Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-05

Fires Duo to Fourth. z
Other Accidents in County ..........1
Marshalltown and the county es
capped luckily in the celebration Of July
4, 1910, but it was not due to sane
Fourth that a larger casualty list and
more serious accidents were escaped.
"A kind fate and an ever-watchful
Providence probably had more to do
thing else. Fortunately there were no
serious fires, altho two Of the three
during the day were due to the cele-
bration. Equally as fortunate there
were no runaways, altho how they were
escaped is a mystery.
Three Have Injuries.
Three were injured in the city, but
none Of the cases was serious. Two
were due to salutes and one to fire.
works.
While helping his grandchildren cell
citrate the Fourth. and wanting to
make sure that the little folks would
come to no harm by the reason of the
careless handling of crackers, Frank r..
Barber, 107 North First street, was in
jured at about o'clock Monday morn
ing. Mr.. Barber had lighted a salute
which failed to explode. Believing that
the fuse had gone out Barber picked
up the cracker and it exploded in his
left hand, tearing the thumb and first
three fingers and palmer surface quite
badly.
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OrviHe Holcomb, sos South Second
street, failed to throw salute soon
enough and it exploded in her right
hand. decorating the thumb and first
three fingers and also the palm. The
accident happened at about II o'clock.
Dean Bingham. aged 10, son Of A. G.
Bingham, living two miles north of
Green Mountain, was injured at about
o'clock in the evening by an explosion
of fireworks on the court house square.
The boy was struck ON the side Of the
head and neck by fire from piece be-
ing fired at the celebration. The boys
neck was quite badly burned. He was
removed to a doctors office and later
to his home.
Fires Break Luckily.
The two fires due to the celebration
broke luckily in that they were at
different hours and so situated that
the department got quick action.
The w. A. Dixon home, 402 Wood
bury, caught fire in the roof from fire.
works at $3.50 at night. The blaze
was extinguished with chemicals and
the loss was very slight.
A fire cracker thrown on the roof Of
the residence of Adolph Bernstein, S
North Second street, caused blaze
shortly before 10 o'clock at night. The
blaze was quickly extinguished with
the chemical apparatus, and the dam
age was slight.
The other fire of the day was in an
Iowa Central box car at 3 O'Clock in
the afternoon. The fire was caused
by sparks from a passing engine. The
car was loaded with coal. and the
blaze was extinguished without much
loss.
Rocket Crashes Thru Roof.
Henry Pappe is thanking his lucky
star that he has a store building and
stock of merchandise today. At about
9:25 a six-foot sky rocket, fired from in
front of the court house. crashed thru
the skylight Of his store. and. fortu-
nately, lit on tin covered trunk. The
rocket entered the stock room, and had
it fallen few feet on either side,
would have alighted in cotton goods
A bad fire might have easily resulted.
Chief Kirby had his men out in the
business district during the hours set
apart for the fireworks display. The
men were assigned to the alleys to see
that the fire did not ignite rubbish
Some Of the alleys were found to be in
bad shape, filled with waste paper and
inflammable material.
Accident at State Center.
When an automobile backed into a
rig driven by William Kurtz at State
Center Monday afternoon. the horses
became frightened and ran away. Mr..
Kurtz, and Misses Cora and Lydia
Eckhart were in the buggy and all
were thrown, Mr.. Kurtz and Miss Cora
Eckhart sustaining injuries that. while
not especially serious, proved very
painful. Miss Eckhart was cut under
the. chin and across the knee, several
stitches being required to close the
wounds. Mr.. Kurtz was badly bruised
about the back. One of the h orses
was also hurt before the team could be
stopped. Mr.. Kurtz works Cor Louis
Smith, three and one-half miles north
west of State Center. Miss Eckharl Is
a daughter Of Mrs. Louis Eckhart.