The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-21
KNOCKED TO PIECES.
Train Strikes Milk
Cart at a Gardner
Crossing.
OCCUPANTS OF TEAM UNINJURED
Many Worcester Riders In
Crystal Lake Races
Saturday.
OCCUPANTS OF TEAM UNINJURED


passenger train on the Worcester
branch Of the Fitchburg Railroad, in
charge of Conductor H. L. Gardner, and
due at 7.52, at the Union station, ran
into milk cart, owned by A. e. j
Haywood, proprietor of Stony Brook
farm, Hubbardston, this morning.
The accident occurred at the North
Main street crossing, about 100 yards
north of the Union station.
The train was driven by Alvara Fos-
ter, Mr.. Heywood's father-in-law, and
with him was John Casey, son OF
William Casey of Emerald street, Gard
ner. Mr.. Foster had driven down Chest
nut street and turned into North Main
street Knowing that it was train time
he listened, but heard no sound of the
| approaching train, and started to drive
across the tracks.
A dense growth of bushes in the an
gle formed by the track and street,
makes 1t impossible for the driver of
a team to see more than few yards
up the track, SO that Mr.. Foster did
not see the train until it bore down
upon him. He tried to back off the
crossing, but it was too late to avoid
a collision
The centre of the pilot Of the engine
struck between the horse and the right
front wheel of the wagon. One shaft
OF the wagon was broken, the whiffie-
tree and crossbar taken off and the
front of the cart stove in.
Mr.. Foster and the Casey boy were
tortunate in escaping with scarcely any
| injuries.
The horse was SO badly injured that
| he was shot
Adjt. E. D. Howe of u. G. Farragut
Post, 1l6, G. A. r., has received word
from Is posts that they will attend the
g. A. R. picnic Saturday. They are
John Sedgwlck Post 4, of Keene, N. H.:
Aaron F. Stevens Post 6 of Peterboro,
n. H; Matt Head Post 70 Of Fitzwil-
liam, n. H; George B. Mcclellan Post
SS of Jaffrey, N. H; Gro Miller Post
" of Shelburne Falls; Manton e. Taft
Post 1852 of Turner's Falls; Gen. Sedg-
wick Post IL of Orange; Parker Post
l23 of Athol Hubbard V. Smith Post
lao of Athol; Sergt Piunkett Post tS4
Of Ashburnhem; Gilman G. Parker
Post 1853 of Winchendon; Ericsson Post
l03 Of Templeton; Edwin P. Sumner
Post 10 of Fitchburg; George S. Bout
well Post As of Aver and Theron E. Hall
Post n of Holden.
| D. G. Farragut w. r. c., 90, has ex-
| tended invitations to the various corps
in this vicinity to attend and President
Marie j. Kendall has received accep-
tances from the corps in these places:
Athol, Orange, winchendon, Jaffrey, 4.
| H, Keene, N. H., Peterboro, N H.,
Holden, Fitchburg, Westminster and
| Ten1pleton. The replies do not come in
very rapidly from the S. of " camps,
| but Charles r. Brown, captain OF
| Charles Sumner camp, expects to see a
goodly number Of his comrades pres
| ent
The department president of the w.
| r. c., Mrs. Angie A. Robinson, and the
department commander, John E. Gil
man of the G. A. R., will be present.
There will be, sports for the ladies' at
| II o'clock, and dancing from / O'Clock
during the afternoon and evening with
music by Kendalps orchestra
J. G. kerrison of Boston, official
| Handicapped of the L. A. W., for this
district, this morning returned to Os-
| Crystal lake races for Saturday, the list
of riders, affixing the official handieaps
to the entries in the handicap races.
| The complete list is as follows
One-mile novice-T. E. Leamy and
| Ernest Allen of West Gardner; c. Wal
| lace Liberty, Newport c. c., Worces-
| ter.
Two-shirds mile handicap7-Walte M.
| Chase, Norwich, Conn, Charles H.
| Drury, Winchendon, James A. Moran,
Chelsea. and A. r. Freeman, Yer
SALES, Conn, scratch; James j. Ruth
| erford, Winchendon, Is yards; L. c.
| Hfnckley, Worcester, and R. A. Carrie,
| 40 yards; Billy Ryan, Leominster, and
| William Balm, Worcester, so yards
| Charles 0. Nystrom, Worcester, and A.
j. Abendorf, Norwich. Conn, As yards
| Herbert F. Burdick, Orange; Hugh L.
| Waite, Worcester; and D. E. McCurdy
Leominster, IS yards; c. Wallace Lib
erty, Worcester, 70 yards; Charles D.
| Jackson, Worcester, 75 yards; Walter
| II. Brown, Worcester 90 yards
| Three-nlile NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. T.
| Rutherford, Winchendon; Walter M
| Chase, Norwich, Conn; H. L. Waite
Worcester; 9. H. Drury. Winchendon;
| W. H. Brown, Worcester; L. C. Hinck-
ley, Worcester; James A. Moran, Chel-
| sea; D. e. McCurdy. Leominster
| Charles D. Jackson, Worcester; A. J,
| Abendorf, Norwich, Conn; C. Wallace
| Liberty, Worcester.
/ One-half mile handicap-H. F. Bur
| dick, Orange, 40 yards; ]. ]. Ruther-
ford, Winchendon, 10 yards; Walter M
| Chase, Norwich, Conn, scratch; H. L.
/ Waite, Worcester, 40 yards; C. H
j Drury, Winchendon, scratch; Walter
yards; L. c. Hinckley, Century. Wor-
cester, 25 yards Charles o. Nystrom
w. c. G., Worcester, 80 yards; James A,
| Moran, Chelsea, scratch; d. E. Nc
| Curdy Leominster, 40 yards; William
Balm, Worcester, IS yards; Charles d
jackson, w. G. G., Worcester, 60 yards;
A. r. Freeman, Versailles. Conn.
scratch; A. ]. Abendorf. Norwich, CT.
80 yards; G. Wallace Liberty Newport
G. c., Worcester, So yards; Billy RYAN
Leominster, IS yards; r. A. Carrie. 2;
yards
The Fitchburg Railroad Company ha,
made special rates to the park goot
for attendance at the picnic and bicy
Gle races The tickets will be gooe
on all trains to Gardner in the morn
ing, and for the return trip on all train.
round trip from Worcester is rs cents
Z from Lincoln square rs cents.
The South Gardner w c. T. u. ha,
received the bill for it's drinking foun
tain which the union is to place /,
South Gardner and 1t is expected tina
, the fountain will soon arrive. 1t wdl
be placed in front of Citizens hall, nea,
the entrance to e. l.. Taft's meat mar
ket, so that free ice water can be pro
! cured in South Gardner as it has il
West Gardner and Gardner Centre 70
the last three years.
Capt. A. L. Potter of Co f, Secon,
regiment M. V. NJ. has appointe,
J. Corp. Hugh Hunter a sergeant, an,
Privs. Edgar e. Fenno, Carmi Ii. Ba
ker and James j. Revane corporals
dating from yesterday. The appoint
: ments have been approved by Mai, II
B. Fairbanks.
The Baw Beese veterans got their tut
out for the first practice last night an,
began pumping for the annual NEE