Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1911 — First Fourth of July Mishap. [ARTICLE]

First Fourth of July Mishap.

South Bend, Ind., July 3. South Bend s first serious Fourth of July accident occurred when Earl Koon, aged nine years, was seriously injured by the premature explosion of a firecracker, the powder entering the boy’s eyes. The boy thought the fuse would not burn and was blowing it when the explosion took place.