The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16
VARIOUS VERMONT MATTERS.
Narrow Escape for -. Albnms-Man Bad
~ Burned.

VARIOUS VERMONT MATTERS.
D Narrow Escape for -. Albans-Man Bad
n ~ Burned.
3 st. Adams had Il narrow escape Fri.
: day afternoon from another disastrous
2 conhagration. Henry Mossey, IA
plumber in the employ of S. G. Greene
was lighting a tinman's fire-pot in
, Greenes' workshop when the fire kick
, ed back and set fire to Mossey's frock
; Mossey ran out the back door where
, Grcene's team stood, in which was a
+ barrel of gasoline which was being
siphoned into an adjacent tank; the
flames from Mossey communicated to
the vapors from the barrel, which
caused an explosion and showered the
blazing fluid all over Mossey, who ran
shouting back into the shop and was
caught by the other workmen and his
clothes stripped from him, but not n
til he was fearfully burned about the
legs, arms, face and back, his finger
nails dropping out and the skin and
flesh peeling off in great shreds. In
six barrels of gasoline, which caught
fire from the wagon, which was a mass
of flames, and in an instant there was
a lively blaze on. Fortunately the de-
partment was promptly on hand and
before the barrels burned enough to
explode, the fire was %quenched. Mos
sey was taken into McLeod's drug
store and his injuries were dressed by
DIR. Paige. The poor fellow suffered
terribly, but was fortunate to escape
with his life: another minute would
have proved fatal.
.u- r.. a. |
Herbert Cobb, alias Livingston 10
years old and sentenced last year by
the Windham County court to one year
for assault, escaped from the house of
correction Sunday morning about II 30
O'Clock. Cobb pretended to be sick
and was allowed to 90 to the medical
room, where he was to wait for Keeper
Richmond, who dispenses drugs. Mr..
Richmond was in bed at the time.
Cobb utilized the time while Mr.. Rich
mond was getting ready TO attend to
him TO make good his escape. He
sprang the iron bars in the window
and let himself down by the assistance
of a cord made out of bed clothing and
got away. The force of keepers at the
house of correction Immediately made
a search for him, but have been unable
to find any trace of him since his es
cape.
Another Man Gored by II hull.
A terrible accident took place at
East Poultney last week Wednesday
night at about q O'Clock. John Bree
was caring for his cattle, when he was
attacked by a three -year-old bull and
nearly killed. 1t happened in a barn
and the bull tossed him about. goring
him in a frightful manner He was
saved from death by his brother who
ran in and grabbed the bull by the
head, and being very muscular sue
ceeded in getting him away. The doe
tors upon arrival found Mr.. Bree IN a
terrible condition. He had been
frightfully gored about the left thigh
and in the groin. Sixty stitches were
taken to close the wounds which were
36 inches in length. ,
storm Damage. '
Sundays storm held serious conse- ,
quences in Addison county and in :
western Vermont generally. 1t raised ,
New Haven river to a point higher =
than the freshet of last spring. G. W.. a
Brooks grist mill dam was carried g
away and some light damage was done j
to roads and bridges. In Lincoln :,
three bridges were swept away, three !
or -four dams carried away. and great i
damage has been done to mills and n
highways. Some estimate the dam
age at $1,000 or 5000 in that town. A
mill dam in Ripton and one in East ,
Middlebury gave away and so much =
water was suddenly let into Otter !,
creek that the latter was very high =.
and carried a great amount of grain U
and late hay down from the meadow Z
la,l -. 4l., ,.n. Ifnlr r. ~. ..,I II
road bridge on the Addison junction I
road from Leicester Junction to Ticon- =
deroga has been swept away in conse- I.
quence of the flood. Reports from Ii q
deroga, Westport, Bridport. Crown II
Point, Shoreham. Port Henry. and as "
far on the lake asWhitehall show i'm
men damage tocrops. The damage TO
grain in west -ern Vermont and eastern S
New York will be thousands of dollars. c
AS25O,OOO Shortage. j
The latest development in the use Of II
the Williamantic Dime Savings banks 5
show a much worse state of affairs p
than was suspected even when Cash p
Walden ran away. No interest has Il
been added 10 dcpositors' accounts a
since 1883. There may be a shortage a
of $3.50. 600, according TO Commission Ii
err Croft and Expert Accountant OF
t'
There will be a Grange picnic held
On the State Agricultural College and
Experiment Station ON Thursday, NJ
-. The Central Vermont n,
railroad will sell tickets for fare one "
way for distances over thirty-four &c
and for two cents a mile for al
.esser distances, h
George Bell Of East Richford. was re
thrown from a load of hay while cross CT
ing the railroad track one day last week, &c
and had two ribs broken. al
Hermon Rogers of Coventry. was al
struck on the head by a falling limb 60
he other day and badly hurt. w
Edward NJ. Roach of Rutland. fell NJ
rom his bicycle, last week Thursday.
md broke his right shoulder blade.
Miss Margare. Carly of Rutland, had mr.
Ter left hand badly burned by the ex- la
,losion of an OF. stove last week Thurs N
lay. ar
News is received of three serious en-
hip wrecks in southern waters off the of
Brazil coast and neal Australia. In the va
after case the British steamer. Cater IN
han ran on the Seal Rocks near Sgd "a,
ley and the heavy seas swept men and he
mall boats overheard and "a lives were p
ost. In the former the British ship in
King Oscar collided with an unknown Tin
'essel of large size which went down ste
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