Evening star., 1907-07-05
GOTHAM'S RECORD DAY
CELEBRATIONS AND CASUALTIES
KEPT EVERY ONE BUSY.

KEPT EVERY ONE BUSY.
New York led all the cities of the United
States in the number of killed and injured
Ten persons are dead in that city, while
six more are so seriously hurt that it Is
expected they will die within few hours.
At the New York hospitals 423 injured per-
sons were treated. No record was made
of the number of dispensary cases cared
for.
There were 116 fires in Greater New York
during the day. These figures break all
Fourth of July records for the big metrop-
oils.
Pittsburg New York close second in
the grim race, nine persons yielding up
their lives on the altar of frenzied pa
triotism.
Chicago. although the second city OF the
country, added only two dead to the ma
tion's total.
Springfield, ILL.,. supplied three victims.
Cha than, ILL.,, two. and Aberdeen, 8. D.,
two.
The total number of injured. 2.153. is un-
der last years figures. which were 2, ,7S0.
Deadly Toy Pistol.
The figures show that this year. as last,
the most of the casualties were due to care
lessness in handling firecrackers and other
forms of harmless explosives
The crusade against the deadly toy pistol
seems to be bearing fruit. as this year only
205 victims are reported, as against 3O4
last year.
NEW YORK, July 5.-It was Fourth
of July that made records Of all kinds, be-
ginning with the weather, which was per-
feet, sunshiny, cool and invigoratilg, and
with not drop of rain in the afternoon.
though happy fireworks dealers declared
that little old New York spent at least
$1OOO.OOO on the festive cracker and its
pyrotechnic brothers and sisters Of all
sorts.
record crowd went on excursions to
nearby resorts-anywhere from COO. 900 to
a million. Coney Island alone claimed it
entertained 100000. Another record crowd
went to the hospitals, mostly small boys
ranging in ages from three to fifteen years,
with burnt hands, damaged eyes, singed
faces or wounded legs.
900 Treated at Hospitals
WOTk eHtalleu upon the nOSpltalS
OF the city was enormous. In all. more
than 23O July Fourth victims were at
tended to by the surgeons. who made it a
rule to use tetanus anti-toxin in dressing
all gunshot and powder wounds. In an
effort to keep down the lockjaw mortality
which ordinarily follows the celebration of
the nations greatest holiday.
Sydenham Hospital had 13 cases; st.
Lukes. I; Bellevue, IL: Roosevelt, 80; New
York. 10; st. Gregory's, IL; Hudson Street.
Is: st. Vincents. 3S; Flower. o; Presbyte-
rian IA; Gouverneur, 1S; Harlem .; Ford
ham. ): Lincoln. 3; Lebanon, 26;' Mt Sinai.
10; J. Hood Wright, 7, and the hospitals Of
Brooklyn 3S.
When the full reports for the whole day
of twenty-four hours made up by all
the hospitals Of the greater city the total
will probably exceed 400. 1t was estimated
that for every injured celebrant taken to
the hospital there were two more who were
attended at home by private physicians
and no police report made of the case.
Many Fires After Nightfall.
1t was easily a record day for the hos
pitfalls, and at late hour it looked as II 1t
would be a record day for the fremen.
though the day was only a normal July
Fourth for them up to pm. After that
the alarms came in quick and fast. In the
single hour between and 0 pm. there
were nineteen fires In Manhattan and the
Bronx alone The number for the twenty
four hours was about ninety In the two
boroughs.
stray bullets did lot of damage during
| the day, mortaliy wounding few and
ma inning many innocent people. Between
midnight and am. the police had rounded
up scores of men and boys for shooting
revolvers in the street. but when they were
arraigned in the various police courts many
of the magistrates discharged them with
out even imposing a nominal fine Not
discouraged, the police of several precincts
kent arrpStinY the DrOmtScuOuS shooters
during the day, and In seven precincts
bagged eighty-nine prisoners. They will
be arraigned In the police courts today.
The Death List.
CHICAGO, July 5.-The Tribune today
says thirty-seven men, women and chill
dren are dead and 2.153 are manned, lacer-
ated or burned a result Of yesterdays
excess of patriotism In the United States.
| The number Of the dead ones does not in
clude five drowned during the day.
The roster Of the dead Is four more than
last years mortality. A year ago thirty
three persons were dead on the morning
after the Fourth. not including fiyt
drowned.
Unfortunately the death roll will increase
day by day, and even the late days of
August will witness additions to 1t. Tetanus
| claims it's victims by scores and even by
hundreds for weeks after the Fourth.
Casualties in Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG. Pa, July 5.-Up to 6 o'clock
this morning five persons in this city have
died and two score or more are seriously
hurt, many Of them fatally, as the result
of Independence day celebrations.
The dead are: George Buttner slxty-four
years old: John McF. Anderson. a letter
carrier, twenty years old: John O'DonOvan,
twelve years old; John Murray, aged three
years. and Mildred D. Clifton, aged f1ve
months who was struck by descending
stick of skyrocket while in her mothers