| Show FOOLED WITH A BOM BOMB B FRANK BADLY INJURED right night hand blown to pieces but the wound is not bangi rous Is a well known actor by enrol resulting in the premature explosion of 0 a large bomb frank W pollard Polla nl master of construction of 0 the midsummer coi haj had ills his light land hand literally blown to pieces a and nd now it alca tit at st marks hospital his right thumb parts ot of the hie firby and second fingers of ilia 1114 right hond hand and a laige portion of the palm palin ot of the hame banio hand the accident tit occurred about halt balf past 9 yesterday afternoon lit at the continental market markel on loftt W bt temple street pollard in company with several employees of 0 the carnival committee was standing in the fiant room of 0 the building where shere EL quantity of bunting and some fireworks reworKs I were e ker kept he 1 e had ita d e abed angad eacia thyn r and had r 1 tl 1 rollicking stage noticing one of oc tho the ambi lying on the table lie he picked it up with the remark davs lets ila have ve some pome fun it x was as a bomb ot of the lo 10 conff ag kind wound with cane calle straw at one end there Is nothing but powder t to 0 communicate tho the ire to tho the bomb part which is 1 in the other end breaking tills this across ills knee rollard pollard expressed big intent intention lory of 0 lighting IL 11 ills his companions begged of 0 him not to lot do so but ile hs touched the luge with a cigarette anart started for tho the outer door to throw the bomb into the street just as he reached the door ot of the room I 1 ho he acan occurred with a noise that shook the building pollard staggered back but was sas caught by hi big friends before ila ho fell ell when lie ho ralsey hla his right hand which sterne seemed it to maln win him intensely it was seen bet n that ahn t the hie thumb und and part ot of ills first and second fingers torn into in addition to this it a portion ot of the flesh in the middle of OC thy thet land hand was waa blown out leaving a cavity about two inches across directly in the mid tile dl of hl hit hand ile ha was sas put into a 0 carriage can lag and taken to lo the residence of ur dr bower thiro ills his hand was temporarily dressed and treated dr ale lean was waa called and ordered the man rei noved to st rt hospital this was waa flone dore pollard remaining i unconscious all the time reaching t here drs wid and critchlow set to work to dress the cutting its away ay the loose portions of the he flesh it was stilted stated that his injuries though painful were not serious and that lie he will lose the most of oc his right land hand 11 pollard ollard la Is an aj actor by profession boin bein 9 LE ac one time connected with the U and I 1 company which played a week recently at the th lyceum theater he Is a brother in law of the comedian james F post nho mho was the first to kealoh him after the accident occurred pollard was known to be one of the most skilled mechanics in tho the country to him was as assigned tho the task of overseeing ti the le construction of 0 the floats used in the tha cary alval parades which office he filled w with I 1 h c ci edit to il himself and the city lie he bitterly bewails the losi joss of his hand saying it will unlit unfit him tor for either cither ot of his big vocations ile he la is unmarried and Is about 28 ye years ars ot of age |
