Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 29, 1903 CAMPER INJURED BY BROKEN BOTTLE James BAKER, of Allentown, one of the party of campers located near the Minnehaha mills in Upper Hanover township, met with a painful accident one day last week. He was barefooted and walked in the grass near the tent when he tread into a broken bottle. He cut an ugly gash in his foot and for several days he did not have much use of the member. AN ALLENTOWN ALDERMAN ABSCONDS Alderman E.F. OCHS, of Allentown, left last Thursday for parts unknown. He was a member of the printing firm of E.F. OCHS & Bro., of Nos. 525-527 Chestnut street, of that city. The printing business has been seized by his creditors since his departure. FELL INTO MINE HOLE AND MAY DIE Wenz BARR, residing near Emmaus, fell 30 feet into an abandoned ore mine on the flats in Lower Macungie, Saturday night. He broke an arm, a leg and several ribs, and is in a critical condition. HAND PAINFULLY INJURED Amandus DELONG, an old and respected citizen of Vera Cruz, who was working at the Donaldson pipe foundry, Emaus, for many years, met with a very painful accident on Saturday. His work at the foundry was to feed a crusher and just as he had shoveled some material into the hopper he noticed a horse shoe in the stones and being afraid it might break the machinery he reached in to dislodge it. The fore finger of his left hand was caught and almost twisted from the hand and the next finger is badly smashed. Luckily the jar of the machinery caused by the horse shoe tore the belt or his whole arm might have been wrenched out of its socket. AID SOCIETY WILL HOLD LAWN FETE The Ladies' Aid Society of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church of Ridge Valley will hold its annual lawn fete on Saturday evening, September 5. The fete will be held on the lawn of B.F. CRESSMAN. Robert ROSS, of Philadelphia, has been engaged to furnish the music for the occasion. A good time is anticipated. THIRTY INJURED IN CHESTNUT HILL PARK Thirty persons were injured on Sunday night on the toboggan slide in Chestnut Hill Park. One of the cars came to a sudden stop near the bottom of the slide and nine heavily loaded cars, one after another, bumped into the leader, while hundreds of scared and excited people looked on unable to aid the imperiled riders. None of the injured passengers are in a serious condition.