The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-09


BILE
The Fireworks.
The days program closed with al
display of fireworks. Stands had
been erected at the northwest and at
the southeast corners of the park andl
the pieces were fired thereffom.I
Thousands of people watched the dis
play as the pieces were set en-.
The supply Of pieces for the south
east stand caught fire. An explosion
followed and CONSERVATION reigned
for few moments, while rockets and
candles went into the crowd. TheI
place was quicklyl cleared and only
one accident resulted. Mrs. Daniel
Lewis, of No. 912 Third avenue, was
struck in the neck by rocket and
rendered uncoscious. A physicians IT.
tention was necessary The fire COM
pany had to be called out to stop the
fire which caught in the property ol|
refreshment stand close by the
threatened destruction.
Accidents of The Day.
Probably the most serious accident
of the day was that of Mrs. Daniel
Lewis, No 912 Third avenue east, who
was struck in the neck with a SKY
rocket, which was liberated at the fire
of the southeast corner of the park
stand.
Clarence Hilliard, one of the boys of
Company +, sustained bad injury to
his hand, received during the battle
Saturday evening. The attention OF
physician was necessary.
G. A. Mintoyne suffered from the
explosion of a cannon cracker near
his face and his eyes were burned and
hurt by the powder. The hurts are
not serious.
A little son of George Andrews was
cut about the face by glass resulting
from the bursting of bottle in which
fire cracker had been placed.
Miss Gladys Musick was badly
burned on the arm. A roman candle
which she was holding blew out of the
back end and the burning balls OF fire
went down her dress sleeve, causing
severe burns.
Arthur Walling, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Walling, had a cannon cracker
explode in his hand and sustained
! minor burns in consequence.
Miss Bunnie Shipp, little daughter
of Tom and Clara Snip, held fire
cracker in her hand when 1t exploded,
causing painful laceration and burn
! ing the fingers.
Frank Blair, or "Jocco," as he is
known about town, came near losing
the sight of both eyes. A Roman
candle exploded in his face and the
fire went into his eyes. 1t was thought
for time that the boy would be blind
but he will come out all right.
| A young farmer whose name could
not be learned had his eyes filled full
of powder from a cannon cracker.
The attending physician failed to get
his name. The burn is severe but not
serious.
Rumors of the loss of an eye by a
lad named Phillips, and of young
man losing part of hand on account
of giant crackers are heard here and
there about town, but thus far lack
verification.
No patients were received at the
hospitals as the result of the days
mishaps.
Some Afterthoughts.
One of the pleasing incidents of the
day was the program of patriotic
| pieces played on the chimes of the
Episcopal church.
| The weather man deserves con
| CALCULATIONS for the fine day he deliver
ed. 1t could not have been nicer for
the purposes intended.
The hotels and eating houses did a
&, big business and the refreshment
stands had all they could do. Satur-
day night practically every bed in the
hotels was occupied and some tran
scients either unable or not caring to
find accommodations slept on the
benches in the park or where they
could find resting place.
| An abundance of excellent music
was furnished during the day. The
| Iowa Brigade band and LaRue's con-
| tributed materially to the success OF
the days entertainment. If one band
was in the park the other was at some
other part of the city doing duty in
a manner that gave finishing touch
| to the programs of the day.
Notwithstanding the destruction by
accident of about one-fourth of the
fireworks the display was the best
ever given in town. 1t seems to have
been a mistake in trying to have two
sients either unable or not caring to
enough experienced hands to properly
care for the explosives. One crew
could have handled the display better.
The crowd in town was not as large
as other programs have brought out.
| This was traceable to two good rea-
sons. One was, farmers were too busy
to drop their work and bring their
families to town and another was,
practically all the stores were open
all day. Ordinarily these two reasons
would have been absent and several
thousand more people would have
been liberty.
| The Commercial Club had the
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