Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-07-06
Madison, July s.

II boys received painful, some serious,
Injuries Monday night. The acci.
dent occurred In front OF the oriental
store of On Sing, 300 State street. The
injured
Howard Ennis, aged Q, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Ennis, 400 West John
son street Face, neck and both hands
seriously burned.
James Dineen, aged 10, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Dineen. l1S North
Broom street. Face badly burned.
William Shaughnessy, aged IA, son
of police Captain and Mira. Thomas
shaughnessy, Ala West Dayton street.
Face badly burned.
Harry Hamacher, aged 10, son OF
Peter Hamacher, Mililin and Henry
streets. Face, chest and back badly
burned.
Ray Conlin, aged Ia. and Matthew
ConIin, aged 10, sons Of Mr. and Mrs,
Matthew W. Conlin, 42S West john
son street Ray received serious
burns I'm the face. Hair slnged. Mat
thew sustained lesser injuries In tho
face.
William Gaffney, aged Is, son OF
Mrs. Margaret Il. Galfney "a North
Henry street. Left eye painfully
burned.
Ralph O'Keefe, aged 16, ANA Edgar
O'Keefe, aged IA, sons of Mrs, Loretta
O'Keefe, AIT State street. Ralph got
his left hand badly burned. Edgar was
painfully injured In the face. Leo,
brother OF the two boys was also In
the crowd when the accident happened,
but he received no injuries.
Cecil Mead, aged Is. son OF Mr.. and
MIS-. Nathaniel w. Mead Face burned
FrIohtful Scene.
The powder was bought IN the store
of On Sing Ray Conin lighted some
fuse, which he held In his hand, Tho
fuse dropped into the powder, causing
the explosion. A frightful scene fol
lowed. The injured boys became fran
tic with pain. Their faces we've black
iiCm powder ana some of them were
beyond recognition.
injured lie suffered great pain. lie
was taken to his home In the ambu-
lance and DR.. Clarke Gapon applied n
local application to relieve his pain In
spite of his serious injuries the little
fellow was exceedingly patient. The
only complaint he made was against the
burning of lamp In the room when
the doctor worked on him,
At the time Of the explosion the
shirt OF the Dincen BOY caught fire,
Though he suffered greatly from the
burns on his face he maintained pres
ence Of mind ana ierkol the shirt Off.
Or. Gapen cared for ain
~ Clothes Badly Burned,
hamnchcrs clothes were SO badly
burned that he had to borrow clothing
10 get home. He was taken to the
dental rooms of Or. $. II, Chase over
so2 State street. Later he ran to his
home. DR.. j. II. Gin dressed his
wounds, The doctor worked over the
boy for more than two hours.
VIII Not Lose Eyesleht.
were also taken to Or Chase's Office.
The doctor gave them temporary re-
lief by the application OF vasoline
Ennis was unconscious part Of the
time The O'Keefe boys were removed
to their home across the street and
cared for by DR.. Joseph =. Donovan.
Shaughnessys wounds We're dressed
h.yI H. I ~ I ,t.N I,Et ,I.Ylt
II was reported that none of the vic
tins would lose their eyesight. They
will be confined to the house for some
time but no fatal results will develop.
Tears Hole In Cement Walk.
The force of the explosion was so
terrific that It bored large hole In
the cement walk. Conflicting stories
were told as to how the accident hap.
pened. Some OF the injured boys
aeemcd to want to shift the blame on
to On Sing They declared that he
sold them the wrong powder Captain
Shaughnessy made thorough inyes-
tigation and learned from Ray Conlin
that a lighted fuse came into contact
with the powder. No action win be
brought against the Chinaman On
Sings boy was also with the boys
when the accident took place, hut he
sustained no injuries
Lend Timely Assistance.
Among the first to arrive ON the
scene were Emil A. Hartmann and
John ]. Pecher. DR.. Chase, who acci
dentally happened to be In his Office
Immediately threw open the doors
when he learned what had happened