Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
RECORD BREAK|NGDAY
FOR CITY AMBULANCE
w. E. WaIthall Slips on slippery
Pavement and Breaks His
Leg.
THREE CHILDREN ARE BURNED
Maggie RufYin Rolled In Snow to Ex-
tinguish Flames When Her Cloth
ing Catches From Open Crate.
Man Falls From Cart.

Ambulance Surgeon Stern was yes
terday called upon to treat four VIC
Tins OF burns. O man who fell on the
Ice and broke his leg and a number OF
miscellaneous cases.
w. e. Walthal1. aged forty, OF 2221
Beverley Street. fell on the Ice before
l402 beverley Street yesterday after
noon and broke both bones OF his right
leg. DR.. Stern treated the man and
took him home. where his family physi.
Dian, DR.. w. j. West, took charge Of
the case.
Tho first four calls sent In to DR..
Stern yesterday morning were In re-
sponse to the appeals Of persons who
had been burned. In three Of these
cases the victims were small children.
and In each instance the person had
been burned from fires in residences.
William Meade. a two-year-old negro
child living, at 1717 East Franklin
street. fell against an open CRATE while
playing In the room. and was burned
about the forehead and head. Practi-
cnlly all of his hair was singed Off
He was not thought to have been seri-
ously Injured. and was left after receiv-
Ing treatment.
Raymond Barbeo. another two-year-
old negro boy. OF 931 South Lombardy
Street. was lighting papers from tho
red hot side OF a wood heater when one
or the papers blazed up into his face.
His face and hands were badly
scorched. but he was not thought to
have been seriously injured.
Lille Simmons. a six-year-old negro
girl. living at 514 South Lombar dy
Street allowed her clothing to catch
from an open fire in her home, and was
badly burned about the body. DR..
Stern said last night that the nature
OF the burns made the injury exceed
| ingly dangerous, and insisted that the
child be taken to- Virginia Hospital.
However. the parents refused to allow
him to take the child from tho house,
and she was left.
ROLL WOMAN IN SNOW
TO EXT1SGUISH FLAMES
Maggie Runln. GIL st. Peter Street
was warming herself before nm open
| CRATE In her home yesterday morning
when her clothes caught fire. The
woman ran into the street, and there
two men eHtinguished the flames by
rolling the woman In the snow. She
! was badly burned about the back and
F., limbs. and Is said to tie in a serious
condition. She refused to allow DR.
| Stern to tako her TO the hospital, and
was left ut her homo
| Charles Ford, colored. 1908 Buchanan
Street. was thrown from a dirt cart
near Stop No. IL OF the Lakeside line
yesterday. and tho wagon ran over his
abdomen. He Is not thought to have
been dangerously injured, and was
taken to his home after refusing to
allow tho surgeon to take him TO Vir.
ginia hospital for the purpose OF dc.
Terminating II he had been internally
| Injured.
James wIlliams, colorcd. SIS Shark
Street. was treated by the surgeon fol
a broken head. which is said to have
| been administered by O gentleman
boarder." According to tho story -tolo
the surgeon. Williams demanded tina,
| tho boarder pay his rent. While the
men were arguing the boardera wife
| Is alleged to have thrown Williams &c
] the floor and TO have deposited her
| 200 pounds OF avordupois In the mid
| die OF his chest. Williams admitted
tina. he was unable to rise under the
burden. and was held a firm prisoner
/ while the gentleman hoarder" wen,
! Into the yard and secured an axe han.
die. DR.. Stern took several stltches ir
tho mans head and left him at his
| home