Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-07-24
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

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while coming down stairs stepped on
a box at the head and fell the entir,
length. One leg was broken in two
places and she was otherwise injured.
Slavin st. Pierre of Brandon while
Stating a barn. in Ludlow July 10 fel
IRON the staging and fractured the
base of the skull, broke his collar
bone and two ribs. His wife was
called from Brandon and accompanied
him to Rutland. where he was taken
70 the city hospital in the ambulance.
Mrs. William 0dell of Bloomington
shot herself July l6 She went out TO
the field where her husband was at
work, and after she had left him Mr..
Odell heard two shots. One entered
the left breast over the heart and came
out at the back, making a wound over
nine inches long. Mrs. Odell was 26
years old and had three children. The
cause for the act is unknown.
Edward Raymo was accidently shot
in the left leg the evening OF July Ii
with his own revolver, which is of
80 caliber. The accident happened at
the Central Vermont depot in Barre,
where Raymo was watching the load
ing OF Pawnee Bills paraphernalia
He jumped from team, the revolver
fell from his pocket and was dis
charged, the shot striking him In the
left leg just above the knee.
Forest L. Duke, who is employed
as a carpenter on the Country Club
House in Montpelier was summoned
to his home in Marshfield July Is by
the accidental and fatal shooting of
his nine-years.old son. Homer. Mr..
Dukes family reside on farm and
on Friday afternoon two boys from
the village came to the farm to visit
his son, bringing a rifle. In some
way the weapon was prematurely dis
charged and the boy instantly killed.
Robert Inells of Berlin was thrown
from his moving machine Saturday
morning and his right hand was
nearly severed at the wrist by coming
in contact with the knives. Mr..
lnells was distant from the house
when the accident occurred and al
though bleeding profusely he managed
70 drive his horse to his home where
he tainted from loss of blood He
was taken to the Heaton hospital in
Montpelier and his physicians have
hopes OF saving the hand.
The boiler in a portable mill in
Williamsville owned by c. Jennell q
Son exploded July IS. wrecking the
mill and causing a loss OF $4,000
covered by insurance. Mr.. Jennell
saw that the boiler was leaking and
called to the men to run Tor their
lives. They had gotten about one
hundred feet when the explosion oc-
cured. No one was hurt. The
boiler landed sixty rods away. The
roof of the mill was taken off and
driven through a shanty fifty feet
away.
Mollie Melniek, the eight-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Rose Melnick of Bur-
lington, received horrible burns July
10 about 10 80 a. m. which caused
death within three hours. Mrs. Mel
nick left the house in the morning TO
90 10 the postotiice, locking the girl,
together with another child four years
old, in the house. The supposition is
that the older OF the children lighted
some scraps OF paper in play. The
hospital examination showed the en-
tire front OF the chest and abdomen of
the child. as well as the back. ito be
burned TO a crisp with the skin and
flesh hanging in shreds and falling of.
Lizzie Longe. whose age is % or % .
years, and who has been employed as
a domestic in the family OF c. A. DIV |
er at North sheldon, attempted sui |
eide JULY Il. Mr.. and Mrs Oliver re- (
Gently left for Lake Placid. n. Y, and
during their absence Miss Longe had
the charge of the household affairs. /
That morning she became angry at
one of the persons in Mr.. divers en- .
ploy and obtaining a shotgun she F.
placed the muzzle under her right arm .
and fired. A large hole was made .
the tieshy part of the arm
near the shoulder, the shot lodging in /
the ceiling of the room.
DR.. c. W. Strobell. of Rutland,
states that, Notwithstanding the TACT
that the tip OF Joseph Coles finger
was completely severed and apart
from the stub tor several hours before
The two were sewed together, it is
probable that the complete finger
win fully heal and regain its strength
and usefulness. Ii will be remem-
Dered that the severed tip was lett
n the ward OF the Columbian Marble
company, where the acct
lent occurred, when the man went to
he office of Doctor Strobell. II was
.ound after some little search and
ater. being taken to the doctors
office in a pickle jar, was sewed to
he stub.
As Rutland railroad gravel train OF
,ix cars was backing out OF the gravel
Dit at Brandon July Is at o'clock, the 4
wheels Of the tender struck spread
-ail overturning the engine and caus-
NO the death of Frank Williams OF
North Bennington, a member OF the
rain crew. The engineer. Mr.. La
rance of Forestdale. was slightly in
ured. The dead man was a brake
nan. about 80 years old and unmar-
led. He had served in the Spanish
-. with the First Vermont volunteers /