The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-02
Henry G.. Crane Meets
Death While at
Business.
DIED WITHOUT A WARNING.
Prominent In Masonic,
Church aud Manufac-
turing Circles.

Henry G. Crane, treasurer of the Nc
Cloud, Crane & Minter company, manu-
facturers of screws, died of heart dis
ease in the office of the Thomas Smith
company II Cypress street, about Ais
o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Fifteen minutes before. Mr.. Crane
entered the office in good health, and
begun conversation with r. w. Foye,
manager Of the company. The Smith
concern had contracted to furnish the
company of which Mr.. Crane vas
member with an order Of bolts end
screws Mr. Foye sat at his desk and
within arms reach Mr.. Crane rested in
a large office chair Mr.. Foye went into
the business department and made in
quiries regarding the time when the
order would be finished. Returning to
the office, he announced The order is
nearly ready. We will have everything
soon" All right, hope you will, re-
piled Mr.. Crane.
Those were his last words, and with
out an expression of Illness, Mr.. Cranes
head dropped, and he was dead. Mr..
Foye telephoned for the police ambu-
lance, and upon its arrival, Ambulance
Surgeon Shaw examined the body and
notified City Physician w. T. Clark,
who viewed the body and declared death
to have been caused by heart disease.
The body was removed to the under
taking rooms of Sessions & Sons. Mes
sengers were sent from the office of the
McCloud, Crane & Minter Co. to Mr..
Cranes home, AZ Lincoln street, but
,, Mt n
house Mrs Crane was summoned to
the home of her sister, Miss Ann Patten,
in Nashua n. H., Thanksgiving day,
Miss Patton being considered seriously
ILL.,
Mr.. and Mrs Crane were preparing
for dinner on Thanksgiving day when
the message summoning Mrs. Crane to
Nashua arrived. The pleasures of the
day were denied Mr.. and Mrs. Crane by
the incident, and Mr.. Crane spoke sew
eral times during the day to servants
regarding his feeling of lonesomeness.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Crane went
to his Office and returned at noon in
good health On his return to the
office he stopped for a few minutes to
| converse with D. b. Williams, in his
drug store, 16 Lincoln square. Mr..
Crane and Mr.. Williams had been close
friends for more than ten years, and
the two talked of the weather and
kindred subjects Finally the CONVERSE
ton drifted to Mrs. Cranes absence,
and he made a remark concerning his
sorrow at his sister-in laws illness and
his wife's enforced absence. When he
| left the store for the Office, Mr.. Crane
was quite cheerful During the after
noon, in the office of the company, AZ
Union street, he appeared in good
health
Mrs. Crane arrived at her home
shortly after o'cl )ck last evening.
Her Thanksgiving had not been one Of
| happiness, and news of her husband 8
death made her grief the greater. The
condition of her sister in Nashua had
not improved to a favorable extent.
Mr.. Crane was 70 years, months and
II days old. He was born in Franklin,
N. H, and later lived in Salisbury, N.
H. He came to this city in 1872 with
his wife, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Patten)
Crane He was one of the founders of
Central church and had always been
deeply interested in the work of the
church and societies connected with it,
giving much of his time to assisting
in the business affairs.
In boyhood he professed a love for
mechanical devices and was always
happiest when plunged into the techni-
calities of machinery and machine
HlduuIdcIuTS. IN the manufacture OF
screws the company he served as treas
urer grew rapidly. About two years
ago the death of Mr.. McCloud left the
business affairs of the company in an
unsettled state, and since that time
the company had not been as active as
few years ago.
Mr.. Crane was a 32d degree Mason,
member of Worcester County com
mandery, K. T., and was associated
lnlaG AArGA t.
tanned the blue rank in Manchester,
N. H., where he was prominent in Ma
sonic circles.
Besides wife, Mr.. Crane leaves one
sister, Mrs. Levi j. Bartlett of Frank
fin, n. H., who was summoned last
evening. Arrangements for the flu
neral have not been made