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JULY 4th 1876 ACCIDENT LIST
Brooklyn Union Newspaper

5 July 1876
                     The Accident List
Appended is the list of casualties unfortunately always attendant upon the
Fourth of July:

During the fire in F. Summerville's store, Francis LENT, a clerk,aged
nineteen, of No 391 Baltic st. while attempting to save the money drawer,
was instantly killed and almost burned to a crisp by the explosion of a keg
of powder.

Mary McGEE,forty five years of age, of No 327 Warren street, was slightly
wounded in the leg, while seated on her stoop, by a pistol ball fired by
some unknown person.

Mary GREEN,twenty years of age, while washing on the rear stoop of her
residence, No 33 Carroll street, was shot in the arm and slightly injured.
Emil Rosenberger, a peddler of No.181 Clinton street, was arrested to day by
Detective Mahoney , on charge of having fired the shot.

Patrick GAFFNEY ,of 13 State street, fell and broke his ankle while engaged
in decorating his house.

Mary THOMPSON,aged two years, of 83 Union street, was severely injured by
falling out of a second-story window while looking at the procession.

John WHITE, of 83 Myrtle avenue, was shot and slightly wounded through the
carelessness of Jacob MOORE, a barber, of `8` Myrtle avenue, who was arrested.

Patrick MALLOY, aged fourteen, of No 332 Hicks street, threw a match into a
bottle containing powder, and was seriously burned and cut about the hands and feet.

Henry LOCKWOOD,one year old, while in his mother's arms, at her residence,
corner of Fifth avenue and Ninth street, was seriously injured by a pistol
ball, fired by some unknown person.

Hugh REYNOLDS, sixteen years of age, dangerously shot himself in the thigh,
while discharging a revolver on the roof of his residence, No 406 Van Brunt street.

Andrew H. ANDERSON , of 24 Third street, was accidentally shoot in the face
yesterday, the ball  lodging partially behind the eye. Drs. Walker and
Bergen removed the eye,extracted the bullet and the replaced the eye in the socket.
Theodore Haynes and  Wm. Horn, boys, were arrested charged with being the
cause  of the accident.

James McGIVINY,aged nine years of 275 Bond st had his face badly burned with
powder

Luke FINNAN, aged thirteen years, was slightly burned about the head and
face by the explosion of a powder flask.

Elizabeth DOTY fell in some lots near the junction
of Myrtle Avenue Park, and broke her left leg.

Christian BOAGORI, a Swede, died yesterday at No 50 Dikeman street,from
injuries sustained by falling from a cherry tree.

Carrie HOAR, of 157 Gates avenue, while viewing the pyrotechnic display at
Ft Greene last night, sustained a severe wound in the leg from a skyrocket
carelessly set off in the crowd.

Joseph AUGUSTBERGER and Charles DOLL,boys,were painfully burned by
firecrackers at the corner of Tompkins and Throop avenues.

Timothy SHAY,of Mulberry st.,New York, was thrown out of a wagon at the
corner of Ninth st and Sixth ave and severely cut about the head.

Joseph LEVY, burned about face and eyes by explosion of a small cannon in
front of his residence No 127 Fulton st.

Vinsen SCHUTTERS, of East New York, had two ribs broken by a skyrocket while
standing on Ocean Hill.

William HALL, aged fourteen years, of 17 Fillmore place,E.D. was wounded in
the left side yesterday morning while sitting on the curbstone in Grand
st.near Sixth.  The wound was tri??ling and Hall went home. It is not known
who fired the shot.

John GARDNER, fifty years of age, a watchman at Havermeyer's sugar refinery,
at the foot of South Fourth st.E.D., was shot in the forehead by some
unknown person on Saturday night and slightly wounded. He was attended by
Dr. Malone and sent to his home in East New York.

Geo.GELENGER, aged thirteen of 124 Ewen street, E.D. and August BAUER,aged
thirteen,of 119 Ewen street, while burning loose powder in the street last
evening, were severely burned about the face,neck, legs and arms. They were
attended by Dr. Woygardt, and sent to their respective homes.

A ball from a pistol last night struck Mrs. Mary Leach in the breast as she
was sitting in the doorway of her residence, No  1103 Fulton street, passing
thence into her left arm. Dr. Griggs extracted the bullet.

Transcriber:
Lorraine Conroy
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