The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-17
pITvTSTON.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.


Pittson, Oct. lG.--Thomas Golden, OF
tpper Pttston. was run down and in
stantly killed on the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad bridge.
crossing the Susuuehanna river be-
tween Pittston and West Pittston, this
morning about 4 o'clock. He was
walking over the bridge toward his
brother-in-laW's residence. and had
reached about 100 feet from the Pitts
ton end Of the bridge, when struck by
an empty pusher engine. on its way
back from kingston Goldens body
was horribly mangled. being actually
cut into five pieces. The crew of the
engine which has killed him were not
aware of the fact and never stopped.
The engine was running backwards and
Golden was struck by the tank and
knocked TO the rail. The body was
discovered Il half hOu" later by Il men
who walked over the bridge. The re-
mains We're prepared for burial at
the undertaking rooms of B. j. Burns.
Golden was Il single man about
thirty five years Of age, and lived with
his brother. John at Upper Pittston.
Another brother. William. was killed
in the West about Il month ago.
At 1.3O o'clock this morning fire
broke out near the roof af Il big
three-story barn on the Lehigh
Valley farm at Exeter borough con-
Quoted by james McCabe, and thebuild-
ing completely destroyed, together with
its contents. consisting Of ten or tif-
teen sets of harness. 1900 bushels of
oats and 800 bushels of rvs. A smaller
! 1..s,
consumed. with its contents. Eighteen
mules We're tied in the stables in the
basement of the largest barn and were
saved. only after hard work. but not
until number of them had been bad
ly burned. About eighty mules We're
confined in the yard at the stable and
caused considerable excitement by
rushing into the burning building. One
of them. an old blind mule, got into
the stable and before it could find
its way out again was so badly burned
ii was finally shot by the employees OF
the farm The loss is fully $4,000. AMI
the origin of the fire is mystery, al
though it is suspicioned that the
Waterman a the barn had been smok-
ing and had dropped hot ashes acci-
dentally into the hay.
Thomas joyce aged about fifty years,
died this morning a the Ransome poor
house, where he had been confined for
the past sixty days.
TWO COWS were killed by an early
morning passenger train on the Lehigh
Valley railroad, near the electric light
station in this city today.
The body of Thomas Sowden, of Da
man street, West Pittston. was found
yesterday in White Oak pond. Wayne
county about four miles from Forest
City SQwden had been visiting his
brother. who conducts a farm which
borders on the lake and disappeared
very mysteriously one day last week.
Search had been made everywhere for
him, and finally it was decided to
search the pond. The water was clear,
and parties rowed slowly over the pond
in ii boat and finally discovered the
the surface, and brought to this city
this afternoon. There is no doubt the
man committed suicide, Sowden was
married man, 80 years of age and is
survived by wife and three children.
AT "A meeting of the presiding elders
of the districts of the Wyoming Metho-
Simpson Methodist Episcopal parson-
age, Scranton, yesterday afternoon, it
MAS decided to accept the invitation of
the Tabernacle church, of Binghamton,
to hold the next conference in that
church. Presiding Elder Griffin, of the
Wyoming district. presided at the meet
ing in the absence of the bishop. The
matter of selecting Il meeting place was
undecided at the last conference in
Waverly, n. y.
Owing to repairs being made to one
of the abutments on the Port Bowkley
fiarveys lake trains are now run via
Pittston, CoXton and the SlOcum branch
the old original route to HarVey's lake.
The Italians who We're stranded here
since Tuesday, owing to their refusal
to work at No IA collery of the Erie
company, are still at strike headquar-
ters on North Main street
Twenty foreigners We're brought TO
NO u washery of the PENNSYLVANIA COM
pany last night and We're put to work
this morning.
Members of the West Pittston Con-
sre8ational church who are idle, owing
10 the strike, are putting their time to
good service by making needed repairs
and improvements about the church
property. The roof has been re-shingled
and the exterior of the building is be-
ing painted by the men