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TWO FIRES STARTED
A Number of Charges Against the Pastime of Shooting off Fireworks
[Welland Telegraph, 27 May 1910]
A large fireworks balloon set by Victoria Day celebraters on Tuesday evening set fire to Riverside Mills by alighting on the roof. The blaze was soon noticed and extinguished with the heavy mill hose. No damage of any account was done. Had the fire got much headway there may have been a different tale to tell, however.
Charles Stewart’s frame block on East Main Street was also set on fire by fireworks falling on the roof. It was also noticed and extinguished before any damage was done.
Several people were burned around the hands and face by over zealous celebraters but no one was seriously injured.
The dresses of two Welland women caught fire from fireworks as they were coming out of the Grand theatre, but the fire was soon extinguished.
The pop-corn vendor chased a young man who threw a giant cracker under his cart. He threatened to kill him and drew a knife to make good his threat, but he could not catch his tormentor.
An alderman told The Telegraph on Wednesday that he would introduce a bylaw to prohibit the sale or use of fireworks on the 24th.
[See related TALE: TO PROHIBIT FIRECRACKERS/An editorial by Louis Blake Duff]
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