New-York tribune., 1909-07-06
Fe1Cer Big Fires than Usual on Inde.
pendence Ddy-OnLy One Death
Added to Sundays List.
THE FOURTH-s CASUALTIES.


deeds of vaIorous explosiveness. but the number
killed was under and the number Of injured was
not much in excess Of Independence Day a year
ago 1t was d sort Of double celebration. too.
which may have swelled the list Of those who
suffered vicarioUsIy. for the Of noise makers
began early Sunday. was continued into ths
night. and still in progress after the limit
of the official day had passed
The known victims Of this two-day celebra-
tion. the 133d, were three. two little girls and a
boy Two more girls NAV die and two more
boys may succumb To injuries The record
Of the more less MANNED was 321 as COM
pared with 2J3 Of the year before 367 in 1901
and ia in 1906.
Fires there were IN scattering plenty but none
gave the department much 70 do The police
! had plenty Of work arresting careless users OF
| loaded firearms. which gathered in numerous
victims One patrOlman in Brooklyn was shoL
and an arrest followed. Whle hundreds 0f
cannon of the toy kind were used. only one sx-
pieded with the usual result yesterday
The majority of the injuries from which per-
sons suffered were the result of the careless use
of frecrackers. big and little. although there
were thirty-eight who either shot themselves
accidentally with revofvers or guns or were
extraordinarily. of course-Oy others
Fire Chief Croker expressed himself last night
as we'll satisfied with the way things had gone
with the department There we're fewer big
|
any recent year For thing the chief
thought the people Of the city were learning
more and more of the danger Of fireworks
| There were no really big fires in either Manhat-
tan or The Bronx. which is unusual for the
Fourth The record Of fires is 109 from midnight
on Sunday to midnight last night
THREE VICTIMS CHILDREN.
One of the little victims George Mafredonia.
old -I,o
| bought for Independence Day a week ago. He
| could not wait for the regular time to come.
/ The wound caused lockjaw. which proved fatal
| on Sunday The second was four-year-old
/ Edith Brown, who mad fall from the shock
/ OF q cannon shot. and whose skull vas peue-
/ trated by a nail, presumably from the cannon.
/ The boy who fired the cannon. Joseph Kurtz.
/ was held for the Coroner The third was DorO-
thy di Martini. only five years Old. who died
/ yesterday as the result of burns received the
day before. She was trying 10 light hrecrackers.
/ but ignited her gown instead.
| Margaret Hessling also five years old, living
/ at No 51S West 52d street, was proudly setting
| off a so-calIed 'sizzer' last night. The sparks
/ set fire to her gown and she may die as the re-
| suit. A passing stranger wrapped the little one
/ in his coat, and great haste was made to help
/ her but nearly all her clothing was burned
| off before the flames were put out. She was
where It was said that she might die from her
| injuries
| Hugh MCGEE. eleven years old. and his friend.
| Adolph Bruder. four years older. we're cannon
| aiding with a toy cannon early in the day A
| charge larger than it should b. exploded the
/ piece and Hugh's face was badly torn and a
| piece of the metal was imbedded in his ankle
| Adolph Bruder lost three fingers. Hugh McCies
may die
| Captain and Mrs James Shevifn and their
son Joseph. who is six years old. were burned
| as the result of practical joke played on the
boy by one Of his companions. The latter put
| a freCracker with lighted fuse in Joseph's
/ pocket 1t exploded igniting his clothing. and
/ his father and mother went TO the rescue The
( boys left hip was badly burned before the fire
/ was put out and the parents hands were So
| vere!y burned. They live near the Ralph ave-
nue. station in Brooklyn
FIRECRACKER IN MOUTH
Barbara Letcher. eight years old. and hep
cousin. of the same name. ive years old. had
| frecrackers with which 10 celebrate. The elder
Barbara put firecracker with a lighted fuse n
her mouth. The frecracker exploded. burning
her mouth severely and also burning her
cousins face They were taken to the Gernas
Hospital be treated
Williamsburg furnished episode which
turned out proftably for generously inclined
Michael
years old. sells about as many papers as any
bov in Williamsburg He had a lot of frecrack-
ers all day long and got reckless last evening.
with the result that his hands were severely
burned He went 70 the police station and ths
surgeon bound up the wounds Michael offered
him 10 cents. but the surgeon returned the
money and added s5 cents to il for more hrs-
crackers.
Edmund w. son of George T. Esbert secre-
tarv and treasurer Of the Consolidated FIRE
works Company who lives at Mariners Haro'f.
Borough of Richmond. shot in the fact anu
temporarily blinded \ boy standing near fired
the shot that struck young Egbert. who 10
seven wears Old There was no ball in the pistol.
but the wadidug laCerated the boys face badly.
II was said that the eyesight might not be lost
Daniel Sullivan, a patrOlman OF the Bergen
street station in Brooklyn. was shot through
the body while patroiling his beat The ball
entered his right side and came out between
two ribs He was taken 20 the Long Island
College Hospital. where Il vas said that he
would recover unless complications set in
Frank I.ugiaco living at No 30 Sackett street.
was arrested and charged with having done the
shooting He will be held 10 await the result
of SulItyan's injuries. This only Of
many shootings upon which arrests followed.
but there were some that could not be traced
CHARGE CHAUFFEUR WITH SHOOTING
Harry Nieman a chauffeur. living at No. ass
Fast Goth street was arrested, charged with
having shot Irving Fisher. thirteen years old.
4 hall struck Young Fisher in the left arm John
Dessaro vas shooting a loaded revolver in East
nth street in the afternoon Two victims wers
the result They were ROsine Gaminarata. nine
years old, and Louis Lefrie, sixteen yssEs 0iG