Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-10-16
ACCIDENTS.

benjamin Arnolds, fireman on
steam shovel, employed in laying 8
double track on the Boston q Maine
road at East Putney, was run over by
two freight cars at that place Oct. 6,
and both legs crushed above the knees.
Saturday afternoon, Oct. 4, as two
deaf and dumb brothers, named Brown
from Evansville, were crossing the
Boston a. Maine track at Barton Land
ing, they were struck by the train, and
one was instantly killed 1.-THE other died
at the hotel where he had been carried.
They were about so years old and UNI
married.
Teofil Torensky, a Hungarian, met
with an accident Oct. in Hughes
slate quarry at West Pawlet from the
effects OF which he died at noon. To-
renski was hosting big piece of
slate out of the quarry when the chain
holding it slipped and the heavy mass
fell on him. A large hole was torn in
his side and he was otherwise mangled.
Joseph Bennett, aged so years, was
killed at Bennington Oct. IL by being
struck by train on the Rutland road
near the country street crossing. 1t is
not known what train hit him. The
body was found by a section man
about 10 feet from the track. His chest
was crushed in and ribs and one arm
broken. Mr.. Benefits home was in
Salisbury Hollow, where he lived
with a son, Homer, but he was visiting
a daughter for a few days. He
was deaf and rather childish from age.
His wife is dead.
A series of accidents in South Bur-
lington Tuesday afternoon, Oct. z, re-
suited in the death OF Road Commits
sioner Robert r. Richardson.
William Maitland was thrown from his
team in the collision between his We
hicle and that of Warren Hayes and
suffered a broken rib. Seeing Mr..
Maitland's injured condition, farmer
named Russell, who was returning from
Burlington with a load OF grain, went
TO Maitland's assistance and tried TO
aid him to climb into his wagon.
While thus engaged, Russelfs horses,
which were unattended, became
frightened and ran away. Some 30
rods ahead Mr.. Richardson tried to
stop the frightened animals but was
dashed TO the ground and both wheels
OF the heavily loaded wagon ran over
his chest. breaking it in and causing
his death ten minutes later.
John II. Parkhurst, senior clerk at
the store of w. E. WcBride at Winoos-
XII, met a peculiar death at the store
Tuesday evening, Oct. I. At about
8 80 o'clock Mr.. Parkhurst and Mr..
Mcbride went 10 the cellar TO close tor
the evening. While there, Mr.. Nc
Bride called Mr.. Parkhurst's attention
to a new incandescent light which bad
Just been connected. While Mr.. Me-
Brides attention was drawn to anoth-
er part of the cellar, he heard Mr..
cry out, 81 am dead, / am
dead. | am dead Turning he saw
Mr.. Parkhurst fall with the electric
lamp and about foot of the cord in
his hand. Physicians were called and
after an examination pronounced the
man dead. Two slight burns were
found on Mr.. Parkhurst's right hand,
one on the thumb and the other on the
The burns give rise TO the
theory that the incandescent light
wires may have been crossed by arc
light wires, as an expert electrician
who was on the spot said there was
not enough voltage in the incandes-
cent light to prove fatal. Another
.heory advanced was that Mr.. Park
hurst died of heart disease, he having
been troubled with that malady for
some time.