New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
ACCIDENTS NUMBER All
IN md NEAR THIS CITY.
ctrou BulIets Cause Many Injuries,
ne DO BuckShOt.

and one--a44 .,i,, ct Roosevelt Hospital from
- ..oeIred on Sunday afternoon wrlie ""'e-i-
D = .,nlode frecracHers In 'front.' OF hei ho'ie-
ig match thrown by one OF the boys ishi'ea
4 uehtfD - sss md she was enYeloped in flames.
TIC ' 80. vas burned painfully IN tearing the
lining dress from the child
blrlrf LOSE BOTH HANDS-One OF the most
.-,,.1 .coiderts OF the day occurred when Mich
LAS Muccia aged thirteen. o. St NlehoIss-aEe.
"a Ore-huudred-a -tWTenty-h1th-st.. vas ABOUT
s,.,b0rge & small brass cannon. The boy lives
80 his father a fruiterer. Soon after 2 O'CLOCK
lys Young Muccia was Tamulins charge hoIe'
there was a premature explosion. He had not re,
oves all the burned matter from the cannon anu
he fresh powder took FIRE. His left hano Mas
hIoW-n 10 shreds while the right hand was SO jay
injured that Il viii have 10 be amputaueo'
Van Wrinkle Of the Harlem Hospital. cared 40I ZIG
injured boy.
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED BY STRAY Bull
rFr-Mrs Bridget Walsh, a widow. thlr'S-flliie
years old. Of No. zs East Forty-secona-s' We" 't
shot and dangerously wounded while situns on inc
.ront steps at her home. supposedly by stray
bullet She has been IN poor health, and hao gone
ont for fresh air. She had been there snort ulhe
,z,re, she fell forward. bleeding DR.. Taylor was
.,,,v,oned with an ambulance from Flower Hospi-
,sl He found z bullet wound in the woman
breast and advised her go 10 the hospital Tor
treatment, as the wound was dangerous she de-
clired and remained at home.
F4TT BY BTCKsHOT FROM CANNON--Georse
Rothrerael six years old. OF No. l4S second-aVe
Is in Flower Hospital suffering from severe WOUNDS
in the waist and the leg. Jacob Becker, fourteen
years old OF No % East SeTenty-siNth-st-' @ln
Emil Kuehne sixteen years old. OF No 1914 second
ave had been celebrating al Secono-aVe ana sew
rty-seventh-st. by firing OF two small cast IRON
cannon After firing them of several times they
loaded them with buckshot and fred them AZ
building The Rothreuel boy was attracted by the
roisa ana watched the other boys several minutes
FIe got in front OF the cannon Just as they went
OF and the buckshot struck him IN the leg and
waist He fell TO the street unconscious. The two
boys arrested
MAY LOSE HER EYE FROM BLANK CAR.
FRIDGE woUND-The police OF the East TWEEN
ty-secoud-st station are seeking Angelina Vrgilo.
e seVenteen-y ear-od girl. who. they say. fired
blank cartridge yesterday in her stepmothers face.
which may cause the woman 10 lose the sight OF
the left eye. The older woman. Contatta Eirgilio,
thirty-tWo years old. and the girl had not been
friendly terms for time. While Contatta Viz
Clio was sitting by her window in the afternoon.
the girl entered the room and going close 10 her
sIepmother pointed the revolver loaded with
'blanks' in the wonan's face. and. It is alleged.
fred. Then abe fed. The shot or wad caused
painful powder burns the wonan's face and
The doctors at Bellevue Hospital. where the woman
was taken, said she might lose the sight OF
eye.
CONES NEAR LOSING MOST OF HIS NOSE
Max Cohen. sixteen years Old OF No 5m East
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nose yesterday, when q nal. about two inches
long, discharged from pistol with 2 blank car
fridge, struck that member. He was celebrating
the holiday in front OF No 800 East Eighty-eghth-
with another boy. whose name he would not
give to the police. This boy placed Z blank car
fridge in his pistol and nail, too. and uninter-
tonslly sent the contents into Cohen's nose. Dr.
BroNL replaced the torn lobes OF the nose end took
the boy to the Presbyterian Hospital The other
boy disappeared. and the police could not md
him.
HIT BY BULLET IN THE JAw.-Mrs. Louisa
De Luoa, twenty-five years DID, was staining in
her window or the second floor Of No. II Mott-st
when stray bullet hit her II the upper Jaw tract
nring the bone. She removed to Hudson
Street Hospital. The police were unable 10 nud
where the shot from.
FIEE-YEARiOLD BOY IN FIGHT-Dominicl1
Frank. four years CID, and Tony Conoo. five years
Old both having toy pistols got into A fight IN
'front.' OF their homes No. rs Baxter-st, last
evening about some cartridges Dominick was
struck on the head by Tony with his little pistol
Ihe hlo~ cut open Dontnicks scalp. II was sewed
Up oy an ambulance Eurgeoa. Tony taken
home and spanked
SHOT POLICEMAN-Louis Levy, twenty
ffTee years old. OF No 81 East Tenth-st, was dis
charging revolver in front Of No 2 Avenue Q
wnen ne shot Pat-olman Joseph Van Wort OF the
Cnon Market station. in the left SIDE OF the neck
me wound was flesh and after being at
he bsC
octE- Levy Was arrested.
TWO CHILDREN PEPPERED BY sHoT-rwo
children were peppered with birdshot al Gold and
Hilary sts- Brooklyn late in the afternoon. They
were Walter oBrien, three years old. and ~
were Sear-old sister Agnes. OF No. rs Gold-st.
che got half dozen wounds IN the face. and two
o The shot lodged in the boys cheek and Both
children were attended by ambulance surgeon
from The Cumberland Street Hospital and taken
one. The shot said 10 have come frora z
- cs.inre -evover. which was being discharged in
Ire street by fireman.
CIGARETTE FALLS INTO POWDER CAN
lighted cigarette dropped into Of powder
IN tic cellar at No SIS Fifth-ave. Brooklyn
'hc powder 10 take FIRE and fare UP. burning
Toy seriously. He was Frank Ruby. eighteen years
Old y 10. 81 Twentieth-st. that borough The
police report that the cigarette was dropped by
Games McCutcheon. Of No "a Twenteth-st Sew
sral hoys standing around the can al the time
hat tumged back out OF danger Ruby. who was on
ard hands and taken TO the seney Hospital.
RETURN TO FIND HOME BURNED.-while
MFs. Madeline Twyford and family. OF Franklin
Fl, near Llaen-ave.. Hampstead. Long Island
"e-e spending The Fourth at Point Lookout Beach,
nor house caught fire from the explosion OF fire.
crackers aid damaged 10 the extent OF nearly
&59o The house locked Up. and the flames
ne Ne ea,en jnrough the upper portion on Il before
heT children returned from their outing their home
Nas a mass OF ruins.
hit by STRAY BULLET.--Ethel Smith. ten
years Old Of No. ia Eagle-st. Greenpoint. who
was spending the Fourth with her parents at the
nome 81 Rowland Rees, IN East Rutherford " J..
wac perhaps fatally shot there yesterday after
noon while sleeping in a hammock the front
porch A bullet struck the side OF the house then
STUCK the child in the back. passing into the lungs
Ae parents OF the child stood by. Coroner
Morgan has the OF two ne!ghbors who had
neen shooting a target The men hurried to
-" bedside OF the child when told of the accident.
"a We're much Oncerned- The girl in a
c-lucai condition last evening.