The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-18
CARNAGE OF THE 4TH
MANY KILLED AND HURT CELE
BRATING THE GLORIOUS"
Misguided Patriotism Makes n Iona
Death ROlI-D cadly Lock Jaw IL
Next and Many of the Injured Are
SEre TO Succu,nb.

Lists Of killed and wounded pub
.shed the day after the Fourth tell
only part Of the story of slaughter.
The dreadful after effects of hurts
slight in themselves, but harboring the
trtanus germ and resulting in lockja
and death, are still to add horrors to
the grisly tale. STRAY bullets did the
usual amount Of killing. Fools with
cannon crackers and other deadly
weapons used them where they would
do the most damage. The premature
explosion was much in evidenae. So
the hospitals were crowded and the
procession TO the cemeteries began.
From returns compiled on the 9TH
the roster OF dead throughout the eounr
try held IS victims Of misguided pa.
triOtiNn. The lists OF the injured were
swelled largely when final inventories
OF the wounded were taken. and the
totals received show that more than
2,sCO persons spent the 9th in sorrow
and JibulntiOn. The totals are far
from complete, for nearly every remote
hamlet in the country has its martyrA
and months will elapse before the final
statistics are gathered The expert
ence OF former years has demonstrated
that the full death toll of the "elori-
ous' ~ never completed until several
weeks have passed.
Mnny Killed aad Hurt.
Pfttsburg heads the list OF cities fer
loss OF life. fifteen deaths being re-
ported. In Philadelphia there WIS only
one death, hut the Wounded numbered
hundreds. In che hospitals OF the
birthplace Of independence 04S ,ersons
were treated for injuries during the
day. Late rp4orts from Los Angeles
show tsst tcur deaths occurred Ia that
city as the direct result of the neAsy
celebration
In Chicago the death roll reached
seven. Several victims we've claimed In
post-Fourth celebrations. With IRE
wsr&s marked aown, Young America,
and In many css-- Ola America as wen,
simply couldn't re<t~ the temptation to
buy, and the 9TH Of July pyrotech.ics
added a large number 10 the already
large ls OF injured. dead and dying.
At Peoria, Th~rrold Rogers. Is years
old, tried to bore out the muZZle Of a
cannon which happened to be loaded.
When the steel bit struck the powder
~ h,1,. ir1 if.f1
and seriously injured.
In Beloit, Wis, an italian. who had
been in the country only fifteen days,
was shot in the head by a boy who sup
posed he had only toy pistol. The
man is expected to die.
Reports from Cincinnati were to the
offso that the entire business section Of
the town OF Moscow, Ohio, was wiped
out on the Fourth by blaze that
started from the explosion Of tOrpe-
90 near a 200 gallon tank of gasoline,
the tap OF which wns running.
Early in the morning fire swrted
at Decatur City. Iowa, that burned
eleven business houses and other build
ings. The loss Is s27 600 and the fire is
attributed to smoldering cracker stubs.
Many Fires Are CausesL
In many cities there were other
blazes as the outcome Of the fireworks.
In Pittsburg the O'Neil Building, at
800 Fifth avenue, burned and several
persons were rescued only by spectacu-
lar heroism on the part of the firehght
ers
In race riot IN New York durins
the fnal hours OF the ceiebrntion Po-
nceman Ddward Oonrad was probably
fatally injured TIE trouble started
when the Officer seised negro wha
was discharsing a pistol on the street
At once handrets Of nexro ceIesrauts
ruehed up, and. sektrs the poasssaan
s,sshed hin With rarors. rfot call
brought saccor. and the fight thaG eG.
sued lasssd half an hour.
Lower Salem, Ohio. WIS the scene Of
q pitched battle between two whole vi.
lases during celebration Of the
Fourth. A picnic had been aEansed
at Salem, and the whole masculine pop.
ulation Of Tlba turned ont. Unfriend'
" rivalry between the two towns Start
"a a row, the town marshal was un-
able to preserve the peace ana The mo
lee ceased only when the participants
sank from exhaustion. Hundreds were
hurt
Another "joker' appeared at Clad.
den, Pa. He gave q pound Of black
powder to seven small children fcr a
plaything. They arc In the hospital.
Dangerous fireworks are made 20 be
exploded II their, manufacture were
prohibited undor Denafty. IL their sale