Went Off Too Soon
WENT OFF TOO SOON
A Little Ypsilanti Girl Burned to Death Though a Fire Cracker------Other Ypsilanti Accidents.
The display of fireworks at Ypsilanti Tuesday was grand as far as it went, but at about 9 o'clock in some way one of the boxes containing the undischarged matter caught fire and immediately the whole lot of stuff was discharged in every direction mostly into the crowd of hundreds of people and many in carriages. It was a scatter tor your life and the excitement -was not abated until the last rocket shot out in a threatening direction. A great many were hit by the flying missiles but only five or six in a serious manner. One man was hit in the head and suffered great agony last night, but is better this morning. Several children were badly bruised in the rush, but so far none of the injuries have proven fatal. During the day, however, Gertrude Alford, a little girl of seven years of age was celebrating with fire crackers, when her dress caught fire and enwrapped her in flames. She was badly burned and died from the effects late last night. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alford, of Washington st. A boy by the name of Whittaker had his thumb and the tips of his fingers blown off and his right arm filled with powder later in the afternoon. He was loading a gas pipe cannon when someone threw a firecracker, which ignited the powder and everything exploded including the powder horn. During the evening a lady was sitting in her yard with a baby in her arms, when a descending sky rocket came down through her lap, without injury to herself or child.
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Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat