Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-07-20
ACCIDENTS.

VIM. Partridge of Mckee * Co. ma
chinests at billiards. had his right
hand badly lacerated and some fingers
cut off by circular saw, last Friday.
Solomon Andre an oil-pumper. and
his wife lived in a little house near
Bruin, with no near neighbors. Solo
mon went to Bruin last Friday after
noon and upon bis return found his
wife living dead in the yard, almost
burned 10 crisp. Her clothing had
taken fire from the kitchen stove, and
she had ran into the yard, where she
was burned to death.
Frank Zowkac, the dustman at the
Car Works. who was struck by a
switching engine. last Friday, died at
the Hospital, Saturday.
Philip Paul of Rochester, Pa. was
electrocuted in the barroom of hotel,
last Friday, by touching an electric fan
on one end of the bar. The fan had be-
come heavily charged with electricity
as result of storm that afternoon,
but lust how the deadly circuit was
formed has not been determined. The
dead man was "a years old and had
been employed as a travelling salesman
by Pittsburg homeopathic drug store
Miss Edith Hawn, daughter of H. A.
Hawn, proprietor of store at Fair
view, had both wrists and her collar
bone broken and one ankle spralned
badly, last Thursday. by stepping into
an open elevator shaft and falling from
the second floor to the cellar. She lay
unconscious for an hour after the accl-
dent
David Scott of Freeport was struck
by train at Natrona Tuesday evening
and was killed. He served in Co. G.,
18th Pa. Reserves during the Civil war.
Jimmy Wise, aged IS years. son of
Will Wise of Penn twp had an ankle
cut by moving machine the otner
day He was helping to lift the cutter,
bar over a stump, at the time, and
stumbled in front of it.
The breaking of neck-yoke caused
| the team of Seward BARLEY OF Bufler
twp. to become unmanageable, Tues
| day, and run away. Then the king
/ bolt came ont and the team ran through
| barbed wire fence. and one OF the
horses fell dead The accident happen
ed in the grain field, and Seward was
| thrown from the load and had an ankle
sprained.
Z. C. Austin lately an engineer at the
| Morris Works at West Winfield, died
at the Hospital, Monday night, the re-
| suit of an accident which happened at
| the works some days ago While Mr..
Austin was oiling the engine from a can
| with long spout his hand was caught
| by the belt and the spout forced up
| through his chin, into his mouth. The
| wound was not considered serious at
the time, but blood-poisoning set IN and
he was brought to the Hospital. His
| body was taken to Tyrone, Pa, his
| former home
| The "open switch got in its work IN
\ Butler county, Tuesday, and wrecked
| Conductor Kamerer's train on its way
| from Erie to Butler, and due here at
| 11:3O am The switch at Queen 8
/ junction was open when it shonld nave
been shut, and the passenger train
rounded the curve and dashed into a
| freight train standing on the switch.
Engineer Brown saw the open switch
| in time to apply the air brakes, and
jump, but both engines were smashed,
and the passengers badly bumped. Ine
engineer and fremen Lang both jump
ed, received some cuts and bruises, and
the following passengers were hurt:
Jos Price, Sharon; Jos. A. Ganter,
| Pittsburg; A. Crawford. Conneaut; u.
ID. and J. M. Dingman, Gallery; L. ID.
Williams, Oil City; Mrs. A. D. Knapp
and baby, Frazier; Chas. Van Horn,
Munhall; Mrs. A. NJ. Frick, Wilkins
Il burg.