Boy Hurt By Dynamite Cap Recovering

Debruce, New York, 1913

HARRY LOWE, AGED 5, IS IN GOOD HANDS

Harry Lowe, a five year old child from Debruce, Sullivan county, who was brought to Thrall Hospital about two months ago, after a part of his left hand had been blown off by dynamite cap, has so nearly recovered that he is able to be up and about the hospital and outside, and has firmly established himself as a prime favorite with the hospital staff and nurses, and with all with whom he comes in contact.

The case was a particularly sad one, and one which has enlisted the aid of various charitable persons and organizations in this city. The lad was playing in the yard at his home in Debruce, when he was handed a dynamite cap by a man who is said to have been intoxicated at the time. Not knowing or realizing what he held, the little fellow touched off the cap with a match, with the result that the third and fourth fingers and a part of the left hand were blown off. He was brought to this city the next day, and has since been at Thrall Hospital under the care of Dr. T. D. Mills.

Since his injury, his parents have separated, his father, Cyrus Lowe, residing at Debruce, while his mother is believed to reside at Cooley, Sullivan county.

—Orange County Times-Press, Middletown, New York, November 14, 1913, page 1.