The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15

shaking rugs from the balcony. She
let rug slide to the ground. She
went from the balcony into the house
for moment. Then she leaned over
the balcony, apparently to look for the
rug. Mrs, Duncan saw Mrs. Howard
slip and pitch head foremost over the
balcony rail, like a person diving. She
saw Mrs. Howard strike, head foremost
about the middle of the slope of the ter
race, between the dooryard of the Dun
cans and the dooryard of the Towards
Mrs. Duncan called her husband, Rev
MT. Duncan, pastor of the Unitarian
church, and they brought Mrs Howard
into their own house
Drs. j. j. Goodwin, G. l.. French and
John f. Worcester arrived together and
gave Mrs Howard every possible care
Ether was administered, and DR.. Good
win sewed uD the wound on the head
This wound began just above the right
eye, and extended upward and back
ward to the top of the head, then
downward to the base of the skull. II
was closed with Is stitches. The left
collarbone was badly fractured. The
right ankle was also badly fractured.
Mrs. Howard is a heavy woman She
may have sustained internal injuries
but UP to this evening none has de-
veloped. The doctors believe that there
is no fracture OF the skull, and believe
that Mrs Howard will make an excel
lent recovery. The injuries to her face,
by contact with the crust on the snow
are slight, and will not produce per-
manent disagreement. Mr.. Howard was
in Boston. Henry A. Burdett spent
most of the morning telephoning for
him. He was notified by Mrs. How
ards injuries at noon. and reached
town on the $50 O'Clock train.
After her injuries were dressed, Mrs
Howard was removed to her home.
John Sullivan, six years old, ard Jo-
seph Nugent, nine years old, are pay
ing a heavy penalty for sliding on
Burdett street. This morning Sulli-
van proposed a slide double brace
Nugent assented. Sullivan took the
rear, holding on to Sullivan's legs. The
Burdett street hill is short, but it is
steep. This morning it was a glade of
smooth ice. The boys made a good
start and got great speed. AS they
neared the foot of the hill Sullivan
tried to steer into Pleasant street. The
sleds Slowed sideways on the ice and
took the boys into tine post which car
ries the names of TIE streets at this
point. Sullivan took the brunt of the
collision. His sled was smashed into
splinters. He was thrown violently a
distance of several feet.
Nugent saved his sled but broke his
right leg just above the ankle joint.
Sullivan's leg is broken between the
ankle and the knee. John More and
Michael More came to the assistance
of the injured boys. They bore Nugent
to the home of his father, John Nugent,
% Franklin street, and Sullivan to the
home of his father, William J. Sulli-
van, At Franklin street. DR., Philip T.
O. Brien attended to Nugent's injuries.
DR.. j. ]. Goodwin performed a like
service for young Sullivan.
The elements were not kind to a
horse owned by Contractor Hhseph D.
Gennarro. The animal was being used
on the north dixie, at 10 o'clock this
morning, on a cart. Earth shoveled
out of the big ditch was being hauled
to the embank3lent and dumped. The
teamster backed the cart to the edge
of the embankment. to dump it, when
the cart slid sideways and went over
the slope, carrying the horse with it.
The saddle broke on the way down,
freeing the animal, but smashing one
or two Of it's ribs on the right side. The
poor horse struggled to its feet, bleed
ing terribly from it's nose. DR.. Wilfred
S. Plaskett was called. He discovered
the broken ribs and found they had
pierced the lung. There is chance
| that the animal will pull through