Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-04-06
ACCIDENTS.

Mrs. Michael Myers of Karns City
fell on the sidewalk last week, and hurt
herself badly.
( Mrs. Berry, of Middlesex - who Is il
her S5th year, fell backwards, down
stairs few days ago. seriously injuring
! herself. She was getting ready to visit
Mrs. Trimble who is also seriously i'll,
at the time Mrs Beery is the widow
of Aaron Beery. and mother of John
Tnrner.
! Geo, Sherman, fell upon the sidewalk
OF W. Cunningham ST., Saturday eve.
was so seriously injured that ne was
taken to the hospital.
One of the twin langhter- of Chas.
| Corbett of Allegheny twp was fatally
burned while playing around the din
! ing room-fire, last Sunday.
Robt Liggins of Cleveland ST. jump
| ed off a street car on Mercer st. while
| it was going, last night, and fell on his
head and was badly cut. An ambn-
! lance was sent for and he was taken to
| the hospital
Geo. Todd Of near Sarversville was
badly bruised and had foot sprained
by run-off and upset, few days ago.
Mrs. Edward Shaw of Brown Ave.
had an arm broken by a fall over
| wheel barrow.
Henry Shira and his son Clyde Of
Washington twp. Friday, were serious
| " injured at the King oil well fire, last
| Friday afternoon. They attempted to
save heavy band wheel by rolling it
away from the burning derrick, but 1t
| got away from them and rolled back
over them crushing Mr.. Shira, aud
breaking his sons leg.
Ira Shoaf, boy employed by New
| Castle firm TO carry street sign IN tne
| shape of duck, was overcome by smoke
| and flames and had close call, last
| Wednesday. The boy met William
Braden, from whom he secured match.
Braden passed on, but CHANGED to look
/ back and saw the duck sign waver and
| fall. Hurrying back, Braden found the
| bow within the sign had been overcome
| by smoke. 1t seems he had cigarette
and must have set fire to the fabric of
the duck in lighting the cigarette.
The Commissioners of Lawrence Co.
have offered a reward for the arrest of
| the murderers of Frederick Zeigler, of
Miles, O., who was found dead along
| the Lake Erie tracks at Wampum. de
| had evidently been murdered for rob
berry and his body placed on the railroad
to conceal the crime.
IL. Mcbride was cut on the head by
| a hook, at we'll on the Petersville dis
drict
Thomas Diver, who lost an arm in an
accident at the Hamilton bottle works
some time ago, is able to be out, after a
| remarkably short stay at the hospital
| for the kind of an injury sustained Mr..
Diver g arm had been torn out by pull
| ley at the factory, but so rapid was his
recovery from the accident and its ef-
fects that he was only at the hospital
| four weeks, much less time than is
| usual for the treatment of victims OF
such an accident
| Because he wanted to see "a real train
| wreck" Royal Grimm, IL years old, SON
| of a well-known resident of Groveton,
near Coraopolis, derailed the Cleve-
| land flyer by placing iron bars and
| coupling pins on the Pittsburg and
| Lake Erie tracks near his home last
| Friday. The train bearing scores of
passengers, on striking the obstruction
| Jumped the rails and after travelling
about 100 yds. over the railroad ties
along dangerous portion OF the road
overlooking steep embankment. came
to sudden stop by the seyering of the
air hose.
The boy who treated the affair as an
excellent joke and appeared disappoipt-
ed as result of his train wrecking ex-
periences, was placed in Jail on charge
of being incorrigible.
Winfield Dean, farmer OF Venango
| County had very trying experience on
| Wednesday afternoon of last week.
Mr.. Dean was in the woods getting out
some logs. In moving large stick his
team made sudden ami unsupported
jerk, causing the log to roll over Mr.
Deans left leg 1t bore the man down
and broke both bones in two places be-
tween the knee and the ankle. Mr..
Dean was alone and beyond calling dis
tance from bis home and at once real
| ized that he mnst act for himself In
some manner, he knows scarcely how,
he rolled the log off his leg. He then
unlocked one Of the horses, got astride
Of the animal and rode 1t to his home.