Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-12-01
ACCIDENTS.

Homer, a son of Thomas Gibson OF
Penn twp, met with sad death. last
| Friday afternoon. His parents were at
| the funeral of friend at the time. and
Homer undertook TO haul in some logs
| from the woods for irewood. He went
| to the woods with horse aud sled, and
seems to have succeeded in putting
| log on the sled, when for some reason
not known it rolled over upon him, pin
! ing him to the ground AID breaking his
| neck. His sister found him, sometime
after. living face downwards upon the
ground, with the log yet resting upon
! him. and upon removing the log saw
that he was dead Help was summon
ed immediately, but nothing could be
done.
Homer was IA years of age and was
bright and industrious boy, and the
| family have the sympathy of all in their
| sad af1iiction.
A team driven by Lewis Monnaie OF
near Greece City, took fright on Brady
ST., Wednesday evening, and dashed
down that street and into Clay st
| where the buggy was dashed to pieces
and Monnaie thrown out, but not seri-
ously injured.
il Coffman, B. & o. brakeman,
| had foot run over, last "Wednesday,
and was taken TO the Hospital.
A party of hunters from Sharpsburg,
| left the West Penn train at HARRISON
Station, on Wednesday of last week,
| and shortly after one of them shot an
| others leg full of shot, while they We're
| getting over a fence. The wounded
| man was taken to Freeport and after
wards to Pi,tsburg hospital, but died
that night. His name was VIM. Popp,
aged 80 years.
| Chas. Moser of Lincoln Way was ac-
cidently shot in the leg by gun in the
| hauds of companion, Al Greenert,
| THANKSGIVING afternoon, while the two
men were crossing small stream IN
Parker twp. The wounded man was
taken to North Washington as soon as
possible, and afterwards brought to the
Butler Hospital.
| On Saturday night it was deemed
best to amputate the wounded leE,
| though his condition was considered
critical, and he gradually grew weaker
until Monday morning, when he died
He was 81 years of age, and was an 81.
| well shooter, and was esteemed by all
| who knew him.
Geo HOLMAN, of Concord twp, had
three ribs broken by the kick of horse,
last Saturday.
VIM. Rossman of Concord twp, was
bandly cut on the head, last Saturday,
by being thrown from his buggy by a
frightened horse.
Geo. B. Butterworth's house, on the
Divener farm, in Donegal twp, mile
west of Millerstown, was destroyed by
fire last Saturday. The origin of the
fire is unknown, as the whole upper
story was in flames when discovered.
No one was injured but nearly every
thing burned. The entire loss is about
thousand dollars. and besides this Mr.
Butterworth is said to have had 300 IN
cash in the house, which burned,
Edward C. Freisen. aged years. oi
Washington St, found some poisoned
meat in the house, last Friday, and ate
it, but was saved by prompt medical at
tention.
| Jury Commissioner A. o. Eberhart
had the tip of the index finger of his
right hand clipped off under the king
bolt of a wagon last week.
| David Pierce slipped and fell on 8
walk at his home near the south enc
of Lyndora, Sunday, and had the mis-
fortune to brake the bone of his LEFT
arm close to the shoulder joint. Owing
to Mr.. Pierce's advanced age, eighty
five years, his physician has little nope
of the broken bone knitting.