Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-07
WOMAN PERFORMER DIES AT FIT.
DODGE BEFORE AUDIENCE
OF oNLooKERs.
DAVENPORT MAN KILLED
Observance of independence Day is
Marked by Usual Number of Acci--
dents, Some of Them Fatal-Dr. r.
w. Hinitt Slightly Injured.

ing the "slide for life" performance
here Saturday, Clara Fox fell from a
height of seventy feet in sight of
thousands of people and was killed.
Her skull was fractured in three places
and she never regained consciousness
after the accident.
She fell upon William H. Wheeler, a
spectator, resident of this city, who
now lies at the hospital with frac-
tured skull and a broken collar bone.
His chances of recovery are slight.
The slide was 10 have been made from
the top of the court house. The wo-
man had barely been launched on her
descent when she slipped through her
safety harness and fel Ito the ground
1t was her first attempt. She belong
ed to the Shelby Amusement company,
which she poined in Omaha.
Cannon ExpIodes at Harlan.
Harlan, July Cone dead, one fa-
tally injured and one seriously hurt
is the result of the explosion of a
small cannon used here in celebra.'
ton of the glorious Fourth.
The dead:
CHARLES KINSEY.
Fatally hurt:
George Anderson, boy IL years old;
lost leg, cannot live.
Seriously injured:
Peter Jenson, lost his right eye.
The young men were experimenting
with a cannon which they had made in
a local foundry. They were loading it
and using a. croWbar to raIRsth charge
| home. The crowbar struck spark
and caused an explosion and the can
non burst into hundreds of pieces with
the results noted.
| Kinsey was married man and
leaves a young wife. The distressing
accident cast a gloom over the entire
city.
Accident at Salem.
Salem, July 6.-Several accidents
marred the Fourth here Saturday, and
resulted in serious injury to two and
the narrow escape from perhaps death
by two more.
AS ]. J. Price, wife and child, who
live east of Salem, were returning
home in their buggy, a. roman candle
ball flew in front of the horses, fright
ening the animals and causing them to
run away. Mrs. Price and child We're
thrown from the vehicle, which was
| wrecked and the husband was dragged
| several hundred feet before the horses
were stopped. He is a one-armed man
and his right member was wounded
and wrenched severelp He suffered
other slight bruises. The other occu-
4 pants escaped unhurt
Horse is Killed.
4 In the afternoon, as Sid Stanley, the
son of A. Stanley was riding into Sa.
lem from the country to see the cele.
bration of the Fourth here his horses
hoof caught in the bridge over Cedar
creek. The animal was cantering al
the time and was thrown heavily to
the ground, pinning the rider to the
earth. Young Stanley was slightly
hurt, his face and arm being scratch
ed. The horse was unable to regain
his feet Accordingly Dr. Van Wrinkle
! a veterinary, was summoned, and he
4 pronounced the animals back broken
The horse was chloroformed as there
was little hope of curing him.
Aeronaut Hurt.
\ Springfield, ILL.,, July 6.-At Virginia
Saturday, Earnest Courtney, of Jack
sonville, was probably fatally injured
while making a balloon ascension The
balloon caught to tree and Courtney
/ was hurled to the ground, striking on
his head.
Dynamite ExpIoced.
Bloomington, ILL.,, July g. George
Schuler, a well digger, and three chill
dren were probably fatally injured Sat
urday by the explosion of stock Of
dynamite with which Schuler intended
to celebrate the Fourth of July.
DR.. Rinitt Injured.
Fairfield, July Especially DIR. F
w. Hinitt, president of Parsons col
lege, was slightly injured Saturday
night while firing a Roman candle
4, One of the sparks from the candle fel
into his eye and though the burn was
painful and will cause DR.. Hinitt some
trouble for a short time the effects are
. only temporary.
HIGH DIVER KILLED.