The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
in THE ORANGES
Many Fingers Burned, Eyes Damaged
Bones Broken and Wounds Re-
ceived from Pistols.

Many accidents occurred IN the Oranges
yesterday, but no fatalities. Orange Ne
mortal Hospital did a rushing business and
all the doctors had their hands full.
John Moody, Is years old, of 50 Mckinley
avenue, East Orange, got too close to an
exploding giant 1recracker yesterday and
the flying explosive destroyed the sight OF
his left eye. He was taken to the Me-
mortal Hospital. Orange.
Lucy Slater. the 3-year-old child of John
Slater, of 207 Cleveland street, Orange,
tried to chew a toy torpedo yesterday and
had her little lips and cheek badly torn by
the hig explosive. DIR. C. e. Bowling, 1863
Day street, was called and is still treating
the child. She is getting along nicely.
Thomas Monica, 4 years old, OF 81 ESSAY
avenue, Orange, ran across the street near
his home yesterday as ]. p. Gmelner, of 19
Liberty street, Orange Valley, drove
along Essex avenue. There was a fusillade
of revolver shots and the horse reared and
knocked the little fellow down and a
wagon ran over him. The child was hur-
rIed to the Memorial Hospital, Orange,
where 1t was found the child had a frac-
tured leg and other bruises. Gmeiner was
escorted to the police station by Samuel
Paddi to avoid any attack by Italians in
the street.
Peter McGoey, son of Letter-carrier Nc
Goey, bit a torpedo cap yesterday to make
1t TIT into his toy pistol and got a badly
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Joseph Walla. of ISL Essex venue, Or
ange. shot himself in the left hand with a
bullet yesterday and he was sent to the
Orange Memorial Hospital. A man passing
by promptly confscated the boys revolver
"Wednesday night Jacob Weber, an Or
ange business man, was shooting off loaded
cartridges that his son Harry, IL years old
who was to get the gun, might avoid injury
when the child stepped In the range of Tho
bullets and he was shot In the groin. Th'
lad is. on the way to recovery at she Me
mortal Hospital, Orange.
Veronica Rogers, Z years old, of q Tay'
lor street, Orange, was watching othel
children shooting flrecrackers near hei
home yesterday, and one cracker flew OIL
her dress, setting fire to the flimsy ma
terial. In a moment the child's clothing
was a mass of flames, and she ran scream
ing toward her house. The other chill
dren rave the alarm, and the residents rar
to the child and beat out the flames
which had begun to make cruel inroads
into the child's tender flesh. The little
one was rushed to st. Mary's Hospital
Orange, where her injuries were quickly
attended to. The child's flesh was badly
burned in several places, and her condi'
ton is said to be serious.
William Morrow, is years old, or AZ Lin.
wood place, Orange, was badly burned
about the face and eyes yesterday, but
after treatment at the Memorial Hospital
Orange, was able to go home.
John Mulvihill, 10 years old. of Lincoln
avenue and Mechanic street, Orange, sus-
tanned a painful injury to his right hand
yesterday, caused by a blank cartridge
explosion. He was treated at the Memoria
Hospital, Orange.
John Sterling, 13 years Did, of Q Sterling
| street, West Orange, was injured in the
hand yesterday and treated at the Me
mortal Hospital, Orange.
Jesse Leva, 4 years old, of 172 Essex ave
nue., Orange, had injuries to his face ant
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Orange.
Daniel vardillo, IT years old, of / joyce