The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1934, Page 7

ANRBUHUee A AAUCe nt MBUnnencaccecnengcacnccecctercnenanecueacucectancarenavnteaaitaes sg TUT oo TOOUNTEUTACTOIAUUCE HAUTE UAE -rHOEU TUONO ECTS AE «uA AEOHEOH A ATAGOG AORTA EAE ECO AHUNATIMH- 2 = = = = a = 2 A train going 70 miles an hour hit an auto in (lino. . . The crash cut off the car's radiator and two wheels, but windshield and windows were unbroken and the car's two occupants were unhurt. QUEEREST ACCIDE By Harry Barsantee OT long ago the newspapers told about John Holman of York, Pa., who failed in his plan to commit sui- cide, but died in the attempt, thus achieving his pur- pose anyway. Holman, who was 63, was found dead of a fractured skull in the cellar of his home, with a nocee of insulated wire clutched in his hand and a box at his feet. The coroner said he believed Holman fell and struck his head while the m1 tie th might depend upon luck. Or toughness. Some of oddest mishaps of 1933, as a matter of fact, were really not marvelous escapes. crossing just as a passenger train traveling 7 an hour arrived at the same place. He dislocated his shoulder while reaching for a glass of beer. One man was killed while cI attempting to commit suicide ---and that's just one of the many hard-to-believe mishaps that happened during the year LE fit ea iG ; HEH Tee b i fr ; i i t bi ir I rl il ty! zi il Pet Hill 3 E i ? z pent ffeil Hl iF? iF iF iit l TEES F Fos ; f£ fit fe uf Hs ter : g gegit es fa ¢ ete cause of a sprained ankle, tripped on the crutch- es, fell, and broke her neck. Fellow workmen fled in all directions as John Austin, New Allbany, Ind., dropped » heavy box of dynamite he was loading on a barge. The dynamite didn’t explode, but the box fell on Austin's neck and broke it. A Weat Virginia druggist, Dr. L. T. Ford, claims he was fated te get hurt anyway. When his sedan failed to make a Two robins attacked 14-year-old Johnny Har- srs FEE i tetired, who survived three wars and wore ingwi service medal sud croix de died in 1933 from a firecracker wound. ‘AFTER reading some of the unusual escapes related above it will be surprising to see how easily many 1933 accident victims met death. Salvatore Stes, 48, Washington, was killed in a four-foot fall from a stone wall. Mrs. Emma Rothrock, 75, Chicago, died of injuries ineurred when she tripped over a pair of over- ¥ \shoes. Thirteen-year-old Everett Dalgliess of TT: iT per and inflicted serious scalp wounds. of Litchfield, IIl., tripped over her kitten and fractured a hip. Animals, by the way, were responsible for a num- ber of serio-comic accidents in 1932, A hit-and-run dog sent W. J. Cennack, Denver, to the hospital with a frac- tured leg. Two robins at- tacked Johnny Harper, four-year-old Anderson, Ind., lad, and inflicted se- rious scalp wounds. One of the strangest cases of the year occurred in Lille, France. Mme. Le Febure bought a rabbit at a market with the idea of us- ing it for a stew. But bunny had other ideas —as well as rabies. It climbed out of the basket and chewed at madam’s finger, but was poked back. ‘When it arrived in the kitchen it went ber- serk. It bit M. Le Febure, his son and two daughters, cleaned up on the dog and two cats (Copyright, 1933, by EveryWeek Magazine.) UAC MU an First basketball player to be wounded in action by firearms was Lawrence Laedigs, burned when the timer shot his gun at the wrong moment. and finally was chased into a chicken coop, where it mangled 10 hens, killed three ducks and then, apparently satisfied, it lay down and died. Martin L. Crimins, U. S. A.. retired, was bitten badly by a water moccasin just a few minutes before he was to have delivered an address on poisonous snakes at Suffern, N. Y. THE usual number of bees flew into auto- © mobiles and caused drivers to lose control of their cars, but the experience of Costanzo Zuceo of Philadelphia provides an interesting variation. Zucco stopped his car along a rural highway, picked up a turtle and drove on. The turtle started to climb up his pants leg. Zucco got excited and forgot to keep his mind on his driving. The car crashed into a telephone pole, and driver, wife and turtle received severe but not fatal injuries. Anti-beer forces may add the following to their propa- ganda file: Thomas T. Lloyd, Peters- burg, Ill., dislocated _ his shoulder while reaching for a glass of beer. Louis Conti, Milwaukee, fractured his nose when, while tapping a keg of beer. the bung flew out and struck him in the face. This mis- hap, oddly enough, occurred in Sharpshooters Park. Andrew A. Kirsch, Pitts- burgh restaurateur, died of injurieS caused by an explod- ing beer keg. Beys will be boys. Jack Wilbur. Ketchikan, Alaska, was killed with a gun at his 63d birthday party while playing cowboy... J. F. Rar- don, 60, Oklahcma City, slipped and suffered a serious head injury while rounding third base in a sandlot baseball game. And girls will be girls. Mrs. Cruz Mar- tinez, 108 years old, Chicago, was burned to death when her clothing caught fire from the cigaret she was smoking. i Even the elements seem to ally themselves Mice. Le Febure's rabbit bit her husband, their son and two daughters, cleaned up on the dog and two cats, hilled ten hens, three ducks. with the Grim Reaper. Benjamin F. Hen- drix, Norfolk, ‘/a.. had his neck broken by a wave. The burning sun spread the rails and ccused a train wreck in Oregon which was responsible for two deaths and nine serious injuries. Much has been said recently of the hazards of college sports, but Lawrence Laedigs, Ma- comb, IIl., believes he is the first basketball player to be wounded in action by firearms. He was about to get back into a hotly contested game, with just five seconds to go, when the timer, who had his gun poised for the final shot, pulled the trigger. His team won, but Laedigs was lost to his team for several days because of a badly burned pair of thighs. Incidentally, no basketball players were re- ported killed while playing last year. but at least 10 met death in traffic accidents while going to or from their games. ne motorists ever got hurt in an odder manrer than did Keith Crousotte of Rock Island, Ill. His car was struck from behind by another car. The shock threw Crousotte out of his car—and the wheels of his own auto ran over him. Frank Coduti of Chicago had an argument with his wife, lost, and decided to commit sui- cide. So he drove his car over the top of a 60-foot bluf. The car was wrecked; but Coduti, unhurt, crawled out and went home. On Washington's birthday a man in the east was killed when a cherry tree which he was cutting down fell on him. Gravedigger Frank Padlo of Dickson City, Fa.. fell in the grave he was cigging and died. Two women bathers in Palo Alto, Caht.. were run over twice by the same car and se- riously hurt. The driver backed over them as they lay on the beach sunning themselves. Frightened by their screams he drove forward —over them again. March 18 was obviously the wrong day to let George Ryan, Oakland, Calif., sweep the chimney. He started the day by falling off his ladder. After another try he made the roof, only to fall down upon it. Hardly had be arisen, before he fell off the roof. Disheartened? Not George. He climbed back on the roof, then promptly fell down the chimney. He became wedged, but managed to wriggle out. Then he fell off the roof again. Officers found George, unhurt, still trying to sweep the chimncy. They advised him to take a day off. HAA ALUN A A MUU UTA UC gm UN HENGE UAHA OL EAU Tree (tim n s LOAN] Ow COUE eof eee EGETGEUCOAEANAGUUUNHHOALUFEEUHOUUOAETLUAEUUHORLEHALUHELE BY ST lL i