Galliher, Frank

GALLIHER

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Date: 2/23/2004 at 02:44:21

Fairfield Ledger
July 10, 1895
Page 3 column 2

HURT WHILE FIRING A SALUTE. FRANK GALLIHER, a man about fifty years of age, fired a Fourth of July salute on the JENKS farm, three miles east of this city. He placed a cast iron pinion from a threshing machine on an anvil, filled it with powder and covered the pinion with a heavy weight. When a fuse was applied a terrific explosion ensued, and the pinion burst. One of the flying pieces struck GALLIHER in the calf of the left leg and inflicted a ragged wound almost large enough to take in a man’s finger. DR. BEAN was called at once, but with the most careful examination was unable to locate the missile. GALLIHER has suffered a good deal of pain, and will probably be disabled for some time.