The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-11
South Spencer Inhabitants Wit
ness the Unusual Sight of a
Train Pulling Up to Depot with
CoaChin Flames
THEATRICAL COMPANY
LOSES ITS BAGGAGE
Nothing Remains of the Car but
the Trucks-TrainspeopIe Pick
Up Valuable TrinketS, Such as
Gold Rings, from the Ruins
Car SidetraCked

I Special to The Spy.
Spencer, Nov. 10-The Inhabitants of
South Spencer were thrown into a state
of excitement this morning about o'clock,
when train So of the Boston and Albany
Railroad steamed into the station with
the baggage car in flames
| Train SO is an express from the west,
and when a little this side of Springfield
the baggage car caught fire. The crew
attempted to put the fire out, but had not
succeeded when the train ran into South
Spencer. The car was side-tracked. The
fire had by that time secured such head
way that it couldn't be extinguished.
| No official of the railroad was about
South Spencer at the time, and there is
| no estimate of the loss. The car and
contents were totally destroyed, and at II
O'Clock there remained to be seen nothing
but the trucks The car was supposed to
contain baggage of theatrical company.
| Word was sent to Worcester and thence
to Spencer Centre, informing the inhab-
itants of that place that there was fire
| in South Spencer. Dexter Billiard eXtin-
guisher was Immediately dispatched to
/ South Spencer, and arrived about ~ min
utes after the car was side-tracked. All
| the fire company could do was to protect
the property of the people who live near
| by and as the wind was blowing gale,
this kept the iremen busy until after
noon
| There proved to be valuable goods in
| the car, for many of the loungers found
rings and other golden trinkets in the
ruins.
The number of the destroyed baggage
car was No. l. The train that towed the
! burning freight into the South Spencer
station was more than 20 minutes late at
the time.
The Spencer Guild offers as an at
| traction a stereopticon lecture in Town
Hall Nov. IS. Tickets will be on sale
Monday.
The second lecture of the Mems League
course will be given in Town Hall Nov.
| %. The lecture will be given by Frank
Chapman, who will talk on Birds"
/ Henry NJ. Tower, author of Sketches
of Spencer History" is getting after the
history of the town with vengeance.
/ Mr.. Tower now announces tnat ne VIII
begin on a second volume in which he
| will tell of the Spencer heroes of the
| Civil war.
THE young people of the Universalist
Church will not present THE Cool Col
legian" until after Christmas
| The G. A. r. Circle will meet in G. A.
r. Hall Wednesday.
| The Fortnightly Club will meet with
Mrs. Dyer Monday evening.
The annual meeting of the Spencer
Farmers Club and Mechanics Associa-
ton will be Thursday morning. Officers
will be elected and reports read.
| There will be two weddings at st,
| Mary's Church Monday morning. Henri
| Barre of Southbridge and Miss Aline Be-
dard of Spencer, Adelard Duclos and Miss
Emeline Dumas are the contracting par
ties.
Rev. Shepard Knapp of New York
City occupied the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional Church Sunday.
Spencer people are anxiously awaiting
the time when the Worcester CONSOLE
dated Street Railway Company Will pur-
chase the Warren, Brookheld and Spencer
road There are many rumors circulated
about town to the effect that the big
combine has, made another tempting offer
for the road, but if an offer has been
made Superintendent Jeffts is not aware
of it.