New-York tribune., 1909-07-05
FOURTH FATAL TO TWO
CHILD,S DEATH FOLLOWS
FIRING OF CANNON.
Tetanus Kills Lad Who PLACED zcitb
ReUoIUer-Stray Bullets
IHjure SeUeraI.

tell the story of 19Ogs celebration Of the GIori-
GUS Fourth Compared with last year. when ths
toll of dead and injured was and 253 re-
spectivey. statistics point to a safe and sane
celebration, but the legal Fourth Of July this
year July ). may equal or exceed the list Of
fatalities of 1908 The police made several ar
rests yesterday for violations of the ordinances
governing the use and sale of firearms and
there were at least twenty trihing fires which
were caused directly by the careless use Of ex-
plosives
Yesterday was the coolest Fourth Of July on
record at the Weather Bureau. At O'Clock in
the morning the temperature was recorded at
IS degrees. the lowest for the day since the
establishment of the local bureau. in 1S7t In
1882 the temperature went to So and this had
been the record ever since.
Upsn the discharge Of a large toy cannon
fired by Joseph Kurtz of No. $50 East 153d
street. four-year-oId Edith Brown fell to the
curb yesterday afternoon and was picked up un-
conscious suffering from a compound multiple
fracture of the skull A wire nail three inches
long was found where the Child's head struck
the curb but Kurtz declared that the nail had
not been placed in the cannon when f
loaded. The girl was taken to Lebanon Hos
pital. where she died at O'Clock. Kurtz was
locked up in the Morrisania station as a sus-
picious person, and will be held await the
Coroner's inquest.
The little girl. VINO lived at No 3SS East fjJth
street. had gone around to the home Of her
grandmother, at No 322 East 1J3d street she
was fully seventy-fve feet from the cannon
when it discharged. The report had hardly
died away when the child have
fallen and to be lying in pool of blood
Her grandmother. Mrs. Wider. said she was
nervous child and had probably tainted when
she heard the report Several persons who saw
the child fall said the cannon not pointed
in her direction and that the nail which was
found near her must have been lying there for
some time. The police declared that the cannon
was heavily charged. and that the firing was in
violation Of the city ordinance governing the
use of firearms
LCCKJAW FOLLOWS WOUND
! George Mafredonia. ten years old. died yes
| terday at the home Of married sister at No
/ e47 Mulberry street. after two days Of intense
/ suffering from tetanus- According to the boys
| parents who live at No 1853 Mott street Georgia
/ had been sayins his pennies for some time in
order to purchase a plentiful supply Of hre-
/ works he bought a revolver without their
I knowledge. they said and a week ago took sew
/ eral Of his playmates into the back yard to
/ try il
/ At the first shot the exploding powder flashed
/ finger Of the boys right hand His mother sent
/ him u a doctor and after the wound had been
! dressed thought no about it Friday the finger
/ began to swell and change color and the boys
/ Jaws were set firm and rigid. He was conscious
/ almost all the time but the physicians could do
/ nothing except administer opiates to relieve his
/ suffering He finally died at O'Clock yester-
/ day afternoon. his back arched and every muscle
distorted and fixed
Through the explosion OF a cannon yesterday
| afternoon Michael Ferrino. ten years old. of No.
a41 North 9Th street. Williamsburg. had his
/ thumb blown off and several of his fingers were
/ so badly rnangIed that they had to be amputated-
I He had loaded the cannon with a heavy charge
I and was using a frecracker as fuse. whents
/ side of the cannon blew out and shattered Ms
/ hand Several Of his companions narrO0Vly
/ escaped injury from the flying fragments OF r1e
/ cannon Dr. Miller of the Eastern District Hos
/ pitaI attended the boy and took every precao-
/ ton to prevent lockjaw.
/ Instead of spending several days in Jail. 1sa-
dor salow. eighteen years old. who told Masfs-
/ +ra+e crane in the Tombs court yesterday. that
/ he lived at No 20 Avenue B. is to write an ss-
I sav on why the Fourth of July Is ceteorarea-
/ Tho magistrate pronounced this sentence after
ba had heard the evidence against Salow. who
had been arrested on Saturday night for hav-
! ing a revolver in his possession
HIS MEANINGLESS FOURTH
s,Iow told the magistrate that he was going
- .e1abr.te the Fourth but finally admitted
nat he did not know why the day should se
chosen above all other days for the legal use OF
a>,r1ostves When il was found that he vas
eouauv deficient in other questions OF history
MAGISTRATE Crane said:
..T.U let vou go. but I want you 70 write ne
y story of five hundred words on the subject
Here is my address Send it TO me by mail not
later than tomorrow night
SalOw left the courtroom after promlsinS 10
do as the magistrate ordered.
While standing at the window OF her home
No 1861 Bathgate avenue. last night, Jennie
Sokoff eighteen years old. was shot IN the right
shoulder with stray bullet discharged by a
Fourth Of July holiday maker out in the street
who escaped. The girl had a narrow escape
from fatal injury.
Sixteen families were forced to leave hUr~
riedIy the six story tenement at No. POS West
goth street last night when a fire. caused by the
careless use of fireworks. filed the airshaft with
flames Firemen had the blaze under control
in fifteen minutes and the damage was less than
5000 The building is owned by Hugh Reilly. OF
No 205 Seventh avenue. and the ground floor -
occupied by Frederick r. Woods & Sons. ma
chine and automobile repairers.
As Patrolnlan Dennis Sullivan. OF the Hami-
ton avenue station. Brooklyn was standing IN
front of the house at No. 90 Sackett street last
/ night he received a bullet from Ss-ealibre re-
volver in his right thigh The gun was ired Dy
Frank Iudiaeo who was celebrating the Fourth
bv firing the revolver out OF his window. sum
van was taken TO Long Island College Hospitai
and Iudiaco was arrested. charged with feion-
ious assault.
Andrew Hirshi who lives in south Ozone
psrL was shooting with some friends in the rear
/ = ~, hon,a Yesterday when dispute arose as