The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-02
Claremont, N. II.

One OF the most terrible accidents, that
ever happened in this place occurred last
Tuesday afternoon. AS David Ewing an
overseer in one of the weave rooms, in the
Monadnock mills, was mendipg belt,
which ran over shaft going at the rate of
over one hundred and fifty revolutions per
minute. He had hold of the belt with his
left hand, and the belt Unexpectedly CON-
menced to wind around the shaft and his
arm was caught and his body instantly
drawn upon the shaft where it revolved for
several minutes after which be was thrown
to the floor sadly mapgled corpse. Ore
leg was torn from the body, the left arm
was torn off and to pieces, one side of the
head and face was badly bruised and life
was entirely extinct. About seven min
u,es elapsed after he was caughtsbefore the
machinery was stopped, owing to the dis
lance of the room In which he worked
from the gate-house but had it been in
stan,ly stopped, his life could not have
been saved, for the first turn of the shaft
undoubtedly crushe d in the side of his head.
He was young man twenty six years of
age of industrious and temperate habits |;
loved and respected by all who knew HIM
and by his employers deemed a most capa-
bic and trustworthy hand. He had been
married nearly two years and leaves wife
and infant child. He wac a native of Scot
land and with his mother came to this cOun-
try about six years ago. He has worked in
this mill since that time. Only six days
before he met his sad and untimely death
10 IN, hnu ltl, fr,l
TO the floor a corpse, without struggle,
All the rest of the family are in Scotland
and sad is the news of tue untimely dealt
of the mother aud brother which the be-
reaved wife in her lonely home must 81 nd
across the water. She with her infaLt
child have the deepest Sympathy Of the
people. This ia the first person that was
ever killed in the Monadnock mills al
though many have been badly injured.
AS Mr.. Merrill, who keeps the Island
house, was out riding with his his wife and
another lady, they were Iua into by span
of horses attached to wood eled and with
out a driver. The tongue of the sled struck
Mr.. Merrill's left arm and broke it; they
we're upset and Mrs. Merrill was badly in
jured and has been unable TO sit I'D since
The other lady escaped with but slight in-
juries.
Rev. DR.. Lorimer of Boston will deliver
the last lecture of the peoples lecture
course" next Wednesday evening his sub
ject is "What know about boys" This
Is the last lecture of course of eight lee
lures all of which have been highly in
structive and entertaining, and all seem to
feel that the money, paid for their season
tickets, has been well invested.
DR.. Geo. F. Hubbard, of Polk City,
Iowa, who was one of the victims of the
disaster at Ashtabula, was native of Clar-
emont, aud son of Henry Hubbard. He
studied medicine with DR.. s. G.. Jarvis of
this town and attended lectures at Han
over. For the last ten years he has prac-
ticed his profession in Polk city, where he
was highly respected and beloved by all
who knew him, and his sudden and shock
ing death has cast shadow Of gloom on
the family circle. He was thirty-three
years of age and leaves wife and two
children to mourn the loss of kind and
affectionate husband aud an indulgent par
ent. His remains were 30 badly mangled
that he could be identified only by his
clothing.
Dea w. E. Thompson dressed two pigs
the united weight of which was 762 pounds.
They were nearly nine months old.