The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-05

y THE INJURED. =
= Ralph Bricl0ner. sergeant company y
= T, Twenty-ninth infantry Left eve i
= injured by explosion Of giant crack y
= er. May lose eyesight. =
T. +. Corners. 3 years old Index =
= finger and thumb Of right hand lac =
: Grated by premature explosion of =
= giant cracker. =
= John Blaine. Il years old. Right :
= hand burned by powder. =
= John Anderson, Il years old Gun =
= shot wound in right foot. Taken to 7
y L. D. S. hospital.
= F. NJ. Morris, N years old. Face y
y and head badly burned by powder eX- y
= plosiOn- At L. ID. s. hospital Con- y
y dition serious.
! J. Keougb, 4s years old. Right leg :
y and hand torn by explosion of toy y
= cannon. At L. d. s. hospital +
\ r. Ryan. Face burned by giant :
<cracker. Not serious. Taken home =
\ - Berg. rs years old. Hand in =
= Jured by explosion of a cartridge, y
= Earl May. Right foot injured by =
= explosion of a toy cannon.
y - Christensen, Center street. Shot y
y off part of right index finger with y
= toy pistol. =
+ Edward Jorgensen. Fell from scenic \
4 railway car at Salt Palace. Face cut y
= open and leg broken. 4
=
ing marred the festivities of the Fourth.
From all parts Of the city came reports
of minor accidents. due to the premature
explosion of fireworks. but the number
appears smaller than in former years
One of the most seriously injured is F.
NJ. Morris, son Of Bishop Morris, whose
face was Iacerated ana powder burned.
when blast that he was preparing went
grff a ff limo frn -
thrown several feet away and il was fear
ed that both eyes had been destroyed. He
was taken to the L. ID. S hospital where
it was said that he is in a serious cOndi-
tiOp.
Sergeant Ralph Brickner, from Fort
Douglas, may lose one of his eyes as the
result Of 2 Joke on the part Of some
boys Wednesday night. While watching
the display of fireworks along Main street
Brickner did not notice several boys. who
had thrown large giant cracker at his
feet. 1t exploded. knocking the man from
from his feet. Pieces of dirt and stone
lodged in his eye. along with the powder.
He was taken to a physicians office in a
carriage and later taken to the hospital
ut Fort Douglas.
Cases which were not thought of SUI
fiCient Importance to demand medical at
tentiOn yesterday may develop seriously.
Nearly all the physicians in Salt Lake
were called upon to give attention To some
injury cases. many of slight Importance.
A Bad Combination.
peculiar accident happened to a boy
named Berg yesterday. on Third North
and Third West streets. Berg was firing
firecrackers off in a small cartridge and
the cap had not been exploded. 1t ex-
pioded at the same time the fire cracker
did. and the explosion sent small piece
of the metal through Berg's hand II en-
tered the fleshy part of the hand and
came out between the thumb and the in
dex finger. DIT. Lombard. who is attend
ing the boy. thinks he will escape lockjaw.
Earl Mays foot was badly injured yes
terday by the explosion of "A toy cannon.
He was attended by Dr. A. 5. Bower, who
removed a small piece Of the bone.
Edward JOTgensen. about 80 years old.
living at I'll West Fifth South street, fell
from a car on the scenic railway at the
Salt Palace last night about 1873 O'Clock.
as the car made turn on the second loop
Of the road. and sustained ugly frac-
ture of his right leg, just above the knee.
and cut his nose to the bone.
The patrol wagon took the injured man
to st. Marks hospital, where he was at
tended by Dr. Samuel c. Paul
The officials in charge of the railway q
the Salt Palace say the man got into the
car alone and it is presumed he became
dizzy. Last night on his way to the hos
pital he admitted he had been drinking
before getting on the railway