Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02

town within one year, and it you will
amend your charter by striking out Sec
ton 16 thereof, and in this town will
comply with section 5000 of the general
statutes, then the undersigned will at
once approve the grade and location of
your trackNas indicated in the map sub
mitted to us by you without other
change.
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JOHN l.. SAKE, C,,;,+oo
JAMES CoUGHLAN.
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT.
Fatal Accident OF the New England
at WillImantic.
A distressing accident occurred at
Willimantic on the New England
road at $3.50 Saturday evening. Miss
Margaret O'Brien and Miss Nellie Lynch
We're crossing the tracks and seeing the
Boston express coming, they fastened
to get out of it's way and were struck by
the Putnam local. Miss OBrien as in
stantly killed, and Miss Lynch had one
of her legs so badly crushed that it was
amputated. She also suffered internal
injuries AMI it is not thought that she
will recover. The O'Brien girl was
about 80 years of age and Miss Lynch
ABOUT 10 years Olu. Inc dCCluenC was
witnessed by a large number of persons
who were returning from work.
A man named Chandler, aged about
81 years, was struck by Conductor Bar
ret's train near Yalesville Saturday
night and received injuries which may
result fatally. Chandler was walking
along the track at the time and didn't
have time to jump out of the way before
the locomotive hit him, throwing him
some distance to one side of the rails.
The train was stopped and the railroad
men picked him up. DIR McGaughey of
Wallingford was sent for and examined
the man. 1t is feared he will die.
At the Sigourncy street crossing in
Hartford Saturday night man was
found lying beside the Consolidated
train was stopped to bring him to the
depot and he was placed in the caboose.
In some way he got out of the car and
fell underline wheels and was ground
up so badly that his remains had to be
gathered up with a shovel.
John NJ. Burns, 16 years of age, who
lived with his parents at No % North
street, Hartford, was drowned in the
North Meadows about 4:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Burns and three
other boys, his younger brother Willie,
playing polo on skates on the ice just
east of the Valley railroad track, nearly
opposite the foot of Avon street. They
skated on thin ice and all except the
Balfe boy broke through. The water at
this point is about eight feet deep.
Crowley was quickly dragged out by
Balfe and together they rescued Willie
Burns, the only one of the three who
could swim. They then pushed a polo
70 I,Nhn ln lan Font no,
away in the opening, but he did not APP
pear to be able to assist himself and
sank Immediately.
Patrick O'Brien, who died at the state
asylum at Middletown on Thursday
from the effects of blows on his head
from John Farnham, another insane
patient, as stated in Saturdays DEMO
Graf, had been an inmate of the hospi-
tai for about twenty-five years, having
been sent from AnsonIa in 1869. So far
as known he has no relatives in this
country. Ten or twelve years ago
O'Brien killed another patient, but
usually he has been considered quiet
and inoffensive. The only reason
which the assailant gives for the assault
is that the feeling had been growing
upon him for some time that it was his
duty to kill somebody, and as O'Brien
had once killed man he considered
that it was fair that he should be the
victim this time. As Farnham has
always been quiet patient he was al
lowed considerable liberty in the hospi-
tai grounds, ana while walking about
the yard it is supposed that he picked up
the piece of iron water pipe with which
he committed the deed.
After filling his case with type yester-
day afternoon, Thomas w. Goode, a
compositor on the New Haven Register.
started about 3 o'clock towards home.
with fellow compositor named TAYLOR.
At the corner of Church and Chapel
streets, opposite Hauff Bros confection
airy store, Goode was taken with a
severe fit of coughing. This continued
for a few seconds and then developed
into hemorrhage. An ambulance was
summoned, but before going two blocks
the man was dead. He was 80 wears of
age and was recently married to a Young
lady of Wallingford.
Yesterday afternoon at the 5 O'Clock
service at st Johns church in Bridge
port, Wilbur Nichols, a well known
man, was stricken with an apoplectic fit
and died in short time. He had been
in poor health for some time and had his
arrangements made for trip to Florida
He was to start Monday morning,
1t is now believed by many people in
West Haven that the body of John
Pfrender lies at the bottom of the creek
near Waverly grove. Yesterday after
noon two men named Curtis and Lundv.
were dragging the creek with graphing
irons or hooks. They met with no sue.
cess and were about to abandon their
search, when, late in the afternoon. the
hooks were caught in some heavy OBJ
ject and the two men pulled carefully
toward the surface. The object proved
to be a mans body, but just before the
body reached the surface of the water
the. hooks slipped and the body sank
again. An effort is being made to re.
cover the body to-day. Pfrender disap-
peared from West Haven last week.
Dr.. @. w. S. Frost, 1877 Bank St.