The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-05
ROYAL OAK FARM
HAND SHOT IN
Z ABDOMEN
LeRoy Flint First Independence Day
Celebrator To Suffer Serious
lnjury-Minor Accidents
Reported In Detroit.
FIRE Department Has Busy Time
Around Noon Hour But Dam.
age Done Is Slight.

lie Roy Flint, a farm hand employ
ed or Fred A. Bakers farm i'm ROYAL
OAK. was the victim OF the first ser.
lous Fourth OF July accident. lie -
IN 81. Mary's hospital as a result CT
receiving a charge of bird shot In the
abdomen. His condition Is serious.
but he Will probably recover
Flint and William Lee, fellow en-
ploye. were looking for something
with which To celebrate when barn
hand, named Russell Hebbler. found a
rifle which Mr. Baker kept around the
born for the purpose of shooting
crows
Hey. fellows. here's just what we
want, he called, picking up the gun.
Flint and Lee started To enter the
barn. AS they passed through tue
doors the gun accidentally went off
and Flint received the full force OF
the charge. A few scattered shot
struck Lee in the arm, but his wounds
are not serious. Flint was brought To
Detroit in an automobile. His home
is In San Francisco
Joseph Schultz. a boy living at No.
725 Chene.st., received an ugly wound
with a toy pistol City Physician
Kanter dressed the injury, leaving the
wound oren
Two boys aged eight and six. whose
names DR.. Kanter did not learn, were
painfully burned about the face by
powder extracted from fireworks.
They T.aced the powder on the side
walk and bent over IL as they touched
II off
DR. II. A. Shafor. OF No. 81 Harmon
ave, and DR.. Fred Sober, OF No 272
Jos. Campau-ave., each reported
young fire cracker victim. Monday,
neither OF whom was seriously injured,
however. AS a measure of precaution
both physicians procured from the
board of health supply of anti-teta-
nus serum with which they treated the
wounds.
All the down town fire companies
were called out at l1:20 Monday
morning by an alarm of fire from
Grand River-ave. and Griswold-st.
Boys exploding fire crackers had set
fire to big pile OF rubbish in the rea-
of the Chamber OF Commerce. IL took
but couple of minutes to quench the
blaze.
Several other small fires were re-
ported near the noon hour
Earlier In the morning the depart
ment made run TO a frame house at
No. ~ Sherman-st.,, where sparks
from a nearby smoke stack caused
slight blaze In the roof. Mrs. Nettie
Singer. residing on the second floor.
was overcome by smoke. and had TO
be carried out and revived. The dain-
age was slight.
Only one serious accident due 10
fireworks, was reported to the police,
Sunday. and that was caused by In
FAINT curiosity toward a small and
usually harmless firecracker. Alice
Papke, five years OLD, and living in
Wyandotte. put lighted firecracker
in her mouth She was very painfully
burned when the cracker exploded.
and DR.. G.. w. McCoil, who attended
her, fears that tetanus may result. on
account OF the nature of the burns.
There we're half dozen reports OF
slight burns from frecrackers, and
nearly half hundred revolvers were
taken from celebratols by the police.
All day Sunday there was a con-
/tant popping OF noise producers In
the residence districts. but the cele-
: bration was OF a subdued order. and
the big noise was evidently reserved
for the real day"
The downtown district was extra
ordinarily quiet all day Sunday. One
small frecracker which exploded on
Woodward-ave. near Alexandrine-ave.
caused all kinds OF excitement in the
afternoon The small cracker fright
ened a team of horses owned by VIII
liam Skerrett, liveryman, at No. II
Milwaukce-ave east, and they ran
away. \ plate glass window in y. }.
Eagling's barber shop. No. 727 Wood,
ward.aye.. was shattered by the pole
of the wagon when the horses dashed
up on The sidewalk Then the fright
ened animals crashed into +. G.. Skin
ner's automobile. shattering the wind
shield They were stopped by Roy
Williams IA citizen.
Some one threw lighted frecrack-
or into the cellar OF the residence or
Joseph Grusler, No. l444 Lafayette
boulevard. Sunday night. causing
slight blaze. and run for the fire
department No damage was done. a
sky rocket fell on the roof OF Mrs.
Hildebrands residence No. 726 Rio
pelle-st.. Sunday afternoon, and set
the roof on fire, but the department
quickly extinguished the blaze.
AS Qay or pleasure seehinBs Suh-
day babe fair 10 break all records.
however IL is estimated that nearly
100 600 persons visited Belle Isle.
while about 10000 more spent part
,of the day around the Belle Isle ap-
proach resorts Reports from the
boats railroads and other passenger
carriers. set the number OF Detroiters
who left the city TO, spend the holiday
away from home tlmore than 10000.
1t Is estimated, though. that great
or number OF excursiorists poured into
the city, every train. boat and street
car carrying its quota
All river and lake boats were crowd
ed almost to capacity, and the indica'
lions are for as great a crush today.
Rlotine In Palermo.
ROME. July Incomplete reports
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