Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-06
WARNINGS PROVE
Oh LITTLE AVAIL
One Death and Many Seriously
Injured in Celebration Of
The Fourth.
DOCTORS WORK OVERTIME.
Numerous Calls from Injured Onca
And Fire Department Kept
Busy Saving Residences

d In spite of the warnings through tina
press. in public meetings and In prir
4rate homes, the Fourth was anything
but sane in Salt Lake City. There
We're many accidents. One child Is
dead, two others are in a precarious
condition and many other persons ara, (
seriously hurt, and all bscause OF
&careIess,less. i.G5 IN Il III
The death Of Marion r, Siyille, the
5-year-o!d daughter Of j. Maurice Sl-
VILE, clronicled ii, last evenings
II News caused by a. bog throw
ing q lighted match on her dress
1>oretto Gillespie the 10eSear- OH
daughter of Robert ". Gillespie, resid-
ing st s46 Spruce avenue, is fying al
the Groves T.. d. S. hospital terribIs
burned from a, supposed innocent and
harmless "sparkler1S The 5-year5 old
daughter of Peter Frost Of G1 west
Fourth Northsis also badly burned I
from al .sparkler.," While botti1 o. these
children are reported to be getting
along asg we'll as could be expected
they are in a5precarious cond ition a MI
physicians DO not hold out a great deal
of hope for them. Xxx s vi q,
I'll DEADLY .AIaESBER ~ ~ }55
sli It was at hefreaidence OF Charles T..
sStreet,F36S Nintl, East street that the
little Gillespie girl was burned n MI
had planned a celebration tot.3
tire evening and had warned the child
Gillespie child with other children.
found a "spaIkler''. iii 4 f1e house and
disobeying I e@warnins; given hey s.s-3
ac1ired ii match and get off the s. spa rk-,s
Ter. In an instant he little girl s; clotli
Ing WAS 4affalne$ and she raj screaming
from the, house. Mr. Street rushed To 4
her ana succeeded in extlngushiiig tho
BEEN terrible burned 81 /. Street as
also badly burned about the hands and
arms in saving the child ~ ~ 3s8 N H;
The little Frost girl was 8burna d. by
a careless boy holding u a spark lci'fs
close TO her.s he 4 ea. ted fra sransentss
fell UPON her cEothing, setting fire, to
the same and burning her fenrfnllN.
( Fer father put out tile fire as quickly
as possible and physicians were called.
They hold out hope for her ne overy.
SUMMARY {, a "a CcIDENTs.
3 GLOWING Is summary Of other
accidents: NJ
Rev p. a. SinlpiSin received burns
on the face and vas nearly blinded
by an explosion Of firecracl Scrs I hroWi,is
i'm his face by careless boys. II a AZ. {,
"A premature xplosion d q car Of
powder Inflicted a serious wound under.
the right eye of Fred :Bannallan LIZ
Il 2 years. on Eighth South between \
Ninth and Tenth East streets. s5
While setting off a. giant cracker,
James Twad1le. aged 35 years. zoo 1
Pollard court. lost finger. ana his !
face was badly lacerate ted 9
1 Frank Vaughan. ri Il street. is aIl--,y4
other sufferer. from IA giant era e;kers43s
His hair was signed and his hand
badly burned
The Efive-Hear old 4daughte Ter of Ivor 81
r.. Redman was. seriously burned while Il
playing Will, fireworks in front of the
home. 54S east Seventh South.
X. c.. Il. Niets had hiss right hand "a
burned while setting off explosives.
The residences of c.. Ii. Murdoch
10 G street; P. W. A1Hdsen, a24 wess s
Third South street, the grocery store Of
j. c. Dick, S5d west Third South
street and the residence Of 4.
e. II. Street were all set on fire by
tile npn-sane Fourth celebration.