Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
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from the child's body. Reese was in
Jured more severely than was the girl.
The Clipfelt girls burns were
dressed in Colegrove and, later in the
day, she was able to resume her play
although she had no desire to shoot
off any more firecrackers. Reese's
arms were burned painfully and his
left hand was scared frightfully by
the flames He went to a hospital In
Los Angeles for treatment. This ac-
cident was the only incident to mar
the picnic held under the auspices Of
the Colegrove board of trade.
May Lose Eyesght
A. /. Skinner, q passenger on board
an inbound Central avenue car, was
cruelty hurt at Third street and Cen
tral avenue. He was sitting inside the
car when a skyrocket, which was dis
charged from the sidewalk, crashed
through the glass window and struck
him between the eyes, exploding and
binding him with the powder and fire
and cutting his face in several places
He was taken to the receiving hospital
at once and Drs. Garrett, Wright and
Chamberlain attended to his injuries.
Mr. Skinner may lose the sight of
both eyes. He is a grocery keeper and
lives with his family at 2643 Dayton
avenue.
LIS UISl NlGIlIn OF dCClQenI ldBL
evening was George Garfield, an auto
mobile dealer living at the Creston
apartments, who, with a Japanese
valet and a number of friends, was
cut in a big touring car celebrating
the Fourth by exploding cannon crack
ers as they tore along the streets.
Garfield was smoking a cigar and at
intervals would light one of the ex-
plosives with his cigar and toss 1t
from the machine. At Third and
Flower streets one of the big crackers
exploded prematurely and the powder
, was blown into his face and eyes He
was taken to the receiving hospital,
worked over him for an hour, picking
the grains of powder from his face
and eyes.
Lesson Not Needed
Garfield was ordered to go to his
home and place congresses on his eyes
to keep them from ulcerating. On his
way home he continued firing off the
cannon crackers. One which he tossed
from the machine entered an outbound
Ocean Park car on the Los Angeles
Pacific line and exploded In the face of
Mrs. e. Leslie of Ocean Park, badly
burning her about the face and neck.
Garfield was arrested and released on
$50 bonds.
Eugene Howard, 10 years of age, a
schoolboy living at 101 North Bunker
Hill avenue, was firing cannon crack
ers. One of them failed to explode and
he blew on the fuse to start 1t going
1t exploded and badly burned him in
the right eye and tore and burned his
left hand.
Martin Forrest, 10 years of age, living
at 925 Lyon street, was celebrating the
day by exploding a homemade cannon
constructed out of a short piece of gas
Fy.
of it was buried in his right knee, in
flicting a deep wound into which was
carried a portion of his clothing and
dirt blown up from the street. DIR. c.
A. Wright dressed the wound at the re-
ceiving hospital. 1t is feared that the
boy may suffer from lockjaw on ac-
count of the wound.
62S Banning street, was setting off ro-
man candles at Vignes and Turner
streets. One of them exploded in his
hand badly lacerating that member
and burning it with powder.
Arthur Kennedy, IA years of age, liv-
ing at 416 Boyd street, was setting off
fireworks at Third and Omar streets
with a number of young friends. A
pin wheel which he was lighting ex-
ploded and tore open his chin and split
his upper lip and burned him about the
face and neck.
Joe TrombatOfe was placing torpe-
does on the car tracks at Ninth street
and Maple avenue. He dropped one Of
them and it exploded, burning him
slightly about the hand. He was an
rested for a violation of the ordinance
which forbids the placing of explosives
on car tracks.
Roman candles set fire to a large
palm tree in front OF the residence OF
]. C. Varstel at 243 south Olive street.
Two alarms of fire were turned in for
the resulting blaze, which lit up the
entire neighborhood and caused the fire
department a long, hard run over the
hills.
Police surgeons at the receiving hos
pital worked double time yesterday to
properly care for victims of explosions
of tlrecrackers, cannons and impro-
vised bombs which rendered the serv-
ices of physicians necessary.
An ample supply Of arti-tetanus Sc
rum. carbolated oil and oiled gauze