years old, Of
| No. 1853 Montgomery street was burned
about the hands while shooting off can
| non at Grove and Montgomery street.
Sylvester Pritchard, thirteen years old,
! and his brother Fred, eleven years old, OF
/ No. 314 Grand street and Cornelius Wat
| kins, of No. 3O5 Grand street, We're
burned about the face and hands while
firing off a cannon. The two Pritchard
| bows were taken to the City Hospital.
/ Young Watkins went home.
Rudolph Berger, thirteen years old, OF
/ No. 40; Bowers street, was burned about
1.-THE hands by powder.
Eunice Grcenwald, nine years old, Of
/ No. As Congress street, while playing IN
his back yard was shot in the right thigh
by Hans Hanson, fifteen years old, of No.
3S1 New York avenue. He was attended
| by Dr.. Mullins.
Ernest Apelton, ineteenA years old, OF
No. 207 Fourth street. was burned by
powder about the face and hands His
wounds were dressed at St Francis Hos
/ pital.
Six-year-old Isadore Shoters, Of No.
/ III Newark avenue. was burned about
| the face by powder.
Otto Bedle,r fourteen years old. Of No.
/ % Canal street, was badly cut about the
| face, hands and legs by the explosion
| Of toy cannon.
/ 1t was IA hard day for invalids. Even
! where it was known that people were
! dangerously i'll patriotic celebrators
showed absolute unconcern by firing off
cannons and giant crackers right at their
doors. One case on the hill was fragrant.
Here lady had lain for eight weeks,
suffering from a probbaly incurable
malady. A considerate neighbor placed
"a cannon in front of the house and
! amused himself with continuous per-
Torrance. At one point the piece re-
4 fused to respond to the match which he
had applied He used every argument
to induce young boy to blow down the
muzzle. Happily the boy declined to risk
This life even at the expense of being called
a coward.