The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-05
SCORES HURT IN
ACCIDENTS HERE
DURING HOLIDAY
Fireworks and Toy Cannon
Take Heavy Toll as
City Celebrates.

Celebration Of the Fourth OF July
here yesterday resulted in the an
nusi toll Of scores injured. more or
less seriously. with accidents Of al
most every sort recorded.
Plunging from the cast turn at
the Walnut Garden race course, A
race car piloted by Kenneth B
Fowler. %. OF 800 South Rybolt ave-
nue.. csreened through the under
brush for forty feet. causing Fowler
to suffer fractured hip.
Fowler had won considera bic
local note as a dirt track driver. He
lost control Of the car when the
steering wheel loosened during the
qualifying trials
A few minutes after Fowler's in
jury a miniature racer driven by
Johnny Shuder. Il. with his brother
Don. 4. as a passenger. threw a wheel
on the west turn Of the track and
plowed twenty-five feet through a
field.
Neither boy was injured. The car
was built b. their father and only
measured six feet in length.
Fireworks Toll Heavy
Casualties resulting directly from
pyrOteChnics were numerous.
Tamping powder into a toy can
non at his home. Martin Fisher, ..
Of POPS West Vermont street. suf-
fered severe burns and decorations
Of the left hand when the gun ex-
pIoded. He was taken to city hos
pital
The cork stopper Of another small
cannon. which exploded. tore a hole
through the palm Of the left hand
Of Norval Sharp. 10. 1925 Olive
street. while he was attempting to
load the toy with black powder at
his home He was sent TO city hos
pital
Bow Hit by Bullet
Donald Weathers. 7. of 1917 Hoef-
gen street. was wounded in the left
hip by a stray .22-caliber bullet.
while playing IN the rear Of his
home. He was taken TO city hos
pital Police conducted a search
throughout the neighbOrhOod, but
failed 10 find any one with fire
arms
Miss jeanette Kerns, 20. OF 1921
PoWard street. suffered severe burns
Of the right hand when a fire
cracker. which she was holding
while riding in a truck near Mar
tinSville. exploded Unexpectedly. She
was taken to city hospital here.
Among those reported injured
while using blank cartridges to cele-
brste were Edward Manlove. Is, Ne
gro $50 west Twenty-eighth street:
Clifford Robinson. q, Negro, TIA
Paterson street: willard Forest. IA.
Negro, 1888 North West street and
John Wilson. Is. Negro, 500 Hia-
watha street. All were treated at
city hospital
Others Injured
Injured while holding firecrackers
in their hands were Don Stephen
son. Is. $50 Eugene street; Robert
Allen. u, of 2O46 Bellefontaine
street; Robert Clellan, 10, of 1143
North Beville avenue; Kenneth
Reamer, 8. of 2O9 Koehne avenue;
Charles Zipof. Q, OF 80 Hilton
street; Joe Funk, y. of CAT North
Haugh st.tet. and Ray MOseby. Ne
gro. 2221 North Arsenal avenue.
Robert PIivett. IA. of 2033 Langley
avenue. was treated at city hospital
last night in an effort to remove a
fragment of firecracker which
lodged in his eve.
Bryce Lavett. 8, of 425 North OK
ford street. suffered severe lacera-
tons of the head when he slipped
and fell "a. the edge of the poo, at
Ellenberger park. Raymond Liford.
5. Of 1926 Pleasant street. suffered
decorations OF the forehead when he
was struck by a swing while playing
at Willard park