Show tf T ir m m arti gg g BA B USUAL HARVEST IN LINE OP ACCIDENTS IS LACKING firemen have exceptionally easy time of it and so have police department from wednesdays standard the great harvest in the line of accidents that it usually reaped on the glorious fourth was conspicuous yesterday by its absence all the accidents ci and there were rt many were of a minor nature in nearly every case being the burning of the ace and hands by powder the most serious case of the day was that of glen koch a boy 14 years of age who was injured by the explosion of a can of powder which inflicted a scalp wound that required seven stitches to close no serious results are anticipated claud cunningham another 14 year old lad suffered slight injuries by exploding powder in cans maxwell melby had his face burned by powder from a tire cracker august carlson aged H of riverside put a match to some powder with the result that ho received a severe powder burn in the face the 6 year ola son of abe dunbar was burned about the facci and hands by the explosion of a firs cracker his eyes narrowly escaped injury A miss lloyd living on grant avenue also had her face burned by a tire cracker explosion none of the cases reported were of a sufficient nature to warrant the patients being sent to the hospital which did not receive a patient during the day whose injuries were caused by fire works the fire department did not have a call during the day about 11 last night a call came in for a grass fire at the bead of twenty fourth street but the flames were extinguished before the department arrived on the acene chief graves stated at midnight that it was the quietest fourth he bad seen in ogden the statement of the tire chief was also the sentiment of the police department part ment only three arrests tor shooting tire crackers were made during the day A large crowd was in attendance at glenwood park especially last evening when the place was crowded with persons from the city there were no special attractions other than a ten mila motor race which was won by heagren samuelson second and smith third taken allin all in all the day was unusually here and was minus the many serious accidents of one year ago |