Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-03-05
ACCIDENTS.

mrs- fred fotter OF BRANDON was Sc
riously burned Wednesday evening,
Feb. %. She took a lamp from the
table and while carrying it to another
room it exploded, burning the fingers
on the left hand to the bone and set
ting her clothing on fire.
Wilbur Lawrence was seriously in
jured Feb. 23 by the explosion of a
boiler In the power house of the cleo
trio station at Brandon where he is
employed as engineer. The explosion
came absolutely without warning and
Lawrence, who was about - feet
away. was blown several feet against
the wall OF the building. A piece OF
iron struck his lett foot and crushed it
badly.
While working for the Northrup Ice
Co. at Lake st. Catherine Feb. 26, Les
ter Hopson of Wells was seriously in
jured by fall of 20 feet from a plat
form on the frozen surface OF the lake.
Mr.. Hopson was standing on a plat
form connected with one OF the slides
OF the ice house when q large cake of
ice from the slide knocked him from
the platform to the ice below. When
picked up the man was unconscious.
Spreading of the rails caused bad
wreck on the Rutland railroad near
Williams River, two miles north of
Bellows Falls Feb. 25th. A mixed
train left the track, sixteen freight cars
being hurled down a 20-foot embank-
ment and were piled up in a mass of
wreckage. The engine and head car
passed over safely and the passenger
car just left the rails. The passengers
were shaken up but no one was injur-
ed.
John Rutherford, aged %, an en-
ployee of Barden Bros shop at Wal
lingford, was seriously injured Feb.
20. Rutherford went underneath the
main floor to oil the machinery and
his clothing caught in a belt which
carried him around. The machinery
was stopped at once and the young
man, still conscious, released. The
clothing was torn from the upper part
of his body, and the lower portion OF
the body was paralyzed. His back
and neck were also injured.
John r. Mahar OF Poultney was seri-
ously injured about o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, Febs24, in an accident at
the Green Mountain slate quarry, To-
Gated two miles south of the village.
Mr. Mahar and several other men were
working In the pit, when a stone slide
occurred, the rocks being loosened by
the afternoon thaw and a blast that
had been discharged a few minutes be-
fore. One of the large stones struck
Mr.. Mahar on the head and back, pro-
dncing several severe wounds on the
head and face and rendering him un-
conscious.
An explosion of acetylene gas at S.
l.. Griffith's store in Dandy Feb. 25
wrecked the bailding and badly injur-
ed Arthur Hebert, one of the clerks.
The accident occurred when Mr.. He
bert started to enter the room where
the acetylene gas machine that fur
nished light for the store was located.
On opening the door of the room. a
violent explosion took place, blowing
the north side of the store out and
tearing down every partition on both
the first and second floors. Mr.. He
bert was blown through the side OF the
building and landed across the road.
He was quite badly burned about the
head and face and is suffering severely
from the shock. Following the ex-
plosion, fire broke out but was soon
extinguished. The scene of the acct
dent is a perfect ruin. The store car
ries IRON $4,000 to $4,000 worth OF
stock and il was all thrown in one
mass on the floor of the building.
There were three stories and every
floor was filled with goods of every
sort. The front Of the store was en-
tirely stripped of glass and the nearby
buildings presented a shattered APP
pearance.