The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-05
MANY PERSONS
HURT BY POWDER
Many Salt Lakers Pay For
Patriotic Noise.
ELLEN SMITH HIT BY BULLET
WILLIAM JOHNSON May LOSE
EYESIGHT.
ELLEN SMITH HIT BY BULLET


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List of Injured
Johnson. William. aged 80 years,
= 234 East Fifth South street May
= lose right eye a. result of acci-
= dental cracker explosion
smith, Ellen, aged 20 years, Pop
y perton- Shot in right knee by a
> -z2-caIfber bullet. Ball viii remain ,
= in leg for life.
= Maynes, Fred, Il years Old son ,
> Of J. 4. Maynes. 10 @ street
= Cracker exploded in left nand'
= burning fingers badly.
Nelson, Christian, aged q years,
, 436 East Fourth South street Leg >
= struck and burned by exploding y
= cracker.
Kane, Mary. 11-year-old daugh- =
= ter of John Kane, Tenth South y
= street. Thrown from buggy as a y
= result OF runaway caused by y
> crackers exploding
= Williams. Roy, aged II years =
= Seventh West and South Temple =
= streets. -Four fingers badly pow =
= der burned.
Mitchell. young son Of Heber d. =
> Mitchell. 641 Ninth East street
= Powder burned.
Orem, child of Walter G Orem, =
= 500 East Second South street =
= Eyes injured.
= Spencer. young son of Sam G. =
Spencer, 266 Canyon Road Face =
= powder burned.
Keaty, 14-year-old son of J. II. y
= Beaty, SO Vine street. Powder =
= burns. Z
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The pains and repentances that
Fourth of July annually exacts as trib
ute for firecracker pleasures were
yielded up in full measure yesterday by
young and old Americans of Salt Lake
City.
Didn't know it was lighted"
Didn't know it was loaded"
One or the other of these excuses was
offered in practically every instance by
members Of the ''hrecrackeT harvest -
OF course this did not suffice to soothe
aches and pains. As usual on the natal
day the "I-toid-yOu-so'' brigade was
there with the afterword.
salt Lake was fortunate in that not
single bad blaze occurred during the
day. There were several grass fires,
none of which threatened for minute
10 do any damage To Chief Bywater's
crusade against Tubbish-littered yards
considerabl credit for this result is
given In past years rockets and Ro-
man candles have caused serious fires
by falling in the midst of rubbish piles.
Even as late as Sunday Chief Bywater
was busy warning hOUsehoIders that
their yards must be cleared of any in
fammable material
Johnson May Lose Sight.
The most serious accident of the day
resulting from fiFecracker careIessness
was that which befeu William johnson,
an employe of the Salt Lake Hardware
company.
Johnson. who resides at 23i East Fifth
Soutn street, may lose the sight Of his
right eye as the result OF an accidental
explosion OF q large cannon cracker yes
Nelson Of i35 East Fourth South street
ne was seated upon his steps exploding
CRACKERS PTeSuma bly, "a match OF piece
or lighted punk was let drop in the midst
OF the loose bunch of crackers.
In the explosion that followed. johnson.
VINO was directly over the fireworks. had
his right eye struck by flying FRAGMENTS
and burned by powder. Nelson's leg was
struck by bits of the cracker and was
badly burned. DR.. A. 5. Bower was i'm
mediately summoned and he dressed the
injuries Of both men,
Young Woman Shot.
Because of small boy who didn't know
his -22-calibre pistol was loaded. Miss
bullet in her right knee for the rest OF
her life Miss Smiths injuries were re-
ceived Yesterday afternoon and were
dressed by DIT. =. +. Wilcox.
A small boy with big bomb was the
cause of serious injury last evening 10
l-year-old Mary Kane, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs John Kane of TWenty-third
East and Tenth South The girl, as a re-
suit OF being thrown from buggy by a
frightened horse is now suffering from
severe bruises and "a nervous shock.
The child had accompanied her older
brother, Maurice, aged d, to All Hsllows
college abOuc $50 o'clock last night.
Young Kane was delivering milk in a light
buggy. He had driven inside the college
enclosure and entered the institute when
miss hleVouS Young American outside
Threw~a big lighted firecracker directly
under the horses feet The animal az
once made a mad dash for the street
The gate was only partly Open and a a
harness and buggy and throwing the little
occupant Of the vehicle to the ground
The girl was picked up by students al
the college and DR. r. n Mayo was sum-
moned After attending the girl at the
college. he ordered her removal to her
home. The cracker thrower was not
Minor Accidents.
Fred Mayues. l4-year-oId son Of J. A.
lIaynes. residing 1T 175 q street. had ais
left hand painfully burned yesterday att
ernoon through the explosion OF a small
dynamite cracker Young MaNnes claims
that he was shooting thescracker off on
Main street. when man distracted his
attention 6y pulling his arm
The lad. who held "a lighted cracker be
tween his fingers. looked around and
Just then the explosion occurred Maynes
called at police headquarters and had vas
cline applied 10 the injured member. Three
OF his fingers were puffed up TO danger
ous looking proportions and the boy was
advised 80 consult a physician lest serious
results ensue-
Among the young ceiebrat0rs who were
burned by powder during the day Were
Roy Williams who was treated by Dr.
Bower: the infant child of Walter &.
Orem the 14-year-0ld boy Of J. II. keaty
and the young son Of Heber D. Mitchell
Vandal Breaks Pane.
Tho Keith-O'Brieu company sustained
q loss of SEQ early yesterday morning
as the result Of an AGA Of vandalism per-
formed BY some Fourth of July celc-
orator Either late Sunday night or
shortly after midnight a pistol bullet Of
small calibre WIS fired through the eN-
pcnsive light The lead cracked the pane
from top 10 bottom Chief Lynch found
il necessary to have the sidewalk d.
rectlv in front of the broken plate guarded
in order to prevent pedestrians from jar
ring against the window and bringing