The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-06
WAS 4 SANE FOURTH
IN SOUTH CHICAGO
-Four Only Injured and Com
paratively Small Fire
Loss Suffered.

Four injured and two fires entailina
a loss of $4,000 was the record for fires
and accidents in South Chicago during
the Fourth of July. Taking everything
into consideration, one of the sanest
Fourths in the whole city, was cele-
brated in South Chicago. Although
there was no real celebration in South
Chicago proper. there was enough en-
thusiasn. manifested for three or four
celebrations. On all sides flags wera
floating, children were screaming and
the reports of toy pistols, crackers and
other noise makers could be heard.
Last year thtre were ten people seri-
ously injured while celebrating the
Fourth-this year there were only four
and none of these will terminate fatal
". Outside of the four accidents and
the two fires. nothing serious occurred
to mar the day.
The injured:
John Murry, IS years old, 1892 Coll
fax avenue. Severely burned about the
face and hands when a huge cannon
cracker exploded in his hands. Murray
after lighting the cracktr, threw it into
the street. and when it faidel to ex-
plode, he picked it up and was about to
light it again when there was a loud
report aud his hands were badly burned
the flesh lying in several places. He
was taken to the Hyde Park hospital
| whore he is being cared for.
Arthur Corenson, 1921 Ninety-third
street, is confined to his bed toray, his
right index finger being badly burned
when he accidentally discharged
a blank cartridge. Corenson was at
! Pullman enjoying the festivities and at
the finish of one of the races, he became
excited and without holding his pistol
IN the air, pulled the trigger, the result
was thai the wading in the cartridge
imbedded itself in his finger. The wad
was extricated by a physician who was
on the grounds and the wound cauter-
:zed to prevent the possibility of lack-
jaw.
Roy Henderson, 10 years Old s325
Burnside avenue slightly burned about
the right hand while lighting a small
sized cracker. Injuries dressed and
wound will not prove serious.
Albert Hogan, 20 years old, was badly
burned about the neck by a wheel.
Hogan was celebrating the Fourth at
Fernwood and had lighted the pin
wheed and when it refused TO start he
held another match to one of the fuses.
Instantly there was a spout of fame
and as the machine wnirled into the
air, the powder burned him about the
neck and chest.
Fires occurring during the day.
Two box ears on the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks at Seventy ninth street and
South Chicago avenue were to ally &C.
stroyed Saturday morning entailing a
loss of So 600 Several youngsters were
seen in the neighborhood of the cars
during the early morning hours and
they are supposed to have been respon-
sible for the conha grafton. Ont of the
cars was half loaded with huge grade
lumber. consigned to the Pine Lumber
company.
A two-story frame structure. located
at sS4 West EIGHTY eighth street. was
partially destroyed during the day with
tht lass Of $4,000 50 900 of this amount
being covered by insurance in the Home
/ Insurance company. Although the
: origin is unknown, the cause is laid to
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