The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-04
MANY ACCIDENTS
BEFORE Fourth
SafeneSS and Sanity Blown to
Atoms Sunday and In
jurieS Result.
ONE SHOT, OTHERS HURT
PATRIOTISM PAYS TOLL BEFORE
BIG DAY ARRIVES.

Firearms. gunpowder and bombs be-
gan to demand their annual toll on
life. limb and property yesterday
day before the Fourth.
william Brown. age IS. IS a. the
point OF death I'm the Gcrman-Ameri-
can hospital with a revolver bullet
through his abdomen; John L. Van
Cott age 10. son Of Oscar Van Colt,
172S South Main street. is suffering
from a fractured skull as the result Of
the explosion Of gunpowder ana X II
Clarke. a travelling man, was knocked
unconscious when bomb exploded
close TO his temple.
Van Colt had equipped himself with
all kinds of fireworks, Including a
pound Of gunpowder, Saturday night.
The gunpowder attracted him most and
ne tried to explode il in various ways.
illing the bottom Of n tomato can
with powder he attached fuse ana
packed The can half full OF dirt.
The lad was attempting to light the
fuse when 9 spark from the match
came IN contact win the poWuer. ny
exploded in young Van Colts face The
dirt flew against his forehead. render
ing him unconscious. He was carried
into the house by his parents.
Frontal Hone Fractured.
Dr.. IL Van Colt discovered that the
frontal bone had been fractured I'm
mediately over the right eve. The
fracture had also threatened the right
eye. but Dr. Van Colt removed parti-
.
3 and the member was saved. The boy
7 was taken to. st. Marks hospital short
/ - after midnight but was remove" -
/ . nome yssterday afternoon. Though
severely injured his condition is not
] considered serious.
r. II. Clarke was on board an o. s
I L. depot street car bound for the city
l late Saturday night. when a bomb
. thrown through a widow exploded close
4 20 HIS left temple. The impact was
so severe that Clarke was hurled tc
He was taken 20 police headquarters
/ where he revived. Numerous bomt
/ throwers were arrested. but could not
be identified as those who threw thu
I Clarke. who had just come into the
city. went 10 the Cullen hotel after
he had left police headquarters.
Six Responses Made
Up TO midnight the fire department
I had responded to six alarms as the
I result OF fireworks. The most seri
Gus was in a fireworks stand in from
OF the KalifOrnia Randy Kitchen %
I East Second South street Shortly be
I fore o'clock last night someone
dropped a match into the firework,
and they exploded. It Is estimated
/ that there were 500 worth OF cannon
I crackers and rockets in the lot
/ Boys playing with fireworks set ftr'
TO the residence Of Ernest Wright. So
/ West Second South street, at I.z'
l o'clock yesterday afternoon. Appara
I tus from station NO responueu- Lo9'
IS estimated at $40.
Burning covers OF cannon cracker
set fire 90 the front Of the Utah Type
writer exchange. 81 West Second Soutl
street an hour later. Firemen from
headquarters put out the blaze betOr'
ft could cause serious damage.
Dry brush at Second South and Sec
ond West streets caught fire from fire
works AT 3.fO o'clock and had begun
10 threaten buildings when the fir
department arrived
tho n. s. L. viaduct on North Templ
. street. between Third and Fourth Yves
. streets Al o'clock yesterday after
noon. Woodwork in the flooring ha'
be0ru 10 burn brisk1y when the ap
naratus from station No. arrived
Three minutes later the apparatu
from station No. was called to
grass fire started by snap crackers a
First and I streets.