Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-14
Boiler Explosion at Weybridgc
which Kills One NInm and Injuries Two
Others.


quarry in Weybridge two miles from Mid
dlebury. exploded Monday, killing Patrick
Desmond, the foreman of the quarry, and
seriously iuiuring James Henderson. whose
arm was broken and body badly bruised
and burned, and Albert Davis, whose eyes
were badly hurt. Desmond, body was
torn to pieces, the head and "a part of the
trunk being carried 20 rods by piece OF
the boiler. Desmond leaves a wife and
two small children. who live at Barre.
The engine house was blown to atoms.
The powder house, containing powder and
dynamite, was tipped over 10y the concus-
sion, but fortunately did not explode.
Desmond was at work about the boiler,
Henderson was Just entering the house.
and Davis was a short distance away
About 20 men who were at work in the
quarry were covered with dust and splin-
tiers. The boiler was inspected last spring.
4 barn owned by Mr. Howard of Men
don was burned Wednesday morning with
- tons of hay, wagons, tools, etc.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Home missionary society of the state was
held at Montpelier Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Two hundred members are now in at
tendance upon the 18th annual session of
the grand lodge of Good Templars of Yer
mont at Barton.
Osborne johnson was kicked by a horse
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buggy crushed u lIAc Nll''IliA ""0I' ana
passed. o'lW'ei !i'e TWO men, MI llaiheS
was seriously injured
Herbert wilson and little daughter were
struck 10y locomotive at cambridge lasI
week thursday WINE attempting To drlNt
across the Track MI NlIsoh was Killed
almost instantly, out thr cHuu escape"
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30 leet down an 'mDahkhehl'
John Rooney of Mendon had fight
win female pear ana three cups on the
afternoon oil pct' l. ana kept mem at nay
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arrived ON the scene, Wheh the Dig pear
was lretd, ana the men "eParteu' having
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Bean and d. L. StetSon of the Passumpsic
division, and Ethan Carr of the Lake road
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was run over anu p"uIS injured ny HIS
morse Wnile scoIllS LOT one oi tii' races at
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