Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-01
Accidents in Maine.

| Master Elmer Snow, the 13-years-old
son CT James II. Snow of Brewer, fell
from a swing striking among the rocks
and broke both bones OF the right leg
| just above the ankles
| Earl Woodcock. the 6-years-old son of
| Adel3ert Woodcock of Thomaston. was
playing near horse recently. when the
| animal suddenly kicked. hitting the boy
on the head and breaking his skull.
Miss Gertrude Jameson of Great
| Works. while riding one evening recently.
| fell from her wheel. striking the ground
| In such a manner as to break an arm.
| dislocate shoulder. beside straining the
muscles of her arm.
| Daniel d. Smith of South Portland. was
quite severely injured by being thrown
from his fish team. which was quite
| heavily loaded at the time. and one of the
wheels passed over his leg. The physi-
clan entertains fears of blood poisoning.
as a result of the accident.
Chester w. Plummer. a section hand
on section No. 2 on" the w. & Q. r. r.
was on the gravel train Thursday night
| and when 1t was opposite the Head Tide
| station he jumped from the train while
il was going up the grade at the rate of
fifteen miles an hour. His collar bone
| was broken.
The death of Sarah. wife of George
Draper of Old Town. occurred very sud
denly. Sunday. She was in the house
when her daughter came in and spoke to
|
| a jump and commenced bleeding profuse-
| ly at the mouth. having burst a blood
vessel, and in a few minutes she bled to
| death.
| William Grassland of Dexter. VINO for
| several years has not been in good
| health. went to Abbott's wooden mill
Wednesday night to carry a supper to
his wife. who works in the mill. BY mis-
| take. he, opened the wrong door in going
| in and fell some five feet to the floor of
| the engine room. Two ribs broken.
and he was otherwise severely shaken up.
| Mrs. Merse circuit of Brookline Mass,
who is visiting at Crescent Beach, near
| Rockland. sustained bad fall causing
wounds about the head and shoulders.
| From these she bled profusely and was
in a very weak condition when someone
attracted by groans CHANGED by and
found her. Mrs. circuit is about 20 years
of age and the accident is serious one to
| her.
| shall Carter of Indian River was burned
i TO death. recently. The child, with her
4 little brother and elder sister. had small
fire in the yard, and in some way its
| her cries, ran to the child's assistance to
| find it completely enveloped in flames.
She soon succeeded in extinguishing the
| the fire, but the child was horribly burned
1 and lived but three hours.
Recently Albert Gerrish of Milford, was
breaking up a stone on his land when a
| piece flew into the eye, cutting the eye
ball severely. He suffered a good deal of
pain until a few days ago when there was
a discharge from the eye that was evil
| IDENTIFY the contents Of the eyeball. He
| cannot see with it and the eyesight is
probably destroyed. "A, workman at the
water mill last week lost the sight of one
eye by piece of steel dust striking 1t.
| Mr.. and Mrs. B. p. Hubbard and Mrs.
| Abbie Powers of Stetson, were out driv-
ing Thursday night. when team coming
up behind frightened Mr.. Hubbard S
horse. The animal gave a jump, the
rear seat of the wagon became unfas-
tened. and the two ladies fell backward
into the road. Mrs. Hubbard was re-
moved to a house and did not regain con-
seriousness until Friday morning. Mrs.
Powers was badly bruised but will be ali
right in few days.
Philip, aged four years, son of Dennis
|O'Donnell of Machias. who was playing
with other children near the burning
ground at J. X. Ames' mills had his feet
fearfully burned by walking through the
hot embers. One of the children on the
opposite side of the pit called to the lit
tie fellow, who ran through the live Goals
with his bare feet The entire skin has
peeled off and there are deep burns i. one
| foot: yet hopes are entertained that they
can be saved without making him Grip
pie.