Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-30
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

q. Lfleu 10 commit suicide, July y,
by taking a dose OF ~strychnine. He
had been in very poor health for some
time and either dependency or insan-
ity is given as the cause OF the deed.
Mrs. Ralph Hopkins Of Cabot was
quite severely injured July p by being
thrown from a horse rake. She tried
to drive through a bar way and the
horse stepped n side, catching one
rake wheel on the bar post. The
horse became frightened and ran,
throwing Mrs. Hopkins from the rake,
breaking her nose, ~dislocating her
shoulder and bruising her generally.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Rowland and son,
who reside east OF the village Of Bran
don, were injured in the severe cleo
trio storm July p. Mrs. Rowland
and her son were returning from the
woods where they had been after
berries, when the lightning struck a
large tree near them, rendering Mrs.
Rowland unconscious for some time.
The boy was severely burned on one
foot.
The two-year-old daughter of Nh.
and Mrs. Edward Smith OF Middlebury
came near meeting with a fatal acct
dent July "a. While the mother OF
the child "a hopping, the child was
left in an adjoining room and the
mother stepped out for a moment.
During the time, the child got into the
room and was walking backwards and
fell into the pail OF scalding hot water.
The child was seriously burned on the
back.
John Nicholson OF Barre, a young
man aged p years and unmarried,
was instantly killed at II a. m, July
25 by falling fifteen feet from a bridge
TO rocks in the bed of a brook. The
accident happened in the town of Bar
re, near Woodbury. farm. Nicholson
was on his way TO the city and it is
said was intoxicated. The water in
the brook was not more than ten inch
es deep. When picked up, the man
was already dead, a big cash on the
top OF the head telling the story.
A shocking accident occurred at the
railroad station at Waterbury at 1923
p. m, July "a, when John G. Sween-
ey. conductor of the White Mountain
passenger train between Burlington
and Montpelier, in attempting TO
board bis train which he had just sig
nailed to start, misiudged the railing
which he usually grasped in getting
on the car and went down between the
coach and the parlor car, the wheels
Of the latter passing over his right
foot, crushing and mangling it so bad
" that amputation just above the
ankle was necessary. He died the
same night at st. Adams, following the
amputation.
William A. Riley of Ludlow, who
went to Rutland to sec the circus, was
instantly killed on a sidetrack in the
railroad yards and his body mangled
in the most horrible shape. He was
seer shortly before the accident in a
badly intoxicated condition and 1t is
supposed either laid down on the bank
and rolled under the cars or crawled
under the cars and went to sleep. An
engine was attached to the cars TO
move them and ii was not noticed that
Riley was under them. His body was
dragged some distance and finally de-
rallied the car 1t was under, which led
to its discovery.
II. O. Edison, one of the prominent
residents OF Rutland, met instant
death July % while in a barn for shell
ter from a severe storm. He had gone
to The Notch about four miles out
side the city, in company with his
brother, Alonzo Edison, for berries. A
severe storm came up and the men
went into the barn nearby Tor shelter.
After waiting some time II. o. Edison
stepped out of the door TO see what the
weather was. just then a heavy bolt
OF lightning came and struck him dead
and rendered his brother unconscious.
When Alonzo Edison regained his
senses he started to a neighbours for
assistance.
While at work digging a ditch lately
Eliab Bolton of Chester was buried
about four feet deep with solid earth
by one side OF the ditch caving in, and
was fully 80 minutes before the
workmen could find him by shoveling.
MIR. Bolton was working alone at the
time. and d. o. Miller, who happened
10 come along and, knowing that Boil
ON was in the ditch at work a few
minutes before, gave the alarm. When
found. Mr.. Bolton was in a standing
position and in the act of lifting a
shovelful of dirt. and was thought to
be dead. After he was released he /
taken to his home, and at last ac-
counts was apparently all right. Mr..
Bolton is IS years old and for IL years
his life he was a sailor.