Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

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Attorney j. w. Erwin of Derby fell
at the Y. NJ. c. A. stair entrance on
Church street, Burlington, the 10Th and
/ fractured the right knee. Mr.. Erwin
came to Burlington on business and
was nearly ready to go home.
Fred Stone of Dandy was seriously
injured Feb. II by tree which he
was telling falling upon his foot and
crushing the toes TO jelly. Stone will
be laid up for the rest of the winter.
An effort will be made to save the foot,
but it will in all probability have to be
amputated.
Benjamin Heath, an old gentleman
who lives alone at Cabot -Four Corners
on the Danyille road met with a severe
accident recently. He was hammer
/ ing an axe and in some way severed
the artery OF his lett hand. lie called
for help and-Alle Laird hearing his
lcries came to his assistance. Mr..
Heath was unable to tell how the ac-
cident happened 1t is thought per-
haps piece of steel flew from the
axe II Mr. Laird had not happened
to hear his cries he would have soon
bled 10 death as he lost consciousness
soon after Mr.. Laird arrived.
H. L. Baker of East Richford lost a
horse Feb, 10 valued at 500. While
coming down the mountain with a
load OF logs one OF the runner chains
came off, and as the driver got off the
load to replace ii, the team started and
before the driver could get control OF
them one horse was down. At the
foot OF the hill there was a turn in the
road and horses, driver and load went
over the embankment, throwing the
driver about 30 feet, landing him in a
pile of brush. He was not badly hurt,
but one horse was killed, while the
other one came out without even a
scratch.
1t was learned Feb. 10 that j..
Blanchard, who has worked for vari-
Gus farmers in this part Of the country
for several years, committed suicide
late Saturday evening at the house Of
a man for whom he had recently work
ed in remote locality in the western
part Of Mount Holly, by taking paris
green. He had been respondent for
some time and this is supposed to
have been the cause of the deed. Moth
! inc Is known about the relatives of
Blanchard, nor is it known where he
came from. lie was apparently a well
educated man and il Is believed that
he has relatives somewhere.
Darwin Rider. senior proprietor of
the Hotel Windham, Bellows Falls,
was seriously injured Friday. In
operating the hotel elevator he be-
came entangled in some way and was
drawn up one story between the ele-
vator cage and wall and on the eleva-
tor stopping was wedged against the
flooring so tightly that the wood work
had TO be cut away TO extricate him.
When found he was hanging head
down, one foot caught on the cage
alone preventing him from falling
the entire length of the well.
Several ribs were broken with the
probability that the pleura is pune
ltured. This with his advanced age
makes his condition very serious. Mr.
Rider is one of the oldest hotel men in
the state. For thirty years he was
proprietor of the Addison House at
Middlebury and widely known in his
business.
Mrs. Chas Everts OF Salisbury gave
an exhibition of nerve Feb. 10, which
has rarely been equalled in this vicin-
lity. She was Smelling corn in the barn
at her home, which is about half a
mile north of this village, and was us
ing a corn shelling machine to 90 the
work. Finally, in putting a cob OF
corn into the machine, the forehnger
OF her right hand got into the cogs in
such a manner that she could not eX-
tricate il. The cogs held her finger so
Tightly that the pressure soon became
very painful, but she waited and called
ror help tor fully an hour. At last, de-
spairing of any relief and unable to
longer endure the pressure of the ma
chine she literally tore the finger OF at
the second Joint and then walked calm
~ to the village, distance OF half a
mile. to have the wound dressed. Out
side of the loss of the finger there will
be no serious results.
Thomas p. Riley, Rutland fireman,
received serious injuries in an acct
dent which occurred at the station
Wednesday morning of last week.
The same harnesses which are kept
attached to the fire truck are used on
the exercise wagon. MIR. Riley had
Just put the harness on the horses
preparatory 10 hitching them to the
exercise wagon and thinking that be
had unhitched the whifiletrees of the
truck. started his team. IL seems that
he had neglected to unlock one OF the
traces and as the horses felt resistance
they plunged forward, dragging the
wagon by one whiflletree. Mr.. Riley
held to the reins and as the wagon
passed through the door he was
squeezed against the door casing and
fell. grooming, into the street. On
Examining the patient the doctors
found that the pelvis and the left hip
were severely injured although no
bones were broken.
One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in