Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-02-20
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT.
n Bristol Boy Impalcd Upon the
Limb of Il Iree.

n Bristol Boy Impalcd Upon the
Limb of Tree.
While coasting Wednesday. Michael
Reynolds, a ID year old Bristol boy, came
in contact with limb that had been
cut off, the sharp end protruding from
the trunk of the tree. The limb cleared
the top of the sled on which the boy sat
and entered the extreme lower part of
the body, piercing through into the alb
domen and impaling the boy upon the
end of the limb. The children called
for assistance and the teacher, Miss Car
roll, pulled him off from the limb DIR
Wilson was called and found the bowels
protruding from the terrible wound, but
careful examination did not discover
that they were punctured or bruised.
The organs were replaced and the
wound was sewed up. The patient
became as comfortable as could be ex-
pect"d, and may recover.
Peter Parsons of South Norwalk, the
mail carrier between South N0rwalk and
Norwalk, had a surgical operation per-
Riverton, on Sunday. Mr. Parsons, when
10 years old. fell upon a stump or stub,
injuring one of his legs, from which at
various times thirty pieces of bone have
worked out, or have been taken out.
Drs Welch and Moore relieved him of
the last one. which had protruded three
or four inches.
Frederick d. Cook of Norwich was
badly injured yesterday afternoon by
the bursting of "a cannon with which he
was firing a salute in memory of General
Sherman. Cook had two ribs broken
and internal INJURIES are feared.
William West, aged 81, single, en-
ployed in the weavers' room of Skaters
mills, Jewett City, was struck by south
bound train on the Norwich q Worces-
ter railroad last evening and instantly
killed. His head was tied up on account
of sore neck and it is supposed he did
not hear the whistle.
The killing of Mrs Harris in her hus.
bands mill in Columbia was a shocking
affair. While Mr. Harris and the older
boys were at work at the saw mill, Mrs
Harris, with the youngest son, lad of
about years, was engaged at the grist
mill cracking some corn preparatory to
grinding. Having occasion to make
some change in the machinery, Mrs
Harris left the boy in the mill while she
went below to effect the change. In at
tempting to step over some shafting her
dress caught, and a single shrek dis
closed the fact to the little boy. who,
powerless to render any assistance, ran
to his father, who ran and stopped the
machinery. finding his wife mangled
and torn, tightly bound to the shafting.
Death must have been instantaneous, but
the constant revolution had broken and
torn off fingers, and one leg, and had so
broken the arms that splinters oe bones
protruded from the flesh. Blood and
bits of flesh were scattered about in
every direction, presenting most sicken-
ing spectacle.
Miss Alma Olsen, aged 90, of New
London, became insane in New York
yesterday, while waiting to take passage
on the Celtic for Europe and was taken
to st Vincent's hospital and detained
there for treatment.
Mrs Edward Peck of Wilson Station,
died Wednesday night of paralysis of
the heart caused by the paris green
taken in the morning. Ali efforts to
save her proved unavailing, although
the medical aid summoned undoubtedly
aver ted the commissions usually attend.
ing arsenical poisoning.