Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-05
NO FATALITIES TO
MAR CELEBRATION
Efforts of Committee to Make
Fourth Safe and Sane
Were Successful.
SOME MINOR ACCIDENTS
Mrs. Arthur Small of SiIvis Struck by
skyrocket and Clothing
Set on Fire.
SOME MINOR ACCIDENTS

Unusually quiet and without any
fatalities to dampen the enthusiasm
of those observing the day, the Fourth
in Moline was not without some minor
accidents. Vigilance of the authorities
kept violations of ordinances govern
ing the use of fireworks down to a
minimum and even mishaps of a minor
nature were not as numerous as they
have been in other years. On the
whole efforts of the Fourth of July
committee to furnish a maximum of
diversion with a minimum of danger
may be said to have been successful
beyond expectation.
One of the most seriously injured
among the victims of accidents was
Mrs. Arthur Small of Silvis. While
standing at Warmers crossing waiting
for a car she was struck with a sky
rocket which had been set off nearby.
The missile glanced from her abdo-
men to her right arm, tearing the arm
and shoulder and setting fire to her
garments. H. Fl. Kolls, who happened
to be passing, was the first to come to
her assistance. He pulled off the
blazing outer clothing and probably
saved the victims life, though the
other injuries are serious. Mrs Small
is being cared for at her home on
Fifteenth street.
Harry Duncan, 13-year-old son of
Mrs. May Duncan, 1412 Sixth avenue,
placed a good sized firecracker in a
bottle while celebrating at Prospect
park yesterday afternoon. When the
| cracker failed to explode as quickly
as he thought it ought he picked up
the bottle to make an examination.
The explosion followed and the lad
leg was cut by flying glass, causing a
| painful wound.
HIT BY CAPS on TRACK.
Two Muscatine visitors, Rudolph and
Harper Hess, while walking near the
| track on the Prospect park line last
evening, were struck by exploding d.
| Mantle caps which had been placed on
the rails and were fired by passing
car Rudolph was struck in the right
hand, where an abrasion reaching the
! bone was inflicted. Harper was cut
above the right knee 1t was necas-
sary for both to have surgical atten-
ton. Tetanus is feared.
]. H. Peterson, 211S Fourteenth-and
a-half street, brought out an old toy
cannon that had not been used for q
number of years and proceeded &c
make some noise. A charge of pow
der exploded in his face and number
of painful powder burns resulted.
CHILD BURNED IN EYE.
The 15-months-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hammond Brown Of ass
Forty-sixth street, Rock Island, sIs
tanned an injury to the lid and pupil
of the right eye when she fell against
the lighted end of her fathers cigar
The family were celebrating at Camp
bells island, where the accident occur
red. The physician in charge of the
case states that 1t is probable thC
sight will be saved.
Frank Swan, 1927 Ninth avenue
while riding home on Prospect parl
car last, night, was struck in the righ
leg by an exploding cannon cr2ckel
thrown by someone from the sidewalk
A physician dressed the injury, which
is not of serious nature.
Harry Reeves, 10 years of age ant
living at 1904 Twenty-ninth street
was shot in the face Thursday evening
by a toy cannon and so badly injurc'
that he is expected to lose the sigh
of one eye.