The Washington times., 1906-07-04
ACCIDENTS MANY.
BUT NONE FATAL
FireCraCkerS, as Usual, Cause
Nearly All of Holiday
Hurts.
SMALL BOY SUFFERED MOST
Numerous Instances Of Burned Fin
gers and Lacerated
Hands.

The celebration Of the nations natal
I day was ushered in with all the spec
/ taculGr incidents which makes the day
memorable. The usual trainload Of holi-
/ day 'jEgs' came under the observation
/ OF the police. When disorderly they were
/ placed behind the bars and given an
/ opportunity 20 indulge IN a bit OF sober
| reelection.
/ Casualties resulting from the reck-
/ less handling of fireworks resulted in
] scores of burned hands and scorched
! faces. AT all OF the hospitals extra pro-
! vision was made for the treatment of
/ prospective victims. 4 great many small
] children. who received burnt fingers and
! hands. because Of the exploded hrecrack-
/ er. did not require treatment at the hos
/ pitals
Small boys placing torpedOes on the
car tracks was the source OF much an
noyance TO the police and several ar
/ rests We're made in such cases. but be
cause of the tender years OF the boys
they were released.
Maj. Richard Sylvester was al Police
Headquarters during the day. manifest
/ ing considerable interest in the Incl
dents of the day coming to the atJen-
| tion of the police.
FlTeWdteI and t1IeCTaCkeFS.
! \ man under theinhuence Of "fre-
/ water got funny this morning and in
| consequence of his exuberance was
/ badly burned by the explosion of
powder. He was seeking 20 amUse a
/ crowd of children by holding in his
| hand a lighted pack of hrecrackers.
/ His face and hands were seriously
| burned and he was taken to the Emer-
/ gency Hospital. He refused 70 give
/ his name.
Andrew Morris, fifteen years old. liv-
| ing at 455 Massachusetts avenue, while
playing with an overcharged toy can
non was severely burned about the
/ face, some of the powder entering his
| cheek Physicians at the Homeopathic
Hospital dressed his wound.
! John Perry, fourteen years old, 1sl
! Pierce Place northwest is laid UP with
/ a Iacerated right arm because Of the
careless handling of a sizzling mass of
J Ifrecrackers. He also sustained powder
burns about the face. He was taken
\ 10 the Homeopathic Hospital.
! Joseph Daley. ten years, OF 12l5 Twen-
/ ty-ninth street northwest, got mixed uT
/ with a buucn of firecrackers and his
/ hands We're burned He was taken %
the Georgetown Hospital.
/ John c. Swami, twenty-siX years old.
of 7Of street. while lighting an over
/ charged cannon was burned on the face
and arms. He was treated at the
/ Julius White. colored, POI F street
northwest, was painfully burned by
powder, and the physicians at the
/ Emergency Hospital dressed his wounds.
Hand Badly Lacerated.
/ Henry Goldsmith. eleven years old. Of
700 u street northwest, had his left
hand badly Iaeerated by an exploded
Ihrecracker. He was taken to the Emer-
! gency,
I Louis Perror, thirty-seven years old,
/ living at 635 Pickford street northeast,
/ was badly burned about the fingers by
| an exploding cannon.
/ Charles Bowes. aged thirteen. OF 705 b
/ street southeast, was taken TO the Emer-
] genCy Hospital with severe powder
/ burns on the hands and face.
/ John Crabalet, thtrty-ft-e years old.
1 of 7O4 c street northwest. had his face
! badly laCerated
! Several colored boys got into pro-
/ lOngcd melee this morning in Jackson s
/ alley northwest, and 70 add 10 the
gayety OF nations. several came out OF
/ the disturbance with bruised heads
I Martin Howard, colored. sixteen year.
( old. and Masters Thompson were found
by the police of the Sixth precinct IN