Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-13
NEWS OF VERMONT.
Free Press Reeders-A Faithful
Flagman Injured.

The third serious accident has occurred
at the north crossing in Barton Landing
village within the past five months. AL
though the third accident was not as
serious as the other two yet 1t was a
very narrow escape for all concerned.
John Boden of Bloomington, son of Zen
lamin Boden of Coventry, was in Bar
ton Landing to do some trading Thurs
day afternoon. and, leaving his double
team for a time on Main street the horses
became frightened at the arrival of
through freight train from the south,
just ahead of the mail train. and ran for
the north CROSSING. The tiagman, lisa
Currier, AT once realized the gravity of
the situation, that the engine and team
were to reach the crossing at the same
time. Because Of the darkness he could
not tell whether there was anyone on the
team or not; but supposing there was, he,
regardless Of personal danger and intent
upon doing his duty and saving life
sprang at the horses in the endeavor to
stop them; but he was thrown to the
ground and the heavy farm wagon passed
over him. The horses had barely got over
the track as the engine struck the wagon.
A summary of the injuries showed the
fiagman to be badly cut in back of head
and hurt In the back. Several stitches
had to be taken to close up the wound.
Although he is In critical condition the
doctors think he will recover soon. One
Of the horses had a log broken: hut.
though it was thought best by some to
shoot it. the animal was drawn home.
| The other horse was cut and bruised
some. but not seriously. 1t is needless to
say that the wagon was badly damaged.
When Mr.. Boden discovered that his
! horsos had started to run homo he de-
cidad to eat Tobn partlett,e team and nv,
and catch mn with hon. II was 60 dark
that he saw nothing Of tho accident as
| he ma esed ovor tho track below the CROSS
Ing and in fact know nothing Of II min
he reached Covnntrv 1yhera he eunnossd
the horses would go and finding nothing
Of them telenhoned back to tho Landing
and was Informed of the accident After
the accident the crowd of c,tizars about
| tho scepo cti,l su,noeod mat Mr. Eodor
was ~, the tean, whom the engine etrucl,
| tho wagon and an ovcitod hunt vas made
For hie manelad bod,, o,org no troci, fo,.
quite a distance in tho adioinirq lumber
niles and In evcrv irnaqinahla n7oce m
/ IN Podnr to,orbonoJ rror, Coyan+r,' 6,.o
| miles ov,v
c,Cc 1,or,r,e, ,,.yr e,r>-e,
" TrOE,, trcr,pr-
c S. Parker was called up al his home
in Glover village Monday morning at
| about 40 n. m. and on answering the
! telephone call was informed that three
men had broken into the Griffin & Simpson
store in Sheffield and blown the safe open.
| The noise awakened a party near the
store and on going out he saw the men
just as they were leaving. he reported
that two of the men had listers Mr.
| Parker was asked to see that they did
not PASS through north Monday morning
He Immediately drove to Barton village
| and aroused Mr. C. f. HambIot and later
| q. V. Joslvn. and they proceeded to in
yostirate. The morning train north was
searched but no suspicious characters
were found Mr. Norris who had inst
| como from, tho summit on tho helner
was interviewed hut reportod that bo had
seen nothing Of the men. A conductor
who had come m with Mr. Norris was
| soa,, o,,5 s,otod ,ho+ ,,ho,, 10 u.,s h,,rr,.-
inp 70 catch thn hoInor on tho summit he
raj, ,r+o ,rotbor mar who was annarcnt
iv hnrrvire IA got aboard tho freirht