New Britain herald., 1922-07-05
FIREWORKS CAUSE
 SEVERAL INJURIES Quiet Holiday Marred by Acci,
 dents From Firearms BOLT HITS WATER MAIN
Ford Car Donated for Socicty Circus Civil War Veteran is Dcad- Both Baseball Teams Drop Holiday Games-Pcrsonal Notes

Games-Pcrsonal Notes.
 The Fourth of July was celebrated quietly In town but the day did not pass without several injuries reported by local doctors. Firearms discharged without warning, playful jokes with guns that were loaded, and other causes contributed to the list of vic tins, all of whom received prom nt medical attention as preventive of infection.
 Dave Erbe, we'll known as a base. ball arbiter was injured quite serious ly when a cannon discharge lodged in the calf of his right leg and tore much of the flesh away. The accident occurred near Neal's Court when q cannon, owned by Charles Mccall. and which was being used by gath ering of celebrators, was discharged without warning. Erbe was standing near the cannon and the charge hit him in the right leg. The member was badly injured and the victim was at tended by Dr. J. N. Bull who adminis tered first aid and sent the injured man tc his home.
 The youngest member Of the Gnaz- 70 family on Bank street was injured when a revolver was discharged and the powder entered the youngsters hand. It was the old case of not knowing that the weapon was loaded. The child was attended by Dr. l.. H. Frost
 Joseph Papilard. q youngster, who lives in Mountain View was also in- jured in the hand when pistol which he was holding was accidentally dis charged and the shot lodged in his hand. He was attended by Dr. Frost.
 Doris Tanning, daughter of Mir. and Charles Tanning of Maple street. was reported to have been injured when an explosive struck her in the finger when being discharged.
 A number of children received gum power wounds and burns in minor accidents. Investigation of firecrack- CTS which failed to explode instantly were responsible for many of these latter injuries.
 The annual celebration was perhaps the quietest which Plainvile has ever known. The bad weather on Monday night dampened the ardor of the most jealous celebrators and the special constables on duty had no trouble from disorders of any kind Not an arrest was reported oyer the holiday
 Although Monday night was rainy some of the younger enthusiasts man. aged to stay out late, or early, and put one over" on the officers by ringing several of the church bells It has always been a custom to try and ring the church bells, while guard lans of the law were posted at the various edifces to prevent the same, It vas third of July night well spent when the bells were rung and the bon fire started at the center. So it was natural that even the rainy weather should not spoil the real patriotic celebration, with the result that the wee small hours heard the tolling of the church bells as usual.
 Many local people planned to spend the holiday at the shore or at some mountain resort but poor weather kept them at home. Some Plainville peo- pie went to New Britain last night to see the municipal display in that city, but returned home disappointed as the Hardwary City officials decided to postpone the celebration until better weather.
 Lake Compounce received its share of PlainNllites who went to the resort for an evening of dancing as well as to see the fireworks which were TUT off as scheduled.
 Bolt Hits Water Main
 The severe thunder storm of Mon day night did considerable damage to the streets of the town which were flooded by the heavy rain. The water main at the corner of East and Broad streets was struck by lightning about 8 o'clock and d spouting geyser re- suited. until employees of the Plain vile Water company were rushed to the scene to shut off the flow and re- pair the break. The electric lighting system was spasmodic in service, the lights flickering off and on at inter vals. Several telephone lines were thrown out of commission in the eastern section of the town about the |