Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-06
SEVERAL PAY Toll
1O0OR|OUS FOURTH
Burned Hands and Eyes Result
in Use OF Firecrackers
While Celebrating
LAD INJURED DURING PARADE
Mrs. c. Miller Has Close Call for Eye
Zachariah Hodson Accidentally Sets
Fire to Girls Dress, and Is Burned
Putting Out eIaxe-other Minor In
juries.

The celebration OF the 1921 anniver-
sary OF the independence OF these I'm
dted States was not without its local
toll. While the injuries were not SO
severe as Din some former years, sew
eral are suffering burns and damaged
eyes as the result OF the firecracker.
No fires were set, and taking all in all
the Fourth in Marshalltown passed off
very luckily for everybody concerned.
The new Iowa law prohibiting the sale
Of giant crackers containing dynamite
is generally given credit for = saner
Fourth.
Probably the most severe accident
Of the day happened Saturday night.
when Mrs. c. Miller, 1902 West Linn
street, young woman rs years old,
stopped down to see why cracker
she had lighted had failed to so of"
Just as Mrs. Miller's face neared the
deadly little missile 1t exploded. Mrs.
Miller's right eye was badly injured
her broWs and lashes We're burned off,
together with considerable hair. Her
face was filled with particles Of pow
der, and two or three fecks Of the
aged eye. A surgeon who dressed THE
woman's wound has ordered her con-
fined in darkened room. but it Is not
believed the injury to the eye will
prove serious. The call was = close
one, however.
Little Lauretta Nichols, aged 10,
daughter OF DIR. and Mrs. H. II. Nich-
OILS, while spending the day ct the
sSandoe shack, two and one-haaf miles
southwest of town, permitted . small
firecracker to explode near her Face,
resulting in an injury to her right eye.
lit is not believed that the sight will
be impaired
Boy Hurt During Parade.
While assisting In the work Of dis
tributing the packages from one Of the
Let's Fletcher wagons during the
Haymakers' parade Saturday fore
noon, 12-year-old Lee Walter, son Of
Mrs. Nancy j. Walter, ITO North
Fourth avenue, fell from the dray at
the Pilgrim hotel corner. One wheel
passed over the lads right leg, frac-
turing the lower end of the fibula, just
above the ankle, and scraping the flesh
Of the leg badly. The other foot was
badly bruised, and the toes more or
less crushed. The lad appears to be
especially unlucky when 1t comes to
broken bones. Last winter The suS.
tanned fractured arm, and almost be-
fore he had fairly recovered, fell and
broke the arm again.
Burns Hand Saving Girl.
Zachariah Hodson, a young man ~
years old, son of Joel Hodson, 1408
West Church street, had his right hand
badly burned while extingMshing q
blaze that he had accidentally set to
the skirts Of Miss Ada Samson, Of Lee
Grand, who is employed as waitress
at the Iowa Soldiers Home. Hodson
and Miss Samson had gone to the fair
grounds to witness the morning pro-
gram OF the Haymakers. They were
seated in the amphitheater, and Hold
SON was smoking. He lighted his cigar,
and threw the match down. Miss San
sons skirts were ignited, and were
soon ablaze. Hodson smothered the
flames with his hands, and in so doing
sustained deep and severe burns. Mis-
Samson was not burned, but her dress
was ruined.
Minor Injuries.
Guy Donaldson, a clerk at the
Stoddart hotel, while shooting Rom
an candle, had his right hand burned
when the candle exploded. The injury
was not serious.
George Herschel, 1872 Arson street, q
former high school student and menu
Der of the foot ball team, had his
right hand slightly lacerated by the
explosion Of salute.