Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-06
Frank Dewein, Aged 10,
Blown up by Gunpowder;
Another Youth Will Die Of
His Injuries.
PHILADELPHIA HAS
HOSPITALS FULL
Celebration in That City.
Was Not Of "Sane Fourth
Variety; Other Fourth Of
July Fatalities.

burlington, July 4.-Frank Dev.fn.
aged 20 years, In dead and Harold
AsnWay. l6 years old, cannot recover
a. result OF Fourth Of July accidents.
DeWe1n was injured by the exnlnaion
VI can containing twenty-five pounds
~ gun powder. with which he and hia
Drotner Intended celebrating the dav.
Inc clothing was burned entirely ar
tne young man and his brother suffer.
go palnrul bruises, being blown about
tWenty 1eet distant. Dewein died this
morning. 'Ashway was firing on Z tnv
cannon, when the contriyance explod.
ed, tearing big hole in his thigh ana
in1urtng his hand. -.
PHYSICIANS do not expect Ashway to
live throughout tho day. There vars
. score OF minor accidents.
PhIladelphia Hospitals Filled,
Philadelphia, July 5.-A recapitula
tlon OF the results of tho celebration
OF Independence day in PHILADELPHIA
was made today and shows that 1t war
as near an "old fashioned fourth a
any one would care for. It was thu
hottest Fourth OF July In thirteen years
and there were eleven deaths from the
heat and many prostrati0ns. Twelve
persons were drowned in the rivers
and creeks In and about Fhiiadelpksa
while bathing: there were two n,air.
ders and about 400 persons were
Treated at hospitals for injuries "a
ceived IN handling fireworks. Amonr
the injured are some serious cases,
but no deaths are expecter unIess
tetanus follows.
Thres Dead At Plttsburs.
PiftnhSYr0 nn T,,1w
and 45 injured, six OF whom NAV az.
is the casualty list in connection WITH
the Fourth Of July celebration. OF the
dead, two are Chinese who were burned
by hre crackers while r. M. Kenna.
aged bb was struck In the head by
spent bullet and killed while sitting
beside his wife In one OF the city's
parks.
One Dead at New York.
New York, July 6.-Joseph aennell.
16 years old. was instantly killed today
and two other boys were stunned and
badly burned by belated explosion
OF fireworks. A majority OF the 40
cidents last night were gunshot
wounds. Three persons were killed
and 13 wounded by chance OF malicious
bullets.
Davenport Girl Killed.
Davenport, July 6.Rosanna Mo.
Crossen. aged 10 years. died this
morning as result OF burns received
while igniting fireworks yesterday at.
ternoon. H. Luetje, neighbor. had
his hands badly burned In trying to
save the child.
Mrs. Dorothea Jarchow. aged 20
years, was shot through the arm BY
bullet from rifle q boy was shooting.
Her arm was broken.
Struck by Rocket; Killed.
Galesburg, ILL.,. July 5.-Robert
Armstrong, eleven years old OF Cam.
eron, ILL.,. died early today a. q result
Of being struck in the face BY sky.
rocket last night. His throat and face
were terribly mangled.
One Killed, One Wounded BY Gun
Chicago, July 6.-Elmer Gchaefer.
10 years old, was instantly killed ana
Wallace Jorgensen, IA years old, was
seriously wounded today by the acci-
dental discharge off, shotgun at the
Schaefer home i've miles north OF
Darlington, III.
Horses Burned In Dss Moinee Fire.
Des Moines, July 6.-Twenty three
horses were destroyed when livery
stable here burned early this morning.
The loss is estimated ut $4,000, part
ly covered by insurance.
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