Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-07-12
ACCIDENTS.

Wallace Hllllard was hurr, DuI noJ
seriously, at Wick's planning mill, the
other day.
Anthony Sheridan of New Castle is a
wonder. Several years ago he fell fifty
feet from the top of stack and escaped
serious injury; last Spring he fell
seveuty-five feet from the roof Of
factory and got up and walked away;
and last week he was run over and
mangled by street-car and is booked
for recovery. He was nearly killed
when child by fall from cherry
tree.
The intervention of tree prevented
trolley car of the Butler Passenger
Railway Co. from plunging over an
embankment into the lake at Alameda
Park during the Catholic picnic. The
front truck left the track while round
ing the curve. Four people were slightly
injured.
Joseph Swilak, Polander. % years of
age. was crushed to death in stone
quarry at Sherwin, on the Bessemer,
last week.
A vicious dog attacked and bit a
Young son of Jacob Winter, the tailor,
severely, last week, near the Kramer
livery.
Charles Denny of Ziegler Ave. was
struck in the eye by a piece OF steel
while at work in the Evans Manufactur-
| ing works, July 9Th.
Thomas Galloway of near Prospect
was thrown from his wagon in Butler,
| last Saturday and at first was thought
to be seriously injured. His team
frightened at an automobile and
plunged to one side of the street. Mr.
galloway held on to the lines and was
dragged from his wagon, falling upon
his head and shoulders. He was carried
into a grocery and given medical at
tention and soon recovered.
VIM. Sapp. a member of the Butler
Base ball team. was hit on the head at
Cumberland, Md. with a base ball bat,
and is lying in the hospital there.
Alfred Mcconnell was kicked by
horse and had his leg broken in the
sta BILE of Oscar Seton in Clinton twp,
Tuesd ay, and was brought to the
Hospi tai, yesterday.
Eoyty American tourists were in the
wlocn o. .nglish express train at
Salisbury, Eng, on the 1st; and one
Pennsylvania, and several Ohioans
and New Workers (23 in ally were killed.
Lawrence Stoner. a son of VIM. j.
Stoner of Clay twp. was scalded to
death by the explosion of boiler at a
well near Woodsville, Ohio, on Friday,
the 7th. ult. He is survived by his wife
nee McMichael, and five children.
A two-year-old child of Thomas III.
Nc Guirk was run over by milk-wagon
on Saturday the Both, ult.
John Caldwell of Lyndora had leg
broken at the Car Works on the 9th,
ult, by the fall of pile of iron bars.
W. B. Patterson, a driller of Butler.
lately had leg broken by being hit
by train.
Kelly Stuart son of w. B. Stuart Of
West D. st. had his face and eyes pain
fully burned by giant cracker.
A falling sky rocket stick struck
Harry Anderson, Jr., of e. Pearl st. in
fiicting painful wound on the child's
head.
While Lawrence Robinson of Cliff st.
was shooting fire crackers his clothing
caught fire and he was painfully burned
about the abdomen
Lester Dart of Buena Vista had one
eye completely destroyed by sky
rocket striking hin.
Carrie Craig. young lady living near
Chicora, ate lunch of which canned
beans formed a generous part, and was
in a critical condition for some time
after from tin poisoning.
W. L. Gruver of Green st. had
thumb torn off by a chainu while un.
loading drilling tools from his wagon.
Frank Slater, father of former Tax
Collector d. A. Slater. fell from a barn
loft at the Jacob GeiDel farm in Oak
land twp. where he was fiddling for
dance, and had q leg broken.
Arthur McMurry, aged six years, of
the West End, fell from street.car and
was painfully injured
Geo. Horan, Tonawanda, n. Y
boy, fell between the moving cars of
freight train, near Gallery junction.
last Monday evening. and was instantly
killed. His body was brought to
Butler and his parents were notified.