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Show MINOR ACCIDENTS INCIDENT TQ DAY Joseph T. Jenkins, Jr., the ten-year-old son of Joseph T. Jenkins, the well-known well-known mining writer, has a badly damaged dam-aged forefinger as the result of a Fourth of July conflict In which figured a -blank-cartridge pistol. The lad had been' forbidden to use quite so dangerous danger-ous a weapon, but some one outside tho family prepented him with one, his patriotism pa-triotism got tho better of his discretion, discre-tion, and he used It with dire rasults. lily finger was badly lacerated by a piece of ono of the cartridges which exploded too soon. A surgeon was called to dress the wound, and he hopes to save the finger and avert any serious result. William Johnson, 30 years old, married, mar-ried, and Chris Nelson, aged 21, single, were quite badly injured at 234 East Fifth South street about 31:0 .yesterday .yester-day morning by the premature o.xi;'o-slon o.xi;'o-slon of a giant-cracker. Johnson received re-ceived almost the entire force of the explosion in hie eyes, and it la feared that he may lose the sight of them. Nelson was burned about the face and head, but his Injuries are not necessarily neces-sarily serious. 1 Among those sustaining minor Injuries In-juries as a result of too strenuous observance ob-servance of the Fourth are the following: follow-ing: Son . of Sam G. Spencer, foieman of tho Salt Lake Knitting Works, Canyon road, turned face. Son of Heber D. Mitchell, tinner, (111 South Ninth street. Fourteen-year-old son of J. H. Keaty, 33 Vine street, powder hums. Child of Walter C. Orem; S03 East Second South street, eyes ir jurec. |