Evening star., 1934-12-23

dog frightened by an oncoming car, leaped
against him and threw him to the sidewalk.
Dogs, by the way, figured in an unusual num-
ber of 1934's oldest accidents
Albert Barrett of New Jersey got fractured
skull when dog fell 10 stories and struck him
on the head. Mrs Arney Clutter, her young son
and her brother, all of East Liverpool, Ohio,
lost their lives when their pet police dog upset
the boat in which they were riding.
A lavish public kiss from her bulldog cost
Evalyn Wright, st. Louis, a nice damage and
repair bill. The kiss distracted Miss Wright,
whose auto swerved against new boulevard
light post. The city asked $156.25 for the post
and the garage man s73 to repair the car.
Andrew Pelton, New York. snapped his teeth
at his dogs nose in play. Buster snapped back,
and meant it, closing his teeth on his masters
nose Pelton went to the hospital for treat
ment.
Cupie, a Murphysboro. Ill, bulldog, killed
himself. Left alone, he turned on all the gas
Jets in the kitchen range and was asphyxiated
before help arrived.
And cats figured in some curious accidents.
Edward Miles, 6-year-old Indianapolis lad,
played hide -and-seek with his cat No matter
where he hid his pet would find him. Sud-
denly Edward spied the empty refrigerator in
the kitchen and climbed in, shutting the door
behind him. Outside, the cat clawed the por-
celain. Finally, the mother awoke and amazed
at the cats antics, opened the door. Edward
had suffocated
In Lepseny, Hungary, Mrs. Mihaly Kantor's
cat crept into the oven to find relief from the
heat. Mrs Kanton decided to do some baking
and lighted the fire under the oven. Hearing
cries of distress she opened the oven door,
feline fire-ball, her fur blazing, raced madly
through the house, igniting draperies in her
fight. Minutes later, the house was IN ashes.
Similar to this was the experience OF Mrs.
Victor Barbagia of Vineland, N. J.
She went to the basement to tend the furnace
fire. An oily rag caught fire and she tossed
it aside without looking to see where it went.
It landed on the cats back, setting its fur
ablaze. The cat dashed through the house with
Mrs Barbaglia after it; before the dash was
over Mrs Barbaglia's gown caught fire and she
was painfully burned, and 500 worth of dam
age was done to her home.
Harvey Pontius Kendallville, Ind. scratched
match on his trousers to light his pipe. The OIL
soked pants burst into flame and were demol-
ished before the fire was extinguished. A phy-
sician dressed his badly burned legs
COMEWHAT similar in embarrassing results
y was an industrial accident reported to the
National Safety Council A hose carrying oxy-
gen and gas to the welding torches lay on the
floor. leak had developed in the hose right
where the hero of this story was working
With no respect for his privacy, the gas
quietly seeped right up his trouser leg. Sud-
denly there was an explosion, and The pants
blew off. There injury except to the
workers feelings.
Joseph Pitts, New Philadelphia, Ohio, over
turned in his More shaken than hurt,
he crawled from the wreckage and began COM
plimenting himself on his escape. Then ne
caught the strains of a song from his DASH
board radio set, still going despite the impact.