Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-09-17
SUICIDES ANp ACCIDENTS


MRS. Charles Shackett, OF Shoreham
swallowed a collar button the othe
day, causing instant death.
Guy Hadley, a Central Vernon
railway freight brakeman, living ii
81. Adams was killed near StanbridQ
AZ z 80 a. m. Sept 10 by falling be
tween the cars.
Willie, the five-year-old son Of Johl
Mahon, was drowned Sept. IL in ID,
race below the lockwood knitting
mills, Bennington. The boy wal
alone and when last seen was sitting
on a plank beside the race. TIL,
water Is low and it is supposed the
boy was stunned by fall over back
wards, as considerable bruises were
found on his head.
The funeral Of the two and a hall
years old daughter Of Almon and
Susie Bruce was held in North VOL
colt the 9th, the Rev. o. NJ. Boutwell,
officiating. The child was scalded BY
the upsetting Of pail of mop water
that her mother was using. The water
went over the child's right side, burn
INC from the arm down, and she died
iromthe effects OF the burns.
A sad and fatal accident occurred
IN the Italy freight yards OF the Cen
tral Vermont railway at st. Adams
Saturday afternoon when the 7-year-
old daughter Of Joseph Shepard, who
was playing about the tracks, was run
over by the way freight train and in
stantly killed, both limbs being sew
cred from the body at the hips. No
one saw the accident, but the little one
was discovered just alter the train
passed.
Two men, Daniel Reagan and John
D. Mahar OF New Haven, fell from a
derrick on the Matthews quarry Sept.
llth. Reagan was sent 10 the top of
the mast, 10 feet from the ground, to
repair broken guy. While working
be suddenly lost his hold and came
umbling down, knocking of Mahar,
VINO was also engaged in repairing the
derrick. Reagan struck upon the side
Of his face on a pile of rubbish and was
killed. his head being crush
ed Mahar had mis- skull fractured
and one arm was broken. II is thought
be cannot live.
Mrs, Roscoe Cole OF North Benning-
lon died suddenly in the office Of Or.
II. $. Goodall She arrived in Ben
8ington village on a trolley car about
nine o'clock with the intention OF
visiting a daughter, Mrs. Charles
.Iouran. As she was getting off the
EAR il started. throwing her to the
ground She was a tleshy woman and
n falling broke her wrist. Her
laughter saw her fall, went to her
and as soon as team
,ould be secured she WAS taken to
he doctors office She was suffering
erribly from the pain and had 70
wait until other cases were disposed 4
II. She asked for something to allay
he torture and it was finally decided /
o administer chloroform. Dr.. Good /
Ill sent for his father, also a practls-
nc physician, 10 administer it. She /
Don became unconscious, when Il
vas noticed she was dying, and all /
.ttempts to save her life We're OF no
Use. After her death It was learned /
bat she had for some time been sut-
ering from heart trouble.
Mrs. Jack Emerson Of Wilmington
made an attempt to take her life late
Ionday afternoon, Sept. 4 The first
8 discover her was her husband, who
) employed at the chair shop. He
anne home from work about six
clock and was surprised 10 find the
DOR locked. 1t was opened by his
riie, who stood before him with a
reat cash at her throat. made by a
ull razor she had found. The deed
aust have been done but a few mo-
rents before as at that time she was
till conscious. Ii was found in addi-
ION to the attempt to cut her throat
he had taken a large quantity ofwood |
lcohol and corrosive sublimate, both
eadly poisons, but the large quantity
aken is probably the reason that
eatn was not almost instantaneous.
he cash in her throat was not con-
Idered dangerous as the cut was not
eep and she lost but very little blood.
he lived until Thursday noon. She
ad been married only a few months.
nj previous to going to Wilmington
ad been in an asylum. She mad
hown symptoms of insanity lately.