Evening journal., 1905-07-03
FOOT CRUSHED
BY Set SCREW
Frank Bridgewater Met With
Painful Accident While
Boating
SERIOUS RESULTS NOT FEARED
Special to The Evoning journal.


Brideewater met with a painful injury
yesterday morning.
Bridgewater in company with several
young men. was out on the river in his
plotor-boaf Toledo. and while making a
slip his right foot became cntangled with
. set screw on the coupling of the shaft
tearing away a portion OF his shoe and
lacerating that member.
The boat was at once put into the wharf
and the injured young man was taken
to his home and Or. Wertonbaler sum-
moned. An examination showed that the
foot had been bruised badly and the flesh
torn of by the screw coming IN contact
with Il. No serious results are antici-
pated.
HAND PAINFULLY INJURED.
Matthew sullivan met with a painful
accident while engaged at work at the
Baldt Steel Castings Company on Friday
last sullivan was chipping a casting
when the sharp edge of It came in con-
tact with his left hand cutting It badly
The hand began to swell yesterday and
DR.. Werteabal1er deemed it necessary to
lance tho injured member. Blood poison
ing s feared
rtiREE-wAY PLUGS ARRIVE.
The three-way plugs with which tie
Delaware Water Improvement Conipany
viii replace the two-way plugs Installed
by il, haNo arrived and are unloadcd at
nc sldine along side the poworhouse. The
company began the work Of lcveling Del
aNare street From Fota.n 10 sixth
streets today and the work of rcpavine
ia rest Of the street VIII begin ON We'd
nesday.
NET WITH PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
George Mcdaniel has in his stable a
horse which is owned by him and which
met with peculiar accident on Saturday
night
The animal was being driven IN from
DoDhlnsville on Saturday night when 1t
ooliided with a team going IN the opposite
direction. The horses left hind foot was
pushed between the spoSes OF o wheel Of
the wagon run into and IL was with dir
houlty that It was extracted. Fortunately
the animal did not attempt TO run away
or q would not have escaped with the
slight cuts that IL met with
MAY APPOINT PATRoLMAN.
As tomorrow win be the Fourth Of July
City Council wiz meet in regular session
this evening and transact what business
that comes before 81. There Is possihii-
ity Of Mayor Boyd naming another police.
man although he Is non-commlttai on IN,
subject. There have been several name.
mentioned in connection with the place
among them being those of Aoxandei
and John Mccaughan George wooleson
and James y. White.
VISITORS FAILED TO sHowUP.
Local admirers OF baseball were dis
appointed Saturday afternoon when man
ager Murphy, Of the New Castle club. an
nounced that there would be no game.
The American Steel Casting Company s
team. Of Chester, Pa. was scheduled to
play. but al u O'Clock Saturday morn
ing word was received by phone that the
club would be unable to play owing TO
the fact that four Of its Mayors had quit
fthe team unexpectedly, and that it would
be impossible for the club 20 keep its en-
gagement Manager Murphy al once teio.
phoned 10 Manager Steptow, of the Bran.
dywine club OF Wilmington. and he gave
assurance that he would have his clui
over by o'clock. He failed 90 make good
however. and the 300 fans who had gath
cred ON Battery Park left for their home.
badly disappointed.
FOURTH WILL BE QUIET.
An indications here point to ouie.
Fourth. The Steel Companies closed al
noon Saturday until Wednesday morn
ing. or the so men who are employed al
the mills, two-thirds OF them come from
Chester and Reading, pa. Fully 800 OF thil
number left Saturday for their home.
and win not return until wednesda,
morning
The sale OF fireworks so far has beer
small as dealers say that they have Con,
but little business. Many persons will "a
away for the day and no trouble Is an.
ticipated.
There viii be two games Of han 10.
morrow between New Castle and Nadi
son A. A.. Of Chester The first gam.
VIII be called at 1890 in the morning and
the second at 3.l5 in the afternoon. Ne
Grory win pitch for the locals in IN,
morning and Hobbs or Nowlove in IN,
afternoon. The visiting team aocompanie,
by a number OF rooters viii come to TN,
p. r. crossing IN a special car from
Chester and will be met at that poin
by a special OF the local line. It Is ox
pected that there win be a large deieEa
ton Of chesterites come down 10 witnes
the game and visit friends who are en-
ployed In the steel works here.
X OF p. ELECT OFFICERS.
At a meeting OF Adelphia Lodge. Nc
8. X. Of p, the following officers wcr
elected; Rev. c. W. Prettyman, ID. ID
chancellor commander. J. Amos Collins
vice-commander. Charles Heintz. preiat..
weldin c. vining. keeper Of records an,
seals; George NJ. Kern. keeper OF ex
chequer; Patrick J. Ahren. master "a
finance. Theodore cavendcr. master O
work: William Lewis. master at arms
Joseph T. Cannon. Inside guard: o;eorc
Williams, outside guard. patrick
Ahern. widows and orphans committe
for IS months; James H. Bennett. trusse
for lsmonths: Patrick J. Ahern. rcnressn
tatye 10 the Grand Lodge.
on A CRUISE TO NEW York
Daniel Webster ana his family includin
Mrs. Webster their two sons and thel
wives lett on Saturday for 4 trip to Ne,
York II. the yacht Santa Maria. The
viii 4nain until the l4((vEt>of N
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