The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-08-18
Dieyclist Run Down By WestbrOok
EleCtricS.
WAS RIDING NEAR TRACK AND
TURNED ACROSS.

Sunday School Picnic.
Among the purchasers of house lots at
Ocean View Park the new suburb at East
Deering are the following people: Charles
A. Dyer, Portland; John Randall. Port
land; Calvin H. Kipp, East Deering;
Isaac E. Strout, Portland; Nils A. N.
Bruins, Portland; Elizabeth c. Fuller,
Portland. Several houses are to be con-
structed at once.
1t is reported that big land transao
ton involving the sale of twenty acre
lot on the easterly side Of Forest avenue,
Oakdale, which is owned by Joseph S.
Kicker ami the Deering heirs. Boston
parties, as also Marks & Earle and Myron
E. Moore of this city, are said to be
anxious to obtain the property, for build
ing sites.
Workmen are engaged in grading up
the e. G. Jordan lawn in front of his
house on Forest avenue, Woodfords.
The work of extending Prospect street
will be laborious task as there is con-
siderable ledge that will have to be taken
out before the grade can be equalized.
| Worster and Wilson the contractors for
the excavation of Forest avenue are sell
| ing large quantities of the dirt which
comes from the excavation to private
parties.
The Deering running team of the fire
department has received an invitation to
enter the contest at the Gorham fair
September a. The company will probably
accept.
Mr.. Frank Bracket, engineer at
Braokett's mill, Portland, with his
family, are moving from their residence,
sDeering avenue, to Gorham, where they
are to locate to accommodate their
daughter who is desirious of attending
the Normal school, Mr.. Walter Page,
clerk with J. j. Gerrish & Co., of Port
land, is to occupy Mr.. Braokett's resi-
dence
ACCIDENT AT OAKDALE.
| About eleven o'clock yesterday fore
noon, MIR. N. Frank Dunton. carpenter
in the employ of Mr.. G.. E. Bowers, the
local contractor and builder, while at
work on house in process of erection on
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thirty feet tosthe ground, striking on his
side. He was taken to his home, IS Ocean
street and physician summoned. He re-
ceived a cut on the forehead and 1t is
feared that he has sustained internal in
juries.
Several of the. visiting fremen from
Massachusetts enjoyed the afternoon and
evening at Riyerton.
The hose company at Morrill's corner
received from friends in the outlying dis
tricts yesterday, a large quantity Of pond
lilies, which they are to use in decorating
| their hose wagon which is to appear in
the fremen's parade in Portland today.
Ex Mayor John E. Sawyer left last
evening for brief business trip in Bos-
ton.
A party numbering one hundred of the
mem bers of the Woodfords and East Deer
ing Methodist societies went yesterday on
their annual picnic and outing to Clown
Landing" Falmouth. The Woodfords
party went from Woodfords by special
electrics to East Deering, where the Var
mouth electric cars were in readiness to
carry them to their destination.
| RUN DOWN BY ELECTRICS. a
Yesterday afternoon about H. 30 O'Clock
as the d. 35 electric car of the Portland
Railroad company approached Valentines
hill, near the city gravel pit, the motor
man, Charles Moore, discovered, as is
frequently the case, that several bicyclists
were riding ahead at the side of the track.
The car was running at the average speed
and was on down grade. The motor
man sounded the gong several times, and
the bicyclists three of whom were ladies,
aud one a man, turned their wheels for
the centre Of the road. The road was
sandy and the man being ahead turned
in again toward the track, followed by
the ladies. The man who is evidently an
inexperienced rider, could not ride near
the track. He darted ahead of the car
and the wheel turned in directly onto the
rail. The ID otorman applied the brake
but the car could not be stopped in season
and the man was struck by the car fender
just below his right shoulder. He was
thrown ahead some distance, but the car
running over him.. He gave the name of
Levi B. Shaw of East Sebago. The injury
received was bruise on the right side.
The ladies escaped unframed but very
IL UGH frightened. The Car was we'll filled
with passengers who feared that the acoi-
dent would prove serious. No blame can
be attached to the Car officials. This Is
the first accident of the kind in this city
and will doubtless serve as a wa rnlng to
other bicycl lists.
| Mrs. Charles T.. Hooper, Spring street,
Woodfords, exhibited handsome speci'
men of a night blooming oereus In full
bloom at her residence last evening to a
party of friends.
| Officer Mountfort arrested fort
soldier last evening on Forest avenue In
a badly intoxicated condition.
| PROPOSALS FOR PIPE SEEWR,
| Commissioner Fernald yesterday opened
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