Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1910 — BOY BLOWS OFF RIGHT HAND [ARTICLE]

BOY BLOWS OFF RIGHT HAND

Tries to Shatter Bowlder With Dynamite Cap, but Injures Himself. At Kittanning, Pa., Alexander Burkitt, aged 17, found a dynamite cap and with it tried to remove a large stone from the front yard of his home. He placed the cap on the stone and hit it with a hammer. The stone is still there. Burkitt lost his right hand. ..