Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-07-05
TWO PERSONS ARE BADLY
INJURED BY EXPLOSION
OF FIREWORKS

child who at first was thought to have
been killed, is the result of trying to
put off fireworks on the plaza, at
point where anyone can get close to
the stand upon which the display is
being made.
Lambert Butt, a carpenter living on
Sheldon street, was the unfortunate to
receive a broken leg, and a boy here
with his mother, named RepoIa Sup
pata, whose father is an employee of
the United Verde Copper company, is
the lucky child to escape death.
The first known of there having
been something wrong with Gus Ros-
enberg and his fireworks was when the
box containing the supply that he
expected to put off at that time was
seen to become lighted and cleared the
platform on which he with Butt was
standing.
In less time than one can realize
the lighted box began to explode, and
all that is to be learned of the exact
manner in which the man and boy
were injured is largely conjecture.
Those who were close by ran away,
and they knew little or nothing of the
result of the explosion, and the people
on the nearby sidewalks made haste
to get within doors. 1t is surmised
that the lad was hit in the back of
the head by one of the exploding roc
kets.
Rosenberg fell from the PLATFORM
without serious injury, but the car
penter Butt was found with badly
shattered right leg, designated in sur
gerry as a compound fracture. The limb
was broken below the knee a little
above the ankle, and when the man
was picked up and brought into the
sheriff's office he was suffering in
tense pain. Doctors Southworth,
Smfth.-And Looney were in attendance
when the accident was first reported,
and a moment. after Butz was brought
to the office of the sheriff Dr. Thorn
ason of Fort Whipple was on the scene.
A temporary bandage was put on
the broken limb, and DR.. Thomas sent
for seven soldiers to carry the in.
jured man to Mercy Hospital, where
the wound could be properly treated
The wife of the injured man was at
the side of the cot shortly after he
was brought to the county building
and accompanied the cot to the hos
pital
I ButzsHTas ON the Platform to assist
! in disDharging the fireworks. WheI
the explosion came he jumped, strik
ing a timber, and his leg doubling un
der hiRaas heafen. Even with brok
! en- leg, he arose and succeeded in run
ming several yards, Nnen he succumb
ed and fell PROSTATE on the ground.
y The Second Victim.
| A Mexican boy apparently about II
I years of age, was the second victim Of
the accident, and was found lying un
+ conscious in the path to the east Of
| the stand where the fireworks were dis
played.
The child was totally unconscious
and gasping for breath. when picked
up and carried into the county build
ing. AT first no one could identif,
the little fellow, and with the officia
arrogance that seems to go with hi
badge of office, Sheriff Lowry would
not allow a Journal-Miner reporter t,
enter; the sacred precincts of his off
eisl residence.
On, some pretense not made plain t.
people who were anxious to try t,
identify the little stranger, Lowr,
stubbornly refused to allow anyone t,
look at the child, although later he per
! mitted few children who he though
might help him, to look at the sui
feEer.
A courteous request on the part of
reporter to speak to the attending doe
tors was of no avail, and it SCENE,
that it was only by scratch that tn
child's mother was permitted to lool
at her son.
The boy recovered consciousness pro
baby half an hour after he was picke'
up, and Immediately gave signs q
being delirious. 4 large lump oil
the back of his head Just above tn
neck showed where the child had beel
struck by rocket or some such piee
of fireworks that exploded on the plat
form.
After the boy had shown signs of re
covering he began to talk in wild wa,
of jerome and his mother, in a shor
time telling his own name.