Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-11
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

George Lee OF Bennington met
with an accident Sunday afternoon,
May 81. He was in grove fencing
with a companion, each having a
piece OF brush wood. The piece he
had. broke, and the end entered his
right eye. destroying the ball. Mr..
Lee is forty years old and has a
family.
Wendell, the nine-year-old son OF
L. L. Greene of Northfield, while
fishing off an iron bridge June ?, fell
ten feet into the river below, the
water being feet deep. Erik Ander-
son, a stone cutter, who was passing.
heard the noise, jumped over the
side OF the bridge, and saved the boy
as he was going down the second
time.
James Gallagher, aged 10 years, was
instantly killed and Joseph Hanlon
was injured by falling boom at the
Norcross a. West marble quarries in
Dorset, June 5. Gallagher was crush
ed and instantly killed by a falling
block OF marble. Hanlon received a
bad scalp wound and several other in
juries but may recover. The accident
was caused by the breaking OF a part
OF the machinery OF the derrick sup
porting a boom.
Eugene Kiley of Rutland, a freight
conductor on the Rutland railroad, was
run over at Dorset, June 3, and badly
injured. The physicians found it nee
essary to amputate his right leg. The
left hip was fractured and he was bad
ly bruised all over. He will probably
recover. kiley is unable to tell just
how the accident happened except that
he was thrown from the train under
the wheels. He gave the signal FOR
the train to leave North Dorset and
was missed from the train by the crew
shortly after. The train was backed
up and Kiley was found beside the
track.
Patrick Mcmahon, while at work
under freight car in the G. V. yard
at Barre Thursday afternoon, June 4,
was quite severely injured by the
movement of cars which were being
set on the siding, The brakeman,
knowing where the car stood under
which Mcmahon was at work, endeav-
ored to put the brake on one OF the
cars. 1t did not work, however, and
before he could get to the next one a
collision occurred. Mcmahon was
found in a cramped position where the
journal passed over his body. A ply
stefan was summoned and he was
taken TO Montpelier on the 3 $50
train and taken to his home on the
Berlin side. One rib was cracked and
he was badly bruised.
Mrs. James ODonnells of Winooski
was horribly burned about the body
from kerosene lamp June 3, Mrs,
0'Donnells, who is about 90 years old,
arose about o'clock, lighted a kero-
sene lamp and in going to an adjoin-
ing room the lamp tipped toward her
the chimney falling OFF, and the burn
ing wick ignited her night clothes,
Her screams aroused other members
of the family. including her husband,
who, seeing her terrible predicament,
snatched the clothes from the bed and
wrapped the burning figure in them
The flames were extinguished with
much difficulty. Mr.. ODonnellS and
his two daughters suffered number o.
severe burns on the arms and hands,
A physician was called and found the
woman's body and one leg burned to q
blister.
About 10 o'clock the morning OF
June 8, train No. 81, freight, south
bound, broke in two while crossing
Elbow bridge, mile south of North
field. The forward section. consisting
of 20 cars. stopped at the upper switch
in the railroad yard to set off to meet
the night express. The rear section,
consisting of three cars and the ca
boose. ran into the forward section
dcmollshlno one car and deralline
three others. Conductor II. A. Dan
r OF st. Adams, who was In the ca
boose, was thrown headlong and was
bruised ana sustained badly sprained
ankle. Brakeman Andrew ii. Chad
bourne of st. Adams was on the top OF
the caboose when the collision took
place and was caught between the
deck OF the caboose and the next car.
His cries for help awakened Norwich
University cadets halt a mile away.
He was pinned so tightly that il was
necessary to chop around him before
he could be extricated. From what
can be learned. il appears that the air
brakes on the rear section OF the train
failed to work.