Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-08-07
ACCIDENTS.


road repair shops exploded in the
railroad yard July 81 and threw a
piece Of iron weighing four and one
nall pounds across Merchants Row
and through large plate glass win
dow in the killington National bank.
Ia its flight the iron passed through
an umbrella held by W A. Patrick,
who was sitting in his wagon.
James A. NORM, a well-known
granite manufacturer Of St. Johnsbury
Center. narrowly escaped death July
p. He drove into his yard in the
evening and a neighbor came along
with a pistol in hand and laid it on the
carriage seat to assist In embarrassing
the horse. The pistol, which was a
% calibre weapon, fell from the seat
and in some way was discharged. The
ball entered Mr.. Morin's left side
a few inches below the armpit, and,
passing through the fleshy part of the
body. struck the shoulder blade, and
then downward There it was embed
ded in the flesh and was easily re-
moved Mr. NORM has not suffered
much as the result OF the shot, but his
left arm was disabled for several days.
Frank +. Welch OF Rutland. a brake
man on the Montreal-New York
sleeper over the Rutland-Canadian
leaving Burlington at To- 5 p. m, was
found just outside the depot in that
city Sunday night in an unconscious
condition How he came there In that
condition is not known and his train
left Burlington without missing him.
His lett hand was badly crushed and
there were four scalp wounds on his
head while his dirty and bruised con-
dition indicated that he had been sub
iected TO some violence. The ambu-
lance was summoned and the man
taken 10 the Mary Fletcher hospital
where il was found necessary 70 ans
putate the three large fingers OF his
left hand The tip OF his thumb was
also cut off
Charles Brown Of Rutland was Sc
verely injured July 80 by the Caving
I'm of a ditch on Church street, where
the Peoples Gas Light company Is
having a gas main laid. An Italian
empl0ye was also caught By the tails
ing earth but was not seriously hurt.
The ditch ia which the men were
working was about five feet deep.
Several tons OF rock and earth piled
on the side of the ditch suddenly gave
way aud tumbled down on the two
men before they could escape. Mr.
Browns body was imbedded 20 above
the hips. but only the lower part OF
the Italians legs were caught The
men were dug out as quickly as pos
sible bv their fellow workmen and re-
moved to their homes in hack. MI.
Browns pelvic bones were fractured
and his left leg severely crushed.
A serious landslide occurred about
/ a m Monday morning july p
about a mile north OF East Putney
covering the Boston & Maine tracks
for some distance and badly wrecking
freight train which happened to be
passinO al the time. IL is thought
that the slide was started by the down
sleeper which had passed the frelght
train at East Putney, but the man
who was watching the clay bank saw
no signs OF any slide until Just as the
freight was passing and then had an
he could do to keep from being buried
by il himself. The engine OF the
freight was badly smashed and thrown
from the track. Two or three empty
cars in the middle Of the train were
doubled up and broken in two by the
sudden stopping OF the train and one
car went down the embankment
toward the river. Fortunately no
one was injured,
What would have been a terrible
accident was discovered In the nick
OF time at the foundry of the Ruggles
Machine company in Poultney July
20. Frank Murray, an employe'
went in the basement to set the
.trumbler' agoing. He ran the belt
on the lower pulley and stepped on
the pulley frame to throw the belt on
the upper pulley, which IS perpendle-
Mar 10 the lower one. As the belt
ran on the upper pulley it slipped Oh
below and winding around his loot
ne was carried to the ceiling and then
precipitated to the floor, head down
ward. with his foot still in the belt:
He grabbed the lower pulley, ana
held ii. and his yelling attracted the
moulders in another apartment, VINO
AT o.lce shut of the power, cut the
belt and released him. II was iound
that aside from little bruising no
bones were broken or serious INJURY
sustained.